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The other Livingstone
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- "Much has been written about David Livingstone, but never before have his relationships with William Cotton, Oswell, László Magyar, Silva Porto and Candido Cardozo, and their stories, been fully told. These four men all played crucial roles in Livingstone's exploration and discoveries. In many instances his claims to have been the first European to make certain discoveries can now be shown to be untrue. His attempts to play down the contribution of these four men, who were accomplished explorers in their own right, nearly succeeded, vide all the published biographies of Livingstone which pay hardly any attention to them. Using material lost for years in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Judith Listowel has pieced together one of the most fascinating stories of 19th century intrigue and rivalry. It is the story of what took place behind he scenes in Africa, away from the rapturous public gaze of the Victorians. The book is illustrated with many photographs, drawings and maps, enabling the reader to find his way about the maze of the explorers' cartographic guesswork, and to sense the disappointment of failure and the passion of discovery"--dust jacket.
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