" ... David Livingstone. David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley on 10 November 1871 gave rise to the popular quotation "Dr. Livingstone, I presume? " Perhaps one of the most popular national heroes of the late 19th century in Victorian Britain, Livingstone had a mythic status, which operated on a number of interconnected levels: Protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags to riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of commercial empire.
His fame as an explorer helped drive forward the obsession with discovering the sources of the River Nile that formed the culmination of the classic period of European geographical discovery and colonial penetration of the African continent. [citation needed] Early life Livingstone's birthplace in Blantyre. Preaching from a wagon. David Livingstone's Life. Lithograph of Blantyre, David Livingstone's birthplace Credit: Wellcome Library, London David Livingstone was born 19 March 1813 to a working-class family in Blantyre, Scotland, the second of seven children.
The family shared a room in a tenement building owned by the mill company where Livingstone started working at the age of ten. He was taught to read and write by his father, and in addition to schooling in the evenings provided by the company, he taught himself Latin and developed a love of natural history. At the age of 19 he was promoted and, with his increased wages, by 1836 he had saved enough money to enter Anderson's University, Glasgow to study medicine, where he studied under Andrew Buchanan MD.
Two years later, he suspended his course and spent a year at the London Missionary Society in Chipping Ongar, Essex. Lithograph of Livingstone and his party going down the Zambesi rapids Livingstone's Rousers Credit: The David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre/Gary Li. History - Historic Figures: David Livingstone (1813 - 1873) David Livingstone. David Livingstone, the famous Scottish missionary and explorer, was born on 19 March 1813 and died at Ilala in the centre of Africa in May 1873. On hearing of his death A. P. Stanley, Dean of Westminster (no relation to Henry Morton Stanley who "found" Livingstone) wrote to the President of the (Royal) Geographical Society offering burial in Westminster Abbey.
Livingstone's heart had been buried under a mpundu tree but his faithful attendants enclosed his embalmed body in a cylinder of bark which was wrapped in sailcloth and carried it to the coast and then sailed to London, arriving the following year. Burial The location for the grave was eventually chosen in the centre of the Nave, near to that of James Rennell, founder of the Society for African Exploration The inscription on the stone in brass letters reads: The funeral took place on 18 April 1874. On the Sunday afternoon following, 19th April, a memorial service was held with a sermon given by Dean Stanley. Gravestone. Dr David Livingstone. Born in Blantyre in 1813, David Livingstone was the son of a shopkeeper. He started work at the age of 10 but nevertheless managed to educate himself and to study medicine and theology at Glasgow University to become a missionary doctor.
He arrived in Bechuanaland in 1841 and married the daughter of another missionary there. Livingstone began to explore uncharted areas of Africa and while mapping the upper Zambesi River he discovered the Victoria Falls. Coming across the horrors of the slave trade, his books on African exploration were influential in bringing it to an end. David Livingstone. David Livingstone (1813 - 1873) After qualifying in medicine his strong theological bent led him to become a missionary. Owing to the Opium War his original desire to work in China could not be fulfilled, and in December 1840 he was allotted to a mission in Bechuanaland (now Botswana), where he arrived in July 1841. After exploring the country in the course of his missionary duties for eight years he decided to extend his journeys northwards and north-eastwards. This resulted in the survey of a vast area in the Zambezi basin and in 1849 he discovered Lake Ngami.
Turning toward Angola, he reached the Atlantic coast at Sao Paulo de Loanda on May 30th 1854. Thence he returned to the interior and discovered the falls of the Zambezi, naming them the Victoria Falls in honour of his queen. Between 1858 and 1863 Livingstone made accurate surveys of the zone between the river Zambezi and Lake Nyasa. Back to Famous Scots. David Livingstone. As of July 1, 2013 ThinkQuest has been discontinued.
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Livingstone Online Home Page. Victoria Falls. Naming[edit] David Livingstone gazing upon the Falls, in bronze, from the Zambian shore. David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary and explorer, is believed to have been the first European to view Victoria Falls on 16 November 1855 from what is now known as Livingstone Island, one of two land masses in the middle of the river, immediately upstream from the falls on the Zambian side.[1] Livingstone named his discovery in honour of Queen Victoria, but the indigenous name, Mosi-oa-Tunya—"the smoke that thunders"—continues in common usage as well. The nearby national park in Zambia, for example, is named Mosi-oa-Tunya,[2] whereas the national park and town on the Zimbabwean shore are both named Victoria Falls.[3][4] The World Heritage List officially recognizes both names.[5] In 2013 the government of Zimbabwe declared its intention to officially rename the falls "Mosi-oa-Tunya", citing continuity with other renamings such as Harare (from Salisbury), and Zimbabwe (from Rhodesia).[6] Falls.
Zambia - Victoria Falls. Ictoria Falls presents a spectacular sight of awe-inspiring beauty and grandeur on the Zambezi River, forming the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It was described by the Kololo tribe living in the area in the 1800’s as ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’ – ‘The Smoke that Thunders’. In more modern terms Victoria Falls is known as the greatest curtain of falling water in the world. Columns of spray can be seen from miles away as, at the height of the rainy season, more than five hundred million cubic meters of water per minute plummet over the edge, over a width of nearly two kilometers, into a gorge over one hundred meters below.
The wide, basalt cliff over which the falls thunder, transforms the Zambezi from a placid river into a ferocious torrent cutting through a series of dramatic gorges. Facing the Falls is another sheer wall of basalt, rising to the same height, and capped by mist-soaked rain forest. Victoria Falls. One waterfall. Hundreds of options on the Zambezi. Victoria Falls is one of two World Heritage Sites on the Zambezi River. Our local Victoria Falls office is ideal for managing your bookings to one of the most celebrated natural wonders of the world. Plan your visit on Victoria Falls Safari Network. The Zambezi River flows broad and placid to the brink of a 1700 mm wide basalt lip before taking a 100 metre headlong plunge into the thunderous, frothy chasm of the Batoka Gorge below. Its the world's largest sheet of falling water. Victoria Falls and Livingstone on either side of the Fall, provide easy access to the national parks in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia or Namibia as well as South Africa, for regular safaris.
Once the river has taken its plunge, things change ... Bungee jumpers scream down 111 metres off the Victoria Falls bridge - until recently, the world's highest commercial bungee jump. The facts: The ideal Zimbabwe safari including best wildlife reserves and World Heritage Sites. Victoria Falls | Seven Natural Wonders. If you love Nature Victoria Falls Facts: Also called Mosi-oa-Tunya meaning “smoke that thunders.”Largest waterfall based on width and heightOne mile wide (1.7 km) and 360 feet high (108 meters)Two national parks protect the fallsView Pictures of Victoria Falls Victoria Falls Victoria Falls is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
Statistically speaking, it is the largest waterfall in the world. This recognition comes from combining the height and width together to create the largest single sheet of flowing water. Victoria Falls is located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, and travelers can access the falls through either Livingstone, Zambia or Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The name Victoria Falls was given to the falls by the Scottish explorer Dr. Many people still refer to this nickname, which accurately defines the falls. Zimbabwe established a sister city to Livingstone, Zambia. Best Ways to See and Experience Victoria Falls You may visit the Victoria Falls Activities. Victoria Falls.com. Edinburgh-Royal Mile Princes Street Gardens- DAVID LIVINGSTONE. David Livingstone was an explorer and Scottish missionary. He was born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire and studied medicine and theology at Glasgow University. He later moved to London and became a minister joining the London Missionary Society.
In 1840 he worked in Beuchanaland (now Botswana) but was unable to reach South Africa because of the Boer war. During his explorations in Africa between 1852-56 his mission was, to open trade routes whilst gathering useful information about the lagely unknown continent. He was the first European to see the magnificent water falls which he renamed the Victoria Falls after the monarch Queen Victoria. A statue of Livingstone is situated at Victoria Falls with his motto inscribed on the base ' Christianity, Commerce and Civilization" His expeditions included following the Zambezi River which lasted from 1858 intil 1864, they found the Zambezi to be unnavigable beyond the Cabora basa Radids and the government recalled the expedition. Livingstone Memorial. The Livingstone Memorial built in 1899 marks the spot where missionary explorer David Livingstone died on 4 May 1873 in Chief Chitambo's village at Ilala near the edge of the Bangweulu Swamps in Zambia. His heart was buried there under a mpundu (also called mvula) tree by his loyal attendants Chuma, Suza Mniasere and Vchopere, before they departed for the coast carrying his body.[1] In their party was a European-educated African man named Jacob Wainwright who carved the inscription "LIVINGSTONE MAY 4 1873" and the names of the attendants on the tree.[2] The fate of the memorial tree[edit] By 1899 Chitambo's village had dispersed to another site after the death of the chief and the tree was decaying.
It was cut down by Robert Codrington who had been sent by the British Commissioner Alfred Sharpe to prepare the way for a permanent memorial. He made a clearing in the forest and had the carving removed and sent to the Royal Geographic Society's museum in London.[2] Additions[edit] Coordinates: David Livingstone Centre.