Issue 56 : David Livingstone: Missionary-explorer in Africa
Originally published in 1997

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Table of Contents
David Livingstone, Missionary Explorer
Editors
Little-known or remarkable facts about David Livingstone: missionary explorer
Ruth A. Tucker
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The man, the missionary, the explorer, the legend.
Alvyn Austin
Dr. Livingstone was also a meticulous scientist.
Alvyn Austin
Livingstone seemed unimpressed by the great cats—even after being attacked by one.
Alvyn Austin
The explorer encounters an exotic continent.
David Livingstone
African slavery thwarted every effort to eradicate it.
Ted Olsen
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Though Livingstone loved his family, he spent little time with them.
Elizabeth Isichei
Bachelor Livingstone's unromantic stroll into marriage.
Ted Olsen
The same traits that led the explorer to greatness, led him into the Zambezi disaster.
Ted Olsen
Those closest to the remarkable explorer were often remarkable themselves.
Steven T. Grezlak
Henry Stanley did more than find Livingstone—he followed him.
Elesha Hodge
After Livingstone opened Africa, Western missionaries moved in by the thousands. Did they hurt or help Africans?
Mark Shaw

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