Two Versions of Missionary Travels
Cite page (MLA): "Two Versions of Missionary Travels." In Livingstone's Missionary Travels Manuscript. Justin D. Livingstone and Adrian S. Wisnicki, dirs. Livingstone Online. Adrian S. Wisnicki and Megan Ward, dirs. 2019. Web. http://livingstoneonline.org/uuid/node/444d1485-dcd9-48a0-8b01-948371c8856e.
This page allows users to engage in comparative study of the two versions of Missionary Travels (1857): the published version and the original holograph manuscript, which consists of several parts and fragments. Users can scroll through each of the versions or guide their search using dates found in the texts. For each document, we have selected colors that match the corresponding colors of the original. The project directors recommend that users – prior to engaging with the Missionary Travels versions below – consult the following two essays for an overview of Livingstone’s Missionary Travels manuscript and for guidance on the modes of display used to represent this manuscript onscreen: State of the Manuscript and Textual Principles and Encoding Practices.

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