May 25, 2017
The Brig Hetty Ellen Discharging Sections of Dr. Livingstone’s New Steamer the Lady Nyssa into the Pioneer to take up the Zambesi, 1862
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Livingstone claimed that open passage on the Zambesi was critical to the development of a free economy in Africa. Discovery that the river was impassable in places was a huge blow to his dreams of economic development. |
The Illustrated London News, 2 August 1862. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries. |