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10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa

10th November 2021
Tagged as: Africa, Britain, Dr Livingstone, Exploration, Henry Morton Stanley, Livingstone, Nile, Queen Victoria, Scotland, Slavery, Zambezi

Henry Morton Stanley, a Welsh-American journalist and explorer, allegedly greeted the missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone with the phrase, “Dr Livingston, I presume?”

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10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa

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