Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

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Summary: One of the greatest lives of the 19th century
Review: This gentle, brave man was explorer, missionary, doctor, scientist and anti-slavery activist. He traveled 29,000 miles in Africa and added about a million square miles to the known portion of the earth. His writings were decisive in ending three hundred years of African slave trading. And here's the end of the story: he died of fever in a small African village while kneeling in prayer by his bedside. His body was returned to England and is buried in Westminster Abbey. But his heart, as he wished it to be, was buried by the natives, in Africa.

A fascinating life, well-told. A book to not only enjoy, but treasure.