Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

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exploration narrative non-fiction book travel narrative

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa is David Livingstone’s influential 1857 travel narrative detailing his explorations, missionary work, and geographical and ethnographic observations across southern Africa.

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Label	Occurrences
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa canonical	2
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	exploration narrative ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ
19thCenturyWork	true ⓘ
author	David Livingstone ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
describes	African trade routes ⓘ local customs and beliefs ⓘ mission stations ⓘ slave trade in Africa ⓘ wildlife in southern Africa ⓘ
documents	Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries ⓘ surface form: Livingstone’s transcontinental journey from the Kalahari to the Zambezi first European description of Victoria Falls by Livingstone ⓘ
followedBy	Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries ⓘ
genre	exploration literature ⓘ missionary literature ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle	Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa ⓘ surface form: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa
hasIllustrations	true ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	David Livingstone ⓘ
historicalContext	European missionary expansion in Africa ⓘ age of exploration ⓘ
influenced	British imperial discourse on Africa ⓘ Victorian exploration literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Victorian literature ⓘ
mapsIncluded	true ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
notableFor	detailed geographical observations ⓘ documentation of missionary activities ⓘ ethnographic descriptions of African peoples ⓘ influence on European perceptions of Africa ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
placeOfPublication	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
publicationYear	1857 ⓘ
publisher	John Murray ⓘ
setting	Southern Africa ⓘ surface form: southern Africa
subject	African societies ⓘ Kalahari Desert ⓘ Victoria Falls ⓘ Zambezi River ⓘ ethnography ⓘ geographical exploration ⓘ missionary work ⓘ Southern Africa ⓘ surface form: southern Africa
targetAudience	Victorian reading public ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	mid-19th century ⓘ

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David Livingstone → notableWork → Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa ⓘ

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa → hasAlternativeTitle → Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa

Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries → relatedWork → Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa ⓘ