Manuscript from around 1856 of the illustration 'River Scenery on the West Coast' which was included in David Livingstone's 'Missionary Travels' [Library reference: MS.42433].
Dr David Livingstone's books contained beautiful engraved illustrations of the people, animals and places he had seen during his expeditions to Africa.
He took great care to make sure that these pictures were accurate.
This illustration was produced for his book 'Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa' published by John Murray in 1857.