Where was David Livingstone from?
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Scotland
A missionary and doctor.
💡 Did you know? As a child Livingstone worked in a Scottish cotton mill and studied evenings to become a doctor and missionary.
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Which continent did Livingstone explore?
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Africa
Southern and central Africa.
💡 Did you know? Livingstone was one of the first Europeans to cross southern and central Africa.
Which waterfalls did Livingstone name?
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Victoria Falls
After his queen.
💡 Did you know? He named the mighty falls on the Zambezi after Britain's Queen Victoria.
With which line did Henry Morton Stanley greet the missing explorer at Lake Tanganyika in 1871?
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Dr. Livingstone, I presume
Stanley found him in the interior.
💡 Did you know? „Dr. Livingstone, I presume?“ the reporter Stanley is said to have asked on finding the long-lost explorer.
What was Livingstone searching for?
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sources of the Nile
Also against the slave trade.
💡 Did you know? During his years-long search for the Nile's source, the world lost all trace of Livingstone for a time.
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