| (0.8 MB) | Net of the Bark of the Baobab Tree, Used for Catching Antelopes, Collected by David Livingstone | [mid-19th century] | Unknown creator | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | | nets (objects) | National Museums of Scotland: A.594 | | | | liv_003185 |
| (0.7 MB) | Wooden Head Rest, Collected by John Kirk during the Zambezi Expedition | [mid-19th century] | Unknown creator | | Zambezi Delta, Mozambique | 1 | | headrests | National Museums of Scotland: A.538.3 | | | | liv_003184 |
| | Dr. Livingstone's Route Across Africa; Constructed from his Astronomical Observations, Bearings, Estimated Distances, Sketches, &c.&c. by J. Arrowsmith | 1857 | J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd, London, Printers and Publishers | | [Britain] | 1 | | books;
copies (derivative objects);
maps (documents);
publications | Private owner | | "
David Livingstone, Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (London: John Murray, 1857)." | Books, 01 | liv_003313 |
| | Map of South Africa Showing the Routes of the Revd. Dr. Livingstone Between the years 1849 & 1856 By John Arrowsmith. 1857 | 1857 | J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd, London, Printers and Publishers | | [Britain] | 1 | | books;
copies (derivative objects);
maps (documents);
publications | Private owner | | "
David Livingstone, Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (London: John Murray, 1857)." | Books, 01 | liv_003314 |
| | On Angola, Entitled "Notes for Buletin" | 22 August 1854 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | Loanda | 44 | 272 x 210 | autographs (manuscripts);
essays | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum | MS. 10777 | "Apontamentos," Boletim Official Do Governo Geral Da Provincia de Angola, 1854, undated supplement.
Douglas Wheeler, trans., Rhodes-Livingstone Journal (Human Problems in British Central Africa), 31 (1962), 23-45. | Papers and Reports, 11 | liv_002940 |
| | Admission Ticket to Ceremony for David Livingstone to Receive the Freedom of the Burgh of Hamilton | 2 January 1857 | Unknown creator | | Hamilton | 1 | | admission tickets;
printed materials (object genre) | Private owner | | Bonhams (London), 13 Nov. 2012, link (accessed 13 Apr. 2015). | | liv_000938 |
| | The Peace Makers in the Interior of South Africa | [early 1849] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | | | copies (derivative objects);
essays;
publications | Private owner | | British Banner, 4 Jul. and 14 Nov. 1849
Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone: South African Papers, 1849-1853 (Cape Town: Van Riebeck Society, 1974), 6-20. | Papers and Reports, 02 | liv_002932 |
| (3.8 MB) | Arsenic as a Remedy for the Tsetse Bite | 22 March 1858 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Steamer "Pearl"] | | | copies (derivative objects);
essays;
publications | Private owner | | British Medical Journal, n.s., 70 (1 May 1858), 360-361. | | liv_002639 |
| (12.0 MB) | The Story of the Black Pot alias The Story of Selling the Gun | [mid 1852] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 16 | 180 x 111 | autographs (manuscripts);
essays | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies: CWM/LMS/Livingstone Wooden Box, item 69 | MS. 10778 | Cape Town Mail, 26 Apr. 1853.
Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone: South African Papers, 1849-1853 (Cape Town: Van Riebeck Society, 1974), 28-35. | Papers and Reports, 08 | liv_000080 |
| | Slavery among the Boers | [1853?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | | | copies (derivative objects);
essays;
publications | Private owner | | Cape Town Mail, 4 Jun. 1853, 2. | Papers and Reports, 10 | liv_002939 |
| (259.6 MB) | Notebook with Draft of Analysis of the Language of the Bechuanas and Other Miscellaneous Items | 1850-1852 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 106 | 243 x 203 | autographs (manuscripts);
copies (derivative objects);
research notes | David Livingstone Centre: 1121 | MS. 10711 | Catholic Presbyterian (London), 1 (1879), 26-35. | Notebooks, 03 | liv_000026 |
| | The Transvaal Boers | [early 1853] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | | | copies (derivative objects);
essays;
publications | Private owner | | Catholic Presbyterian (London), 2 (1879), 412-423.
William Garden Blaikie, The Personal Life of David Livingstone (London: John Murray, Second Edition, 1881), 490-511.
Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone: South African Papers, 1849-1853 (Cape Town: Van Riebeck Society, 1974), 70-95. | Papers and Reports, 09 | liv_002938 |
| | Signed Copy of Mary Livingstone, Sketch Book (1861) | 29 April 1862 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873;
Livingstone, Mary, 1821-1862 | | Shupanga | | | annotations;
autographs (manuscripts);
sketchbooks | Private owner | | Christie's Cat., 1 Aug. 1962, lot 218. | Sketches, Envelopes, and Odd Scraps, 03.5 | liv_002958 |
| | Ink Sketch of Shupanga House and Mary's Grave | [1862-1863] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 1 | 212 x 312 | annotations;
autographs (manuscripts);
sketches | National Library of Scotland | MS. 10779 | David Livingstone and Charles Livingstone, Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries (London: Johh Murray, 1895), facing 31. | Sketches, Envelopes, and Odd Scraps, 04 | liv_002959 |
| | Page Proofs of the Introductory Pages to Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; with Two Impressions from a Lithograph Depicting a Bechuana Reed Dance | [1857] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873;
Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899 | | [Britain] | 6 | 147 x 224 | annotations;
autographs (manuscripts);
page proofs;
visual works | National Library of Scotland: MS. 42430 | MS. 10779 | David Livingstone, Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (London: John Murray, 1857), facing 225. | Sketches, Envelopes, and Odd Scraps, 06 | liv_003014 |
| (7.6 MB) | Dr. Livingstone's Route Across Africa; Constructed from his Astronomical Observations, Bearings, Estimated Distances, Sketches, &c.&c. by J. Arrowsmith | 1857 | J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd, London, Printers and Publishers | | [Britain] | 1 | | books;
copies (derivative objects);
maps (documents);
publications | National Library of Scotland | | David Livingstone, Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (London: John Murray, 1857). | Books, 01 | liv_002712 |
| (4.3 MB) | Dr. Livingstone's Route Across Africa; Constructed from his Astronomical Observations, Bearings, Estimated Distances, Sketches, &c.&c. by J. Arrowsmith | 1857 | J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd, London, Printers and Publishers | | [Britain] | 1 | | books;
copies (derivative objects);
maps (documents);
publications | Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. Library | | David Livingstone, Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (London: John Murray, 1857). | Books, 01 | liv_002713 |
| (106.9 MB) | Field Diary XVII | 9 April-28 April 1873 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873;
Wainwright, Jacob, ?-1892 | | [South Central Africa] | 30 + many blank | 153 x 86 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries;
field notes | David Livingstone Centre: 360 | MS. 10729A | David Livingstone, The Last Journals of David Livingstone, ed. Horace Waller, 2 vols. (London: John Murray, 1874), vol. 2, 298-299.
Judith Listowel, The Other Livingstone (Lewes, Sussex: Julian Friedmann Publishers Ltd., 1974), 227. | Field Diaries, 30 | liv_000017 |
| | Conjecture | [January 1873?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South Central Africa] | 7 | irregular folio | autographs (manuscripts);
essays | National Archives (Great Britain): FO 2/49A, 6-12; FO 2/49A, 13-19 (draft) | MS. 10780 | David Livingstone, The Last Journals of David Livingstone, ed. Horace Waller, 2 vols. (London: John Murray, 1874), vol. 2, 65-66. | Papers and Reports, 29 | liv_002954 |
| (19.1 MB) | The Last Journals of David Livingstone, Large Map | 1874 | Stanford's Geographical Establishment, Charing Cross, London | | [Britain] | 1 | | books;
copies (derivative objects);
maps (documents);
publications | National Library of Scotland | | David Livingstone, The Last Journals of David Livingstone, ed. Horace Waller, 2 vols. (London: John Murray, 1874). | Books, 04 | liv_000069 |
| (5.0 MB) | The Last Journals of David Livingstone, Large Map | 1874 | Stanford's Geographical Establishment, Charing Cross, London | | [Britain] | 1 | | books;
copies (derivative objects);
maps (documents);
publications | Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Library | | David Livingstone, The Last Journals of David Livingstone, ed. Horace Waller, 2 vols. (London: John Murray, 1874). | Books, 04 | liv_000070 |
| (2.1 MB) | The Last Journals of David Livingstone, Small Map | 1874 | Stanford's Geographical Establishment, Charing Cross, London | | [Britain] | 1 | | books;
copies (derivative objects);
maps (documents);
publications | National Library of Scotland | | David Livingstone, The Last Journals of David Livingstone, ed. Horace Waller, 2 vols. (London: John Murray, 1874). | Books, 04 | liv_000071 |
| (1.5 MB) | The Last Journals of David Livingstone, Small Map | 1874 | Stanford's Geographical Establishment, Charing Cross, London | | [Britain] | 1 | | books;
copies (derivative objects);
maps (documents);
publications | Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Library | | David Livingstone, The Last Journals of David Livingstone, ed. Horace Waller, 2 vols. (London: John Murray, 1874). | Books, 04 | liv_000072 |
| (0.9 MB) | Unyanyembe Journal (1870 Field Diary Segment) | 28 January 1866-5 March 1872 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [East and Central Africa] | | 315 x 195 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries | David Livingstone Centre: 1115 | MS. 10734 | David Livingstone, The Last Journals of David Livingstone, ed. Horace Waller, 2 vols. (London: John Murray, 1874). | Journals, 11 | liv_015005 |
| (0.9 MB) | Unyanyembe Journal (1871 Field Diary Segment) | 28 January 1866-5 March 1872 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [East and Central Africa] | | 315 x 195 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries | David Livingstone Centre: 1115 | MS. 10734 | David Livingstone, The Last Journals of David Livingstone, ed. Horace Waller, 2 vols. (London: John Murray, 1874). | Journals, 11 | liv_015006 |
| (1,825.6 MB) | Unyanyembe Journal | 28 January 1866-5 March 1872 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [East and Central Africa] | 763 with 6 torn out | 315 x 195 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries | David Livingstone Centre: 1115 | MS. 10734 | David Livingstone, The Last Journals of David Livingstone, ed. Horace Waller, 2 vols. (London: John Murray, 1874).
J. Simmons, "A Suppressed Passage in Livingstone's Last Journals Relating to the Death of Baron von der Decken," Journal of the Royal African Society (London), 40 (1941), 335-346. | Journals, 11 | liv_000019 |
| | Botanical Note | [1866] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Frere, H. Bartle E., 1815-1884 | E. Shore Lake Nyassa | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts);
research notes | Private owner | | Ebay, 2016[?], link (accessed 21 Dec. 2016). | | liv_003113 |
| (5.4 MB) | Oath to Faculty of Medicine and Surgery | [1840?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Scotland] | 1 | 225 x 195 | autographs (manuscripts);
oaths | David Livingstone Centre: 396 | MS. 10754 | Elspeth Huxley, The Challenge of Africa (London: Aldus Books Ltd, 1971), 260 | Documents, 02.5 | liv_000043 |
| | Missions in Africa and Elsewhere | [mid 1865] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Britain] | | | copies (derivative objects);
essays;
publications | Private owner | | Evangelical Christendom, N.S., vol. 2 (Oct. 1865), 469-473. | Papers and Reports, 28 | liv_002953 |
| | Royal Geographical Society Silver Medal, Awarded Retrospectively to Each of the Africans who Carried David Livingstone's Body to the East Coast of Africa | 1874 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) | Rojabu | [Britain] | | | commemorative medals | Private owner | | F. Pridmore and D.H. Simpson, "Faithful to the End: The Royal Geographical Society's Livingstone Medals," Numismatic Circular 78 (1970): 192-196. | | liv_003125 |
| (4.0 MB) | Royal Geographical Society Silver Medal, Awarded Retrospectively to Each of the Africans who Carried David Livingstone's Body to the East Coast of Africa | 1874 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) | Ulemengo | [Britain] | | | commemorative medals | David Livingstone Centre: 481 | | F. Pridmore and D.H. Simpson, "Faithful to the End: The Royal Geographical Society's Livingstone Medals," Numismatic Circular 78 (1970): 192-196. | | liv_012031 |
| (160.6 MB) | Field Diary | 23 August 1862-19 March 1863 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 108 | 82 x 267 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries;
field notes | National Library of Scotland: MS. 20315, 1-54 | | George Shepperson, ed., David Livingstone and the Rovuma: A Notebook Edited, with Introduction and Related Documents (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1965) | Field Diaries, 10 | liv_003008 |
| | Map of Zambesi River | Date Unknown (No Later than 1865) | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Britain or Africa?] | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts);
manuscript maps | Private owner | | Getty Images (Dea Picture Library, DeAgostini Collection), 2016, link (accessed 21 Dec. 2016). | | liv_003124 |
| | Notebook | 27 June 1860-31 October 1860 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 32 | 138 x 95 | autographs (manuscripts);
research notes;
vocabulary;
watercolors (paintings) | Livingstone Museum: On display [not located] | MS. 10760 | Illustrated London News, 210 (1947), 360-361. | Notebooks, 14 | liv_002929 |
| | Diary Page (XIII) with Text from Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | [1857?] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Britain] | 1 | 130 x 225 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries | Private owner | | Invaluable (Mellors & Kirk, Nottingham), 26 Nov. 2010, link (accessed 13 Apr. 2015). | | liv_000141 |
| | Journal | 11 November 1853-26 May 1856 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 849 | 233 x 200 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries | H.F. Wilson Collection (St. Fillans, Scotland) | MS. 10775 | Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone, African Journal, 1853-1856 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1963). | Journals, 04 | liv_002882 |
| | Journal | 24 April 1851-8 June 1853 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 355 | 179 x 112 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/4/1 | MS. 10780 | Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone, Private Journals, 1851-1853 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1960), 1-153, 297-310. | Journals, 02 | liv_002880 |
| | Journal | 9 June-10 November 1853 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 358 | 179 x 112 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/4/2 | MS. 10780 | Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone, Private Journals, 1851-1853 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1960), 153-296, 311-319. | Journals, 03 | liv_002881 |
| | Journal | 10 May 1848-16 October 1849 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | | 179 x 112 | autographs (manuscripts);
copies (derivative objects);
diaries | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/4/1, 316 ff. | | Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone, Private Journals, 1851-1853 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1960), 297-307. | Journals, 01 | liv_002879 |
| | Receipt for William Thompson | 17 September 1856 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Thompson, William, 1811-1889 | Claremont, Mauritius | | 229 x 186 | autographs (manuscripts);
receipts (financial records) | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies: CWM/LMS/Livingstone Wooden Box | | Isaac Schapera, ed., Livingstone's Missionary Correspondence, 1841-1856 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1961), 324. | Documents, 05 | liv_002824 |
| | Journal | 12 March-25 June 1858 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Zambezi River] | 355 (many blank) | 222 x 186 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/4/3 | MS. 10780 | J.P.R. Wallis, The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone, 1858-1863 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1956), vol. 1, 1-29; vol. 2, 272-305, 308-314, 411-435 (A1). | Journals, 05 | liv_002883 |
| | Journal | 1 December 1859-11 June 1860, 3 December 1860-2 February 1861, 16-23 March 1861 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 365 | 190 x 118 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries | H.F. Wilson Collection (St. Fillans, Scotland) | MS. 10775 | J.P.R. Wallis, The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone, 1858-1863 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1956), vol. 1, 135-137, 139-180; vol. 2, 340-410 (A4). | Journals, 08 | liv_002886 |
| | Field Diary XIII | 3 July-26 October 1861, 30 October-7 November 1861 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 179 + 8 (loose sheets) | 154 x 88, 182 x 108 (loose sheets) | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries;
field notes | H.F. Wilson Collection (St. Fillans, Scotland) | MS. 10775 | J.P.R. Wallis, The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone, 1858-1863 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1956), vol. 1, 180-211 (B1); vol. 2, 213-214 (D). | Field Diaries, 09 | liv_002870 |
| | Journal | 2 August 1858-9 January 1859 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 42 + 317 | 178 x 112 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries | H.F. Wilson Collection (St. Fillans, Scotland) | MS. 10775 | J.P.R. Wallis, The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone, 1858-1863 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1956), vol. 1, 29-80; vol. 2, 306-308 (A2). | Journals, 06 | liv_002884 |
| | Journal | 21 February 1859-12 December 1859 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 380 | 222 x 186 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/4/4 | MS. 10780 | J.P.R. Wallis, The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone, 1858-1863 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1956), vol. 1, 80-134, 137-139; vol. 2, 263-271, 315-340 (A3). | Journals, 07 | liv_002885 |
| | Field Diary | 19 March-12 July 1863 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 142 (some blank) | 148 x 85 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries;
field notes | H.F. Wilson Collection (St. Fillans, Scotland) | MS. 10775 | J.P.R. Wallis, The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone, 1858-1863 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1956), vol. 2, 228-244 (B2). | Field Diaries, 11 | liv_002871 |
| | Field Diary I | 23 August-8 October 1859 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 48 | 153 x 80 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries;
field notes | H.F. Wilson Collection (St. Fillans, Scotland) | MS. 10775 | J.P.R. Wallis, The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone, 1858-1863 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1956), vol. 2, 245-249 (C1). | Field Diaries, 03 | liv_002864 |
| | Field Diary II | 29 April-17 May 1860 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 24 | 153 x 85 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries;
field notes | H.F. Wilson Collection (St. Fillans, Scotland) | MS. 10775 | J.P.R. Wallis, The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone, 1858-1863 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1956), vol. 2, 249 (C2). | Field Diaries, 04 | liv_002865 |
| | Field Diary III | 18 May-3 June 1860 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 32 | 152 x 92 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries;
field notes | Livingstone Museum: On display [not located] | | J.P.R. Wallis, The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone, 1858-1863 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1956), vol. 2, 250-252 (C3). | Field Diaries, 05 | liv_002866 |
| | Field Diary IV | 3-27 June 1860 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 32 | 153 x 82 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries;
field notes | H.F. Wilson Collection (St. Fillans, Scotland) | MS. 10775 | J.P.R. Wallis, The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone, 1858-1863 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1956), vol. 2, 252-255 (C4). | Field Diaries, 06 | liv_002867 |
| | Field Diary V | 28 July-24 August 1860 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 116 | 132 x 72 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries;
field notes | H.F. Wilson Collection (St. Fillans, Scotland) | MS. 10775 | J.P.R. Wallis, The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone, 1858-1863 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1956), vol. 2, 256-262 (C5). | Field Diaries, 07 | liv_002868 |
| | Biblical Quotation (English and Setswana) | 18 June 1857 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | Hadley Green, Barnett | 1 | 8vo | autographs (manuscripts);
quotations (texts) | Private owner | | John Wilson Cat., 20 (1975), no. 60.
Sotheby's Cat., 15 Apr. 1975, lot 540. | Autographs and Autograph Books, 02 | liv_002738 |
| | Envelope to War Office | [9 August 1865] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | War Office | [48 Euston Square] | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts);
envelopes | Private owner | | John Wilson Manuscripts Ltd (Cheltenham), 2016[?], link (accessed 21 Dec. 2016). | | liv_003115 |
| | Route of Messrs. Livingston, Oswell & Murray, to Lake Ngami. 1849 | 1850 | J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd, London, Printers and Publishers | | [Britain] | 1 | | maps (documents);
publications | Private owner | | Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 20 (1850), opposite 144. | | liv_003309 |
| | Report to the Royal Geographical Society on His Explorations beyond Lake Ngami in 1851 | [early 1852] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873;
Oswell, William C., 1818-1893 | | [Southern Africa] | 24 (ZNA copy), 17 (RGS copy) | c.200 x 125 (ZNA copy) | autographs (manuscripts);
official reports | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/1/1, 55-77; Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain): Archives, DL 1/2/4 | MS. 10780 | Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 22 (1852), 163-173.
"Notes of a Tour of the River Sesheke in the Region North of Lake Ngami," South African Commercial Advertiser, 7 Apr. 1852.
Isaac Schapera, ed., David Livingstone: South African Papers, 1849-1853 (Cape Town: Van Riebeck Society, 1974), 114-116. | Papers and Reports, 06 | liv_002936 |
| | Astronomical Observations and Explanatory Notes | 26 January-13 June 1853 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873;
Maclear, Thomas, 1794-1879 | | [Southern Africa] | 16, 26 | folio, large folio | astronomical stations (coordinates);
autographs (manuscripts);
copies (derivative objects) | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain): Archives, DL 2/4/3; University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies | | Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 24 (1854), 302-306. | Astronomical Observations, 01 | liv_002727 |
| | Exploration of Africa. Sketch of a Route from the River Chobe to Luanda, Performed by the Revd. Dr. Livingston. 1853-4 | 1854 | J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd, London, Printers and Publishers | | [Britain] | 1 | | maps (documents);
publications | Private owner | | Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 24 (1854), opposite 303. | | liv_003310 |
| | Astronomical Observations | 1853-1858 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873;
Unknown creator | | [Southern Africa] | 125 | misc | astronomical stations (coordinates);
autographs (manuscripts);
copies (derivative objects) | Zimbabwe. National Archives: LI 1/3/1 | MS. 10780 | Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 25 (1855), 219.
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 26 (1856), 82-84.
Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 1 (1857), 268-269. | Astronomical Observations, 02 | liv_002728 |
| | Exploration of Africa. Sketch of a Route from the Barotse Valley, on the River Leeambye, to Luando; Performed by the Revd. Dr. Livingston | 1855 | J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd, London, Printers and Publishers | | [Britain] | 1 | | maps (documents);
publications | Private owner | | Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 25 (1855), opposite 236. | | liv_003311 |
| (3.4 MB) | Map to Illustrate Dr. Livingston's Route Across Africa; Constructed from his Astronomical Observations, Bearings, Estimated Distances, Sketches, &c.&c. by J. Arrowsmith. 1857 | 1857 | J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd, London, Printers and Publishers | | [Britain] | 1 | | maps (documents);
publications | Private owner | | Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 27 (1857), opposite 349. | | liv_003312 |
| (5.6 MB) | Paper Prepared for the Royal Geographical Society by Dr Livingstone | January 1862 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 12 | 323 x 200 | autographs (manuscripts);
official reports | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain): Archives, DL 3/13/3 | MS. 10780 | Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 33 (1863), 258-265. | Papers and Reports, 20 | liv_002673 |
| | Field Diary | 22 September 1863-25 March 1864 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | 140 | 195 x 90 | autographs (manuscripts);
diaries;
field notes | E.M. Private owner | MS. 10771 | Maggs' Cat., 889 (1963), no. 371. | Field Diaries, 13 | liv_002873 |
| (2.8 MB) | Remarks on the African Fever on the Lower Zambezi | [July 1859] | Kirk, John 2, 1832-1922;
Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Tette or Senna] | 4 | 310 x 195 | copies (derivative objects);
official reports;
publications | Private owner | MS. 10780 | Medical Times & Gazette, 12 Nov. 1859, 473-474
William Monk, ed., Dr. Livingstone's Cambridge Lectures (etc.) (Cambridge, England: Deighton, Bell, and Co., and London: Bell and Daldy, Second Edition, 1860), 370-375.
J.P.R. Wallis, The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone, 1858-1863 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1956), vol. 2, 309-314. | Papers and Reports, 16 | liv_002999 |
| | Holograph Fragment of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | January-October 1857 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Britain] | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts);
manuscripts for publication | Private owner | | Myers' Cat., 386 (1956), no. 188. | Books, 01 | liv_002771 |
| | Testimony to the Select Committee on the State of British Settlements on the West Coast of Africa | 10 May 1865 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873;
Select Committee on the State of British Settlements on the West Coast of Africa | | [London] | | | interviews;
publications;
testimonies | Private owner | | Parliamentary Papers (Great Britain), Sess. 1865, V [412], 227-233. | | liv_003153 |
| | Fragment of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (Part III) | January-October 1857 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Britain] | 1 | 152 x 197 | autographs (manuscripts);
manuscripts for publication | Private owner | | Peter Harringston (London), 2020, link (accessed 5 February 2021). | Books, 01 | liv_003317 |
| | Latest Accounts from Dr Livingstone, F.R.G.S., of the Central African Expedition | 28 November 1859 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | | | copies (derivative objects);
official reports;
publications | Private owner | | Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 4 (1860), 19-29. | Papers and Reports, 17 | liv_002944 |
| | Latest Intelligence from Dr Livingstone and his Party in Central Africa | 22 April 1861 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | | | copies (derivative objects);
official reports;
publications | Private owner | | Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 5 (1861), 128-131. | Papers and Reports, 19 | liv_002945 |
| | Exploration of the Niassa Lake | 24 November 1862 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [South East Africa] | | | copies (derivative objects);
official reports;
publications | Private owner | | Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (London), 7 (1863), 18-20. | Papers and Reports, 22 | liv_002948 |
| | Biblical Quotation (Isaiah 53:6) (English and Setswana) | 6 November 1864 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | Newstead Abbey | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts);
quotations (texts) | Private owner | | Rendell Cat., 44. | Autographs and Autograph Books, 15 | liv_002748 |
| (19.0 MB) | Extract from Diary | May-June 1873 | Wainwright, Jacob, ?-1892 | | [East Africa] | 6 | 335 x 205 | diaries | David Livingstone Centre: 801 | | Roy C. Bridges, ed., "'A Dangerous and Toilsome Journey.' Jacob Wainwright's Diary of the Transportation of Dr Livingstone's Body to the Coast, 4 May 1873 to 18 February 1874," in Four Travel Journals / The Americas, Antarctica and Africa / 1775-1874 (London: Hakluyt Society, 2007), 329-384. 379-382. | | liv_000074 |
| (21.8 MB) | Extract from Diary | [November 1873-February 1874] | Wainwright, Jacob, ?-1892 | | [East Africa] | 6 | 330 x 200 | diaries | David Livingstone Centre: 833 | | Roy C. Bridges, ed., "'A Dangerous and Toilsome Journey.' Jacob Wainwright's Diary of the Transportation of Dr Livingstone's Body to the Coast, 4 May 1873 to 18 February 1874," in Four Travel Journals / The Americas, Antarctica and Africa / 1775-1874 (London: Hakluyt Society, 2007), 329-384. 390-398. | | liv_000075 |
| | List of Articles Belonging to William Thompson | April-May 1863 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Murchison's Cataracts] | 2 | folio | autographs (manuscripts);
lists (document genres) | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 10 Nov. 1936, lot 506. | Documents, 32 | liv_002853 |
| | Note to Unknown | [July 1864-August 1865] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Britain] | | 12 mo. | autographs (manuscripts);
notes | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 14 Jul. 1970, lot 564.
Sotheby's Cat., 15 Apr. 1975, lot 539. | Documents, 34 | liv_002854 |
| | Thomas Kelly, We've No Abiding City Here (Setswana) | [1856] | Kelly, Thomas, 1769-1854;
Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa or Britain] | | | autographs (manuscripts);
copies (derivative objects);
hymns (documents) | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 15 Nov. 1937, lot 195. | Documents, 06 | liv_002825 |
| | A New or Striped Variety of Eland, Found North of Sesheke (Printed in Reverse from a Wood Engraving in Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries), with Annotations on Verso | [1865] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873;
Whymper, Josiah, 1813-1903 | | [Britain] | | | annotations;
autographs (manuscripts);
drawings (visual works);
wood engravings (prints) | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 17 Dec. 1981, lot 130. | Books, 03 (supplement) | liv_002819 |
| | Biblical Quotation (English and Setswana) | 14 September 1857 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | Hamilton | 2 (two copies, one page each) | | autographs (manuscripts);
quotations (texts) | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 17 Jun. 1957, lot 140. | Autographs and Autograph Books, 05 | liv_002740 |
| | Salary Document to William Thomspon | Date Unknown (No Later than 1873) | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Thompson, William, 1811-1889 | [Britain or Africa] | | | autographs (manuscripts);
financial records;
fragments (object portions) | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 2 Jun. 1980, lot 313.
Sotheby's Cat., 28 Oct. 1980, lot 651. | Documents, 41.5 | liv_002862 |
| | Receipt for George H. Richards | February 1872 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Richards, George H., 1819-1876 | [East Africa] | | 250 x 230 | autographs (manuscripts);
receipts (financial records) | David Livingstone Centre: 770 | | Sotheby's Cat., 21 Jun. 1960, lot 439. | | liv_002989 |
| | Note on a Presentation Copy of Roderick I. Murchison, Address at the Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society (1852) | 19 February 1858 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873;
Murchison, Roderick I., 1792-1871 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873;
Murchison, Roderick I., 1792-1871 | London | | | annotations;
autographs (manuscripts);
notes;
publications | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 24 Jul. 1978, lot 182. | Documents, 15.5 | liv_002835 |
| | Notes | Date Unknown (No Later than 1873) | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Africa] | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts);
field notes;
notes | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 25 Feb. 1946, lot 200. | Sketches, Envelopes, and Odd Scraps, 35 | liv_002987 |
| | Biblical Quotation (English and Arabic) | Date Unknown (No Later than 1873) | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Britain or Africa?] | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts);
quotations (texts) | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 25 Jan. 1949, lot 499. | Autographs and Autograph Books, 16 | liv_002749 |
| | Biblical Quotation (Hebrews 13:5) (English and African Language) | 10 October 1857 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | Leeds | | | autographs (manuscripts);
quotations (texts) | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 27 Oct. 1980, lot 63. | Autographs and Autograph Books, 07.1 | liv_002742 |
| | Note to Unknown | [1857] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Unknown addressee | [Britain] | 1 | 8vo | autographs (manuscripts);
notes | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 28 Jul. 1930, lot 111. | Documents, 12 | liv_002832 |
| | Certificate for William Rowe | 26 April 1860 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Rowe, William | Tete | 1 | 4to | autographs (manuscripts);
certificates | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 28 Oct. 1980, lot 654. | Documents, 22.5 | liv_002844 |
| | Note to Agnes Livingstone 3 | [28-30 April 1862] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Livingstone, Agnes 3, 1847-1912 | Shupanga | 1 | 180 x 114 | autographs (manuscripts);
notes | Private owner | | Sotheby's Cat., 8 Nov. 1960, lot 203. | Documents, 27 | liv_002848 |
| (6.8 MB) | Map of Barotseland | [1851] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | 775 x 660 | autographs (manuscripts);
manuscript maps | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies: CWM Map E 1:5 (1A) (oversize item - solander box) | | Susannah Rayner, ed., The Life and Afterlife of David Livingstone (London: SOAS University of London, 2014), 29, 31 | | liv_000148 |
| (6.8 MB) | Map of Barotseland | [1851] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Southern Africa] | 1 | 660 x 775 | autographs (manuscripts);
manuscript maps | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies: CWM Map E 1:5 (1A) (oversize item - solander box) | | Susannah Rayner, ed., The Life and Afterlife of David Livingstone (London: SOAS University of London, 2014), 29, 31. | | liv_002683 |
| | Agreement between David Livingstone and His Porters and Others | 5 February 1871 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Bambarre, Manyuema Country] | | | agreements;
autographs (manuscripts) | Private owner | | The Times (London), 27 Sept. 1872, 3 c. 3. | Documents, 39 | liv_002859 |
| (2.1 MB) | A Note on Fever for Dr McWilliam Transmitted by Favour of Capt. Washington | 28 November 1860 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | | [Tette] | 4 | 322 x 203 | autographs (manuscripts);
official reports | National Museum of the Royal Navy (Great Britain): MS. 120 | MS. 10777 | Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London, 1:1 (1860), 235-242.
The Lancet (London), 24 Aug. 1861, 184-186.
Michael Gelfand, Livingstone the Doctor; His Life and Travels: A Study in Medical History (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1957), 297-303. | Papers and Reports, 18 | liv_002688 |
| | The Life and Work of David Livingstone, Missionary and Explorer: Complete Set of Forty Numbered Magic Lantern Slides with Explanatory Text (16 pages) | [c.1880] | London Missionary Society | | [London] | 40 + 16 | | lantern slides;
visual works | Private owner | | Wayfarer's Bookshop, Feb. 2014, link (accessed 3 May 2016).
Wayfarer's Bookshop, Mar. 2016, link (accessed 3 May 2016). | | liv_003032 |
| | Carte de Visit, Portrait of David Livingstone | [c.1865] | Unknown creator | | [London] | 2 | 85 x 55 | photographs;
visiting cards | Private owner | | Wayfarer's Bookshop, Mar. 2016, link (accessed 3 May 2016). | | liv_003031 |
| | Envelope to John Crookes | [6 September 1864] | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | Crookes, John | [Hamilton] | 1 | | autographs (manuscripts);
envelopes | Private owner | | liveauctioneers, 2014, link (accessed 21 Dec. 2016). | | liv_003114 |
![John Murray III and Anon., David Livingstone - Boat Scene (Painted Magic Lantern Slide), [1857], detail. Copyright National Library of Scotland, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 SCOTLAND.](https://livingstoneonline.org:443/sites/default/files/section_page/carousel_images/liv_014067_0001-carousel.jpg "John Murray III and Anon., David Livingstone - Boat Scene (Painted Magic Lantern Slide), [1857], detail. Copyright National Library of Scotland, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 SCOTLAND.")
![Image of two pages from Livingstone's Field Diary XVI (Livingstone 1872h:[2]-[3]). CC BY-NC 3.0](https://livingstoneonline.org:443/sites/default/files/section_page/carousel_images/liv_000016_0003-carousel.jpg "Image of two pages from Livingstone's Field Diary XVI (Livingstone 1872h:[2]-[3]). CC BY-NC 3.0")
![David Livingstone, Map of Lakes Nyassa and Shirwa [1864?], detail. Copyright National Library of Scotland, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 SCOTLAND; Dr. Neil Imray Livingstone Wilson, CC BY-NC 3.0](https://livingstoneonline.org:443/sites/default/files/section_page/carousel_images/liv_000077_0001-tile.jpg "David Livingstone, Map of Lakes Nyassa and Shirwa [1864?], detail. Copyright National Library of Scotland, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 SCOTLAND; Dr. Neil Imray Livingstone Wilson, CC BY-NC 3.0")
