02940cam a22003373u 4500 76143 UtSlPG 20260610134748.0 m cr n 260607r20251879utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG de iso639-1 DT Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904 Wie ich Livingstone fand; Erster Band Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Translation of first part of: How I found Livingstone. Release date is 2025-05-23 Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This transcription was produced from images generously made available by Bayerische Staatsbibliothek / Bavarian State Library.) "Wie ich Livingstone fand; Erster Band" by Henry M. Stanley is a travel and exploration narrative written in the late 19th century. It chronicles a newspaper-driven quest to locate Dr. David Livingstone in Central Africa, emphasizing the logistics, cultural encounters, and hazards of mounting and leading an expedition from the East African coast into the interior. Readers should expect vivid reportage on Zanzibar, caravan trade systems, and the realities of exploration, alongside the developing pursuit of the famed missionary-explorer. The opening of the narrative follows a telegram that summons the narrator to Paris, where James Gordon Bennett commissions him—liberally funding the effort—to find Livingstone, after which he undertakes a long preliminary circuit through the Mediterranean, the Near East, the Caucasus, Persia, and India before reaching Zanzibar. There, he explains his terminology and first-person approach, then paints a lively, critical portrait of the island’s society, trade, missionaries, and climate, including meetings with the U.S. consul and Britain’s Dr. John Kirk, who doubts Livingstone would welcome company. The story then turns practical: learning local currencies of trade (cloth, beads, brass wire) from Arab merchants such as Sheikh Haschid, buying and improvising gear (donkeys and pack-saddles), and hiring two European aides alongside seasoned African askari and porters—including Speke’s veterans like Bombay. The section closes as the provisioning and recruitment continue and a problem involving the veteran Mabruki is introduced. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1879 Africa, Central -- Description and travel Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/details/bsb11388528 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76143 116868 116868