WOH-1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Paris Hilton, Arthur Conan Doyle, De Beers
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Scottish missionary wanted to spread the christian gospel throughout the world. Nd a di erent commodity that they could trade; and end the trade of slaves. Went to africa in the 1800s and reported back to europe. He found that africa was very dangerous because of disease. Livingstone constantly had malaria; would constantly get sick. His wife immediately died of malaria when she arrived in africa. Popularized the notion that africa was the place that europeans would want to go. Disappeared in 1865; no one had heard from him. Living in the united states came there as he was really young. Had enlisted in the confederate army, was captured, and then switched sides and fought for the union. Got a gig with a new york newspaper to go to africa as a journalist and nd. Got super famous because of the story he wrote about nding livingstone . He caught the eye of leopold ii of belgium.
