1813-1873. Scottish missionary explorer. In
1841 he went to Africa, reached Lake Ngami
1849, followed the Zambezi to its mouth, saw
the Victoria Falls 1855, and went to East and
Central Africa 1858-64, reaching Lakes Shirwa
and Malawi. From 1866, he tried to find the
source of the river Nile, and reached Ujiji
Oct 1871. British explorer Henry Stanley
joined Livingstone in Ujiji, and the two
explored Africa together. Livingstone not
only mapped a great deal of the continent but
also helped to end the slave trade by Arabs.
He died in Old Chitambo (now in Zambia) and
was buried in Westminster Abbey, London.