Биболетова – 9 класс – Часть 2 – Рабочая тетрадь – Раздел 1 – Упражнение 8

David Livingstone, the greatest missionary and explorer in Africa, who wanted to open Africa to the civilised world and to stop slave trade, was born in 1813 in Scotland. He got medical education and in 1840 was sent to Africa as a member of the London Missionary Society. From 1841 to 1852 he explored Kalahari and managed to cross the Kalahari Desert. In 1853 Livingstone travelled to Luanda, on the west coast of it. From 1855 to 1856 he discovered the Zambezi River and followed it from the source till the Indian Ocean, crossing the African continent. Livingstone was the first European who had ever crossed the African continent.
While travelling he saw a beautiful waterfall and named it Victoria Falls. In 1857 he was given the post of British consul at Quelimane and continued his geographical research. In 1864 Livingstone returned to England to publish his book about the Zambezi River. He went to Africa again in 1866. His aim was to find the source of the Nile. From 1867 till 1872 he discovered and mapped many geographical points of Africa, including the Congo River. He suffered from tropical deseases at that time and in 1873 he died in a little African village from a tropical desease.