David Livingstone (1813-73) was a nineteenth-century British explorer and missionary. His 1866 search for the source of the Nile forms the core of this two-volume diary, published posthumously in 1874. Volume 2 spans the last two years of Livingstone's life, and includes additional details given by his two attendants.

Published in 1874, this record of Livingstone's last expedition also includes an account of his final illness and death.