Livingstone's crossing of Africa
1853–1856 · Event
Setting out from the upper Zambezi, Livingstone walks west to Luanda and then all the way back east to Quelimane on the Indian Ocean — the first documented coast-to-coast crossing of south-central Africa by a European.
On these timelines: Age of Exploration, Sub-Saharan Africa, United Kingdom (combined), Master, Scotland
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