successive expeditions

Why Did Livingstone Go To Africa?

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Why Did Livingstone Go To Africa? David Livingstone moved to Africa in 1841 as a “medical missionary”. However, he believed his spiritual calling lay in exploration (with the aim of finding commercial trade routes to displace those of the slave trade), rather than preaching. Why did Livingstone go to Africa in the first place? Opening

What Country Originally Explored And Settles Africa?

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What Country Originally Explored And Settles Africa? Beginning in the seventeenth century, the Netherlands began exploring and colonizing Africa. While the Dutch were waging a long war of independence against Spain, Portugal had temporarily united with Spain, starting in 1580. Which country was first Colonised in Africa? Historians argue that the rushed imperial conquest of