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| Keywords: Sailing Ship of 1840 (imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS16-015).jpg en <br> Sailing Ship of 1840 Image of a sailing ship This type of ship would have been similar to that on which David Livingstone the Scottish missionary took his first voyage to Africa in 1840 Shortly after his graduation from Glasgow University Livingstone travelled to Glasgow where on 8th December 1840 he sailed from London to Africa on the George ; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone 1813-1873 the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner Livingstone was born in Blantyre Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836 Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841 In 1845 he married Mary Moffat During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern eastern and central Africa he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H M Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation Dr Livingstone I presume David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey Photographer Unknown Subject personal name Livingstone David 1813-1873 Filename imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS16-015 tif Coverage date 1840 Part of collection International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 Type images Part of subcollection Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity University of Edinburgh U K ca 1900-ca 1940s Repository name Centre for the Study of World Christianity Archival file impaunpub_Volume7/1848 url Repository address The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity New College Mound Place Edinburgh EH1 2LX United Kingdom Geographic subject country Scotland Format aacr2 1 lantern slide 8 x 8 cm Geographic subject continent Europe Rights Contact the repository for details Part of series David Livingstone LS16 Repository email divinity-CSWC ed ac uk Subject lcsh Keyword Sailing ships; Missionaries Date created circa 1875/1940 Publisher of the digital version University of Southern California Libraries Subject aat genre general views Format aat lantern slides Legacy record ID impa-m69428 Access conditions http //www ed ac uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources File GB 237 CSWC47/LS16/15 circa 1875 /1940 author http //digitallibrary usc edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/64964 PD-old-70-1923 Magic lantern images Images from USC Digital Library uploaded by Fæ International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 | ||||
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