Central African Geographical Data (Excerpt from David Livingstone's Annotations on Map from John H. Speke, Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile [1863])
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Note Bin Habib
- 20 days from Ja to
Kiñkonza = 200 - Nyama kundu bad
- Kinkonza S of Ujiji –
- SW by W to fountains –
- Lobish comes from
SW to NE 1 day to N
from Mpweto's - W & by N to stone houses 3 days
- W to Lufira 1 day Lufira
Item Details
Author(s) & contributor(s): Said Bin Habib; David Livingstone
Date(s): [c.1869]
Place(s) of creation: [Central Africa]
Form & transmission history: Geographical data, as translated (possibly with the help of an intermediary) and written down on a map by a British explorer.
Object description: Excerpt from beige manuscript map with multiple notes, with one hand in brown ink.
Repository: National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Shelfmark / Identifier: MS. 10740
Digital edition & date: One More Voice, 2020
Critical editing & encoding: Heather F. Ball, Adrian S. Wisnicki
Rights: Critically-edited text copyright One More Voice. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Cite this digital edition (MLA): Said Bin Habib; David Livingstone. “Central African Geographical Data (Excerpt from David Livingstone's Annotations on Map from John H. Speke, Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile [1863])” ([c.1869]). Heather F. Ball, Adrian S. Wisnicki, eds. One More Voice, site launch edition, 2020, https://onemorevoice.org/html/transcriptions/liv_003181_TEI.html.
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