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W. Holman Bentley
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W. Holman Bentley; The Life and Labours of a Congo Pioneer
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Pioneering on the Congo
William Holman Bentley (1855-1905) was a missionary who spent twenty-one years in the area of the Congo. Originally published in 1900, these two volumes document the pioneering work of travellers to the area between 1879 and 1899. During that time it progressed from being virtually unexplored to a fully charted region with government officers, traders and missionaries operating far and wide. As the only foreign witness to the entire period, Bentley provides an authoritative account of the dramatic developments he observed in the Congo's geography, culture, religion and commerce. Volume 1 sets the discussion within a historical context, and moves on to recount the missionaries' objectives and their effect on the native tribes. Finishing by revealing the important discovery of a new route to the upper river, it presents a unique and insightful study that remains relevant to geographers, ethnologists and historians alike.
W. Holman Bentley, D. D., University of Glasgow
Excerpt from W. Holman Bentley, D. D., University of Glasgow: The Life and Labours of a Congo Pioneer T was with no little hesitancy that I complied with the request to write an account of my dear husband's life. There were so many reasons that made it almost impossible for me to describe with any fairness the character and work of such a man as he was, that I shrank from the task. But when, finally, more than one friend urged it upon me, I felt in a way constrained to do it, if but to show how much may be achieved by any one. Man, if only he be willing to place himself unreservedly in the hands of God, to be used by Him and for His glory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundre...
