Record

RefNoMS/257/3/46
AltRefNoSa.792
Previous numbersES3/18/792
LevelItem
TitleLetter from David Livingstone, Kongone to Edward Sabine
Date17 January 1861
DescriptionRefers to observations taken at Tette and Expedition Island in Zambezi. Livingstone remarks on leaving Tette and arriving in [Kogone] waiting for the arrival of their new vessel. Describes damage to the instruments by Mr Laird’s ‘wretched launch’ and damage sustained by the partitions ‘perpetually’ pumping in water, loss of public and private property. Refers to the ‘formation of the Oxford and Cambridge mission. Livingstone suggests Sabine to follow up with the work done by the missionaries in Algeria under Bishop [Antoine-Louis-Adolphe] Dupuch, and remarks on magnetic and meteorological observations.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMS/257/3/47
MS/257/3/48
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7817Livingstone; David (1813 - 1873)1813 - 1873
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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