Упр.8 Unit 2 Секция 1 Рабочая тетрадь 1 ФГОС ГДЗ Enjoy English 9 класс
8 Write a short biography of D. Livingstone. Use the information below.David Livingstone, the greatest missionary and explorer in Africa, wanted to open Africa to the civilised world and to stop slave trade year of birth:
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8 Write a short biography of D. Livingstone. Use the information below.
David Livingstone, the greatest missionary and explorer in Africa, wanted to open Africa to the civilised world and to stop slave trade
year of birth: 1813
place of birth: Scotland
education: medical
1840: was sent to Africa as a member of the London Missionary Society
1841—1852: explored Kalahari, managed to cross the Kalahari Desert
1853: travelled to Luanda on the west coast
1855—1856: discovered the Zambezi River and followed it from the source till the Indian Ocean, crossing the African continent. Livingstone was the first European who had ever crossed the African continent. While travelling he saw a beautiful waterfall and named it Victoria Falls.
1857: was given the post of British consul at Quelimane and continued his geographical research
1864: returned to England to publish his book about the Zambezi River
1866: went to Africa again; his aim was to find the source of the Nile
1867—1872: discovered and mapped many geographical points in Africa, the Congo River included; suffered from tropical diseases
1873: died in a little African village from a tropical disease