The story of his life with certain correspondence and extracts from the private journal of David Livingstone, hitherto unpublished, by his eldest son W. Edward Oswell. With an Introduction by Francis Galton. Portraits, Maps and Illustrations in two volumes.
2 volumes, 267 + 289 pages, frontispiece portraits in both volumes, 6 maps - 2 folding (1 coloured), numerous plates and illustrations, pencil annotations in volume 1, original brown buckram scuffed and worn, both volumes working loose at the hinges, foxing throughout, titled gilt on the spines dull and starting to fray at the top and the bottoms, corners bumped, edges uncut, errata slip in volume 1.
Bookplate of Edna and Frank Bradlow on the front paste down end papers in both volumes.
Pencil inscriptions on the front free end paper D.D. Lyell from J.C. Lyell and the ownership mark in ink of S.F. Hassan Advocate Nairobi 28 April 1949 in both volumes.
The life of English explorer William Cotton Oswell (1818–93) was marked by adventures and discoveries. At nineteen, he left Essex for Madras, where he worked for the East India Company and became a renowned elephant catcher. Due to poor health, he was sent to South Africa, the 'empire of wild sport', where he specialised in hunting and exploration. He discovered the River Zouga and Lake Ngami during an expedition across the Kalahari desert, and travelled to the Zambezi River with Scottish missionary David Livingstone.
Originally published in 1900, this two-volume biography was written by Oswell's eldest son. Since Oswell kept no diary, his life is here reconstructed through the many letters he sent to his family and friends. Volume 1 focuses on Oswell's youth, his medical training in India and travels in Africa. Volume 2 includes time spent working in hospitals in the Crimea in 1854–5. http://admin.cambridge.org/se/academic/subjects/history/african-history/william-cotton-oswell-hunter-and-explorer-story-his-life-certain-correspondence-and-extracts-private-journal-david-livingstone-hitherto-unpublished?format=WX&isbn=9781108032131
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