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David Livingstone

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David Livingstone Christian Missionary and Explorer - What Good Men Do

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David Livingstone: Africa's Trailblazer - Presented by Pr Gary Kent

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Dr. David Livingstone - Missionary Explorer to Africa

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David Livingstone: The Missionary Who Became a Legendary Explorer

David Livingstone was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era. He had a mythical status that 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 and colonial expansion.
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