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The book was published in 1857 and went on to sell 70,000 copies, making Livingston rich. It combined elements of his own story with evangelism, science, medicine and linguistics, all illuminated with maps and illustrations.
He said that everyone had a copy of Missionary Travels in their house but people only ever looked at the pictures and that no one had actually read the book itself, which I think is a fabulous similar...
— Episode: Dr David Livingstone
Episode: Dr David Livingstone
The book was published in 1857 and went on to sell 70,000 copies, making Livingston rich. It combined elements of his own story with evangelism, science, medicine and linguistics, all illuminated with maps and illustrations.
He said that everyone had a copy of Missionary Travels in their house but people only ever looked at the pictures and that no one had actually read the book itself, which I think is a fabulous similarity to 20 or 30 years ago when everyone bought Stephen Hawking's On the History of Time but no one actually read it.
The first time Livingston sees the illustrations for The Lion Attack, he instantly writes back to the publisher and says, I will be a laughingstock. You have made this lion far, far too big. Can you reduce it in size?