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Missionaries

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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.
  • David Livingstone (?) and his followers on a boat, attacked by hippopotamus. Lithograph.
  • David Livingstone arriving at Lake Ngami in 1849. Lithograph.
  • Cannibals armed with machetes prepare to ambush a missionary. Drawing by G.H., 18--.
  • Lake Ngami: Africans and European explorers on its bank. Wood engraving by J.W. Whymper after A. Rider.
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Catalogue

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    David Livingstone. Photograph.

    | Reference: 13095i
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    David Livingstone, holding a gun, attacked by a lion; Africans and a missionary in the foreground. Etching.

    | Reference: 561229i
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    David Livingstone. Photograph.

    | Reference: 13606i
    • Books

    Into Africa : a transnational history of Catholic medical missions and social change / Barbra Mann Wall.

    Wall, Barbra Mann | Date: [2015]
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    Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

    Ferri, Ciro, 1634-1689. | Date: 1679 | Reference: 24892i
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