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David Livingstone
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Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)

Also known as: Давид Ливингстон, ديفيد ليفينغستون, 데이비드 리빙스턴, デイヴィッド・リヴィングストン, 戴维·利文斯通, Давид Ливингстоун

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Known works

  • Down to earth people
  • Missionary travels and researches in South Africa (1833)
  • Correspondence (1959)
  • David Livingstone's Shire journal, 1861-1864 (1992)
  • The last journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 to his death (1874)