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

James Scott, Australian medical student lost in the Himalayas for forty-three days without food, drinking from a snowball to rehydrate in the afternoon sun. Drawing by M. H. Boscott, 1993.

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

David Livingstone arriving at Lake Ngami in 1849. Lithograph.

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.

David Livingstone's grave at Westminster Abbey. Wood engraving by H. Harral.

Livingstone college. Process print.

Encyclopedia of exploration, 1800 to 1850 : a comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization between the years 1800 and 1850 / Raymond John Howgego.

David Livingstone. Photograph.

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

1 print : wood engraving ; image 19.5 x 14.8 cm

Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

M0001328: Reproduction of a portrait of Dr. Justus Karl Hasskarl (1811-1894), German explorer and botanist

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Encyclopedia of exploration, 1800 to 1850 : a comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization between the years 1800 and 1850 / Raymond John Howgego.

David Livingstone. Photograph.

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

Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.

M0001328: Reproduction of a portrait of Dr. Justus Karl Hasskarl (1811-1894), German explorer and botanist

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Encyclopedia of exploration, 1800 to 1850 : a comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization between the years 1800 and 1850 / Raymond John Howgego.

David Livingstone. Photograph.

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

Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.

M0001328: Reproduction of a portrait of Dr. Justus Karl Hasskarl (1811-1894), German explorer and botanist

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