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Livingstone's exploration of Africa...
Livingstone's exploration of Africa...
Item # 670923
September 07, 1872
NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 7, 1872
* David Livingstone found
* Henry Morton Stanley
James Gorden Bennett, this newspaper's publisher, capitalized on the 19th century fascination with Africa & the whereabouts of explorer Dr. David Livingstone by hiring journalist Henry Stanley to search for him. Livingstone had ventured to Africa in 1865 for a 2 year expedition with little heard from him since.
So it is of no surprise that the Herald offered extraordinary coverage of the adventures of Stanley and Livingstone in Africa.
Pages 4 and 5 are mostly taken up with large facsimiles of a Livingstone letters headed: "Livingstone's Letter of Thanks to the New York Herald" and: "Livingstone's Letter to the American Geographical Society, January, 1872" and: "Livingstone's Letter to Mr. Stearns, Feb., 1866" and yet another. There had been doubts by many whether Livingstone was, in fact, alive.
The balance of the page is taken up with a great wealth of reporting on the adventures of Livingstone in Africa. Some additional reporting on page 4 as well.
Complete in 12 pages, light toning at the margins with a few small tears, generally nice.
Category: Post-Civil War
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