Henry Morton Stanley meeting David Livingstone at Ujiji, in Africa. Coloured wood engraving by H. Hall after H.M. Stanley, ca.1872.

David Livingstone (?) and his followers on a boat, attacked by hippopotamus. Lithograph.

David Livingstone arriving at Lake Ngami in 1849. Lithograph.

Cannibals armed with machetes prepare to ambush a missionary. Drawing by G.H., 18--.

Lake Ngami: Africans and European explorers on its bank. Wood engraving by J.W. Whymper after A. Rider.

David Livingtone's followers, Susi and Chuma, pictured with his former possessions. Photograph, ca. 1873.

David Livingstone, suffering from fever, carried above water on the shoulders of one of his men. Wood engraving after J.B. Zwecker.

Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingstone on Lake Tanganyika. Lithograph.

David Livingstone, seated on the ground, reading from the Bible to two African followers. Wood engraving and letterpress, 1874.

David Livingstone memorial in Blantyre; Livingstone reading the Bible to a group of African men. Photoprint.

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David Livingstone. Photograph.

David Livingstone, holding a gun, attacked by a lion; Africans and a missionary in the foreground. Etching.

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Into Africa : a transnational history of Catholic medical missions and social change / Barbra Mann Wall.

<p>Bible. N.T. Acts 17. 32-34. Paul has just given a speech on idol worship to the Greeks and Jews of Areopagus. One of the mockers holds a large book.</p>

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Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

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David Livingstone. Photograph.

David Livingstone, holding a gun, attacked by a lion; Africans and a missionary in the foreground. Etching.

David Livingstone. Photograph.

Into Africa : a transnational history of Catholic medical missions and social change / Barbra Mann Wall.

Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

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David Livingstone. Photograph.

David Livingstone, holding a gun, attacked by a lion; Africans and a missionary in the foreground. Etching.

David Livingstone. Photograph.

Into Africa : a transnational history of Catholic medical missions and social change / Barbra Mann Wall.

Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

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