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Scotland. Unlike the other children who often died or grew up illiterate, he taught himself by reading books until he reached medical school in 1838 where he trained to become a doctor around the age of 25.
He was also fairly religious and after he became a doctor he volunteered to be a missionary in China but instead was sent to South Africa. He wasn’t a very successful missionary and only had one convert who lapsed. After two years he decided to send his wife and children to Britain and he continued to explore Africa in hope of spreading the Christian message to other people. He was slowly becoming less interested in his missionary work and really wanted to just explore. He went on to be the first European to cross Africa and when he arrived back in Great Britain everyone congratulated him, but he longed to return to Africa. He started another expedition of the Zambesi River. When Dr. Livingstone had first traveled the Zambesi and made his trans-continental journey he had ...

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source of the Nile. He was able to explore Lake Victoria and navigated the whole Congo River all the way to the Atlantic.

Both Stanley and Livingstone were considered heroes and were known around the world for their hard work in Africa. When Livingstone died, Britain had a day of mourning for him. Stanley was elected into the British Parliament and received two medals of honor from Belgium who had financed his transcontinental mission. His former critics also finally appreciated him.

When Stanley crossed Africa he went back to Belgium and gave King Leopold a whole report on the Congo River and its surroundings. King Leopold decided to start colonies in the Congo and he was ...

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