David Livingstone being carried on a makeshift stretcher through the jungle. Artist: Unknown

David Livingstone being carried on a makeshift stretcher through the jungle. Artist: Unknown

2-547-674 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

David Livingstone being carried on a makeshift stretcher through the jungle, Africa, 19th century. Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873) was the first European to discover the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river in central Africa. While searching for the source of the Nile in the late 1860s he became seriously ill and went missing. Although he was found, by Henry Morton Stanley in 1871, Livingstone never fully recovered from his illness and died in Bangwelulu, Zambia. Lantern slide.


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  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
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  1. David Livingstone: British: Explorer, missionary

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  1. 02 23 00 N , 016 04 00 E

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3433x5109
File Size : 17,129kb


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  1. 2-547-674
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