Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa;

£10,000 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

inscribed presentation copy of Livingstone's first expedition A presentation copy to 'Andrew Drew Esq./ with the kindest regards/ of / David Livingstone./ 30th April/ 1858'. Then below 'Aubrey W. H. D. Drew/ from his father/ October 26th 1871'. Andrew Drew (1792-1878) was a naval officer who made a name for himself in Woodstock, Canada before getting caught up in the Caroline Affair of 1837 in which he led a small force of the British Navy to burn a ship being used by Canadian rebels whilst it was moored in an American harbour. The American government claimed the Navy's (i.e. Drew's) actions had violated their territorial sovereignty, as well as an innocent bystander being killed, and it led to the 'Caroline Test', an agreement that allowed the violation of sovereign borders in exceptional circumstances, which is still part of the international law today. Drew eventually fled back to Britain in 1840 following continued animosity and death threats where he continued to serve in the Navy until he died as an admiral in 1878. 'Perhaps the most famous of all African exploration books, this recounts Dr. Livingstone's travels through South Africa, with the discovery of Lake Ngami, while accompanied by his wife and William Cotton Oswell. Oswell and the author continued their journey, discovering the Zambesi River, and, eventually, the Victoria Falls' (Czech). 'In the period between 1849 and 1856, his explorations took him to Lake Ngami across the Kalahari Desert, to the Zambezi River

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