Explorers In Africa Flashcards
Who was David livingstone?
A Scottish missionary who pursued training in medicine and missionary work before moving to Africa in 1841
When did livingstine arrive in South Africa, Cape Town?
1841
Once livingstone reached Capetown, where did he go?
Hint - desert
North, explored the kalahari desert
What did he discover in 1849?
What did he discover in 1851?
49 - lake Ngami
51 - Zambezi river
Where did he reach in 1853?
He = livingstone
Luanda, western region of the coast of Africa
What did livingstone name Zambezi falls?
Victoria falls - after queen Victoria
Where did livingstone finally reach?
Quelimane
Now knowns as Mozambique
What year did livingstone join the London missionary society?
1838
In 1841 livingstone reached the Kalahari desert and meets the kulena people. Who did livingstone concert?
Sechele - the Kulenas leader
In 1847 livingstone traveled to where?
What does he do there?
Kolobengtsets
Sets up a mission and learns the language
Teaches sechele how to read and write
Why was livingstone able to set up a missionary in kuenaben?
- promise of literacy
- access to guns and gunpowder for local leaders who wanted to protect themselves from Arabic slave trade
Why was livingstones mission different to others?
Hint - who was part of it?
He chose assistance from freed slaves, servants and native people
They eventually began deserting him
In August 1866, livingstone reached what lake? What happened there?
Malawi
Supplies and medicine stolen
Once his supplies were stolen at lake Malawi, where did livingstone go? What did he do?
Reaches lake tangamyika
Sends messages to Zanziear asking for help
What did livingstone believe was the source of the Nile? What was it reallly
The Nike expedition 1866-68
Lucilaba river
Really part of the Congo
What did livingstone witness in July 1871? Why was this traumatic for him?
Massacre of women at market in nyangwe (perpetrators were the slave traders)
Shocking as livingstone has established good working relationship with them to survive
Finally leaves and travels to ujiji
What did DL believe would combat slavery?
“Trade, commerce and Christianity”
Who was sent to find DL?
Henry Morton Stanley as Britain had not heard from DL in 6 years
When did Stanley find livingstone?
1871
Found him in ujiji
When does livingstine die?
April 1873
The Brussels conference was in what year?
1876
The Berlin conference was what year?
1884
Why was Richard burton famous?
4 points
- polygot - spoke 29 languages
- army and diplomatic career
- one of only Europeans to enter Mecca
- translated erotic work in Victoria society
Burton was a prolific writer.
What did he believe?
Criticise?
Wrote what?
He wrote anthopolgical work on native people in Africa
Critical of other explorers. Criticised the way empire was run
Didn’t think Christianity would help native thought Islam was better suited
