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The mill in which Livingstone worked at Blantyre. Copyright Wellcome Library, London. CC BY 4.0
Life and Times: Overview

Illustrated essays on David Livingstone, his world, and his legacy

David Livingstone, Map of Central African Lakes, c.1867-1872, detail. Copyright National Library of Scotland: CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 SCOTLAND, and Dr. Neil Imray Livingstone Wilson: CC BY-NC 3.0
Livingstone’s Life & Expeditions

An introduction to David Livingstone

'Truth: Expounding the Gospel.' Copyright Wellcome Library, London. CC BY 4.0
Livingstone’s Posthumous Reputation

Shaping and reshaping Livingstone's legacy as an icon of the British Empire

Trade Adverts for Dr. Livingstone: A Popular Account of Missionary Travels and Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi, Quarterly Review (July-Oct. 1874). Copyright National Library of Scotland. CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 SCOTLAND
Publishing Livingstone's Missionary Travels

The role of print and publishers in fostering the fame of 19th century explorers

'Fulfillment: The gift of the United Church of Canada.' Copyright Livingstone Online. May not be reproduced without the consent of the Scottish National Memorial to David Livingstone Trust.
Southern Africans and the Advent of Colonialism

History in southern Africa from the Stone Age to the mid-19th century

Thomas Baines, 'The Victoria Falls, Zambesi River, Sketched on the Spot, 1865.' Copyright National Library of Scotland. CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 SCOTLAND
18th- and 19th-Century European Expeditions

Development, sponsorship, and goals

'Operative surgery.' Copyright Wellcome Library, London. CC BY 4.0
Livingstone's Medical Education

The impact of David Livingstone's medical education on his work in Africa

Advertisement for 'Orange Quinine Wine,' 1898. Copyright Wellcome Library, London. CC BY 4.0
Victorian Medicine

The role of British health in shaping Livingstone's understanding of Africa

Thomas Rowlandson, 'Ague and fever.' Copyright Wellcome Library, London. CC BY 4.0
Fever in the Tropics

Ideas past and present about fever and its treatment


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