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David Livingstone

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
David Livingstone , 1813-73, Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa, the first European to cross the African continent. From 1841 to 1852, while a medical missionary for the London Missionary Society in what is now Botswana, he crossed the Kalahari desert and reached (1849) Lake Ngami. He discovered the Zambezi River in 1851. Hoping to abolish the slave trade by opening Africa to Christian commerce and missionary stations, he traveled (1853) to Luanda on the west coast. Following the Zambezi River, he discovered and named Victoria Falls (1855) and reached the east coast at Quelimane, Portuguese... Read more
David Livingstone
David Livingstone David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a Scottish...to further exploration. David Livingstone was born on March 19...Lowlanders on his mother's. The Livingstones were poor, so at the age of 10 David worked in the textile... Read more
Livingstone, David
Livingstone, David (1813–73) Scottish explorer of Africa. He went to South Africa as a missionary in 1841, and became famous through his account... Read more

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