David Livingstone's Bicentenary

DR. DAVID LIVINGSTONE 19TH MARCH 1813 - 1ST MAY 1873 A GREAT EXPLORER OF AFRICA, DOCTOR AND MISSIONARY "I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward" David Livingstone 1813 1836 1841 David Livingstone was born on 19th March 1813, in the mill town of Blantyre, south of Glasgow. Livingstone attended Anderson's University in Glasgow to study medicine and theology. He began his travels in Africa and was posted as a missionary to Kuruman in the Northern Cape of South Africa. He decided to become a missionary doctor. 1844 1845 1851 Livingstone discovered the Zambezi River After moving to Mabotsa, now on the boarder of Botswana, he was famously attacked by a lion. He married Mary Moffat in 1845 and the pair had 6 children. Although they did accompany him on several of his adventures, they spent long periods аpart. while exploring modern-day Botswana. 1855 1857 1858 By following the Zambezi, Livingstone discovered the world's largest waterfall: Victoria Falls on the boarder of Zambia and Livingstone returned to Britain and published Missionary travels and researches in He returned to Africa in 1858 and continued exploration of the Zambezi. South Africa, his most famous work. He Zimbabwe. The locals spent the small fortune the book made on called it Mosi-oa-Tunya or the smoke that thunders, he renamed it after Queen Victoria. exploration. 1862 1866 1871 His wife joined him in Africa but fell ill with fever and died on 27th April. She was buried under a large baobab tree. After losing contact with the outside world for many years, Henry Morton Stanley was sent to find Livingstone. He greeted him with the famous "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" He asked Livingstone to leave Africa but he refused. After a 2 year break in Britain, Livingstone returned to Africa to find the source of the River Nile; the longest river in the world. DID YOU KNOW? Livingstone's heart was buried in Africa. Two of his followers removed his heart and buried it under a mpundu tree. 1873 2013 He spent the final years of his life very ill and died in 1873 of malaria, in modern-day Zambia. 19th March 2013 marks the bicentenary of David Livingstone's birth, don't forget to celebrate. R.I.P FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE'S AMAZING JOURNEY THROUGH AFRICA Book your Livingstone adventure with Mahlatini African Travel www.mahlatini.com ΜAHLATΙNI african travel specialists Sources: http://www.livingstoneonline.ucl.ac.uk/biog/dl/chron.html | http://en.wikipedia.org/viki/David_Livingstone#Death | http:/site.stanleylivingstoneexpedition.com/images/livingstone.jpg| http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-149856 DR. DAVID LIVINGSTONE 19TH MARCH 1813 - 1ST MAY 1873 A GREAT EXPLORER OF AFRICA, DOCTOR AND MISSIONARY "I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward" David Livingstone 1813 1836 1841 David Livingstone was born on 19th March 1813, in the mill town of Blantyre, south of Glasgow. Livingstone attended Anderson's University in Glasgow to study medicine and theology. He began his travels in Africa and was posted as a missionary to Kuruman in the Northern Cape of South Africa. He decided to become a missionary doctor. 1844 1845 1851 Livingstone discovered the Zambezi River After moving to Mabotsa, now on the boarder of Botswana, he was famously attacked by a lion. He married Mary Moffat in 1845 and the pair had 6 children. Although they did accompany him on several of his adventures, they spent long periods аpart. while exploring modern-day Botswana. 1855 1857 1858 By following the Zambezi, Livingstone discovered the world's largest waterfall: Victoria Falls on the boarder of Zambia and Livingstone returned to Britain and published Missionary travels and researches in He returned to Africa in 1858 and continued exploration of the Zambezi. South Africa, his most famous work. He Zimbabwe. The locals spent the small fortune the book made on called it Mosi-oa-Tunya or the smoke that thunders, he renamed it after Queen Victoria. exploration. 1862 1866 1871 His wife joined him in Africa but fell ill with fever and died on 27th April. She was buried under a large baobab tree. After losing contact with the outside world for many years, Henry Morton Stanley was sent to find Livingstone. He greeted him with the famous "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" He asked Livingstone to leave Africa but he refused. After a 2 year break in Britain, Livingstone returned to Africa to find the source of the River Nile; the longest river in the world. DID YOU KNOW? Livingstone's heart was buried in Africa. Two of his followers removed his heart and buried it under a mpundu tree. 1873 2013 He spent the final years of his life very ill and died in 1873 of malaria, in modern-day Zambia. 19th March 2013 marks the bicentenary of David Livingstone's birth, don't forget to celebrate. R.I.P FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE'S AMAZING JOURNEY THROUGH AFRICA Book your Livingstone adventure with Mahlatini African Travel www.mahlatini.com ΜAHLATΙNI african travel specialists Sources: http://www.livingstoneonline.ucl.ac.uk/biog/dl/chron.html | http://en.wikipedia.org/viki/David_Livingstone#Death | http:/site.stanleylivingstoneexpedition.com/images/livingstone.jpg| http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-149856