1870 GEORGE A. SHAW. Signed Quotation by Important Missionary to Madagascar.

Fine, original quotation in Malagasy and English in the hand of pioneer missionary to Madagascar, George Andrew Shaw [1842-1917]. 

It reads, "The Lord is my shepherd" in both languages, and is then signed with this station location, "George A. Shaw. Tamatave, Madagascar."

George Andrew Shaw (1842-1917), was an English missionary stationed at Tamatave, Madagascar. He came to be considered the pre-eminent scholar on Malagasy culture. He authored Madagascar: the Ibara tribes (London, Missionary Society, 1876). Fauna and flora of Madagascar (London, The Religious Tract Society, 1885). Madagascar and France, with some account of the island, its people, its resources and development (London, The Religious Tract Society, 1885); Madagascar of to-day: an account of the island, its people, resources and development (London, Religious Tract Society, 1886), and more.