Wikipedia: The Statue of David Livingstone on the Zimbabwe side of the Victoria Falls is erected towards Devil’s Cataract in the western bank of the falls. The statue has an inscription that states that David Livingstone visited the falls in 1851 when he documented his first impression on the beauty of the waterfalls during his first encounter when he named the falls after Queen Victoria.[2][3] There has been two Read more...
Statue commemorating the Congregationalist missionary, explorer of Africa and enemy of slavery who became a popular hero of late-Victorian Britain. Featured Image Credit: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Read more...
English: A monument known as the “Dr. Livingstone Memorial” was erected to commemorate the meeting between David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley. There is also a modest museum. There is a former slave route near the market. Image Credit: Peter Levey, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons See more pictures of the museum Read more...
The gravestone of Mary Livingstone, wife of David Livingstone, and daughter of missionary Robert Moffatt in Chupanga (Shupanga). The inscription reads: Here repose the mortal remains of Mary Moffat, the beloved wife of Doctor Livingstone, in humble hope of a joyful resurrection by our saviour Jesus Christ. She died in Shupanga House, 27 April 1862, aged 41 years. Image Credit: Read more...
English: This monumental bronze entitled “Livingstone and the Lion” is at the David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre, Scotland. The statue was designed and modeled in wax by Ray Harryhausen and Gareth Knowles created the bronze from that. Image Credit: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Read more...
Burial Place of David Livingstone William Wilberforce John Milton and more Image Credit: Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Read more...
From Wikipedia: The Livingstone Memorial built in 1899 marks the spot where missionary explorer David Livingstone died on 1 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 Read more...
