Stirring Adventure In African Travel - Great Explorers - Hunting Exploits - Shipwreck - Captivity - Bombardment
By Charles Bruce
Published by WP Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell: Edinburgh 1888 First Edition
Includes Chapters On: Dr Livingstone, Paul Du Chaillu, Captain Speke, Sir Samuel Baker & Commander Cameron, Henry M Stanley.
"David Livingstone (1813 - 1873) was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era. David was the husband of Mary Moffat Livingstone, from the prominent 18th Century missionary family, Moffat. He had a mythic status that operated on a number of interconnected levels: Protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags-to-riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of British commercial and colonial expansion.
Stirring Adventure in African Travel by Charles Bruce, published by W.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell in Edinburgh in 1888, is a vivid collection of true and embellished tales chronicling the age of African exploration. Drawing upon the exploits of great explorers, hunters, and travellers of the nineteenth century, Bruce recounts dramatic encounters with wild animals, perilous journeys through uncharted regions, episodes of shipwreck and captivity, and the perils of colonial military engagements. The narrative captures both the dangers and the allure of Africa as it was perceived by Victorian readers — a continent of mystery, challenge, and discovery — while celebrating the endurance and courage of those who ventured into its vast interior.
Written in a spirited and accessible style, the book blends adventure with moral instruction, appealing to the era's fascination with empire, exploration, and the triumph of human will over adversity. Its detailed engravings and lively accounts make it a quintessential example of late Victorian travel literature aimed at a general readership. This first edition will particularly appeal to collectors of nineteenth-century adventure narratives, those interested in the history of exploration, and readers drawn to the romanticized depictions of Africa that shaped European imagination at the height of the colonial period.
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