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David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and missionary who died of malaria on 1.5.1873 on the shore of Lake Bangweulu, is buried i
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- 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
- 02Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 4
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, April 13). David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and missionary who died of malaria on 1.5.1873 on the shore of Lake Bangweulu, is buried i. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081820
South African History Online (2012) 'David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and missionary who died of malaria on 1.5.1873 on the shore of Lake Bangweulu, is buried i', South African History Online, 13 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081820 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).
South African History Online, David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and missionary who died of malaria on 1.5.1873 on the shore of Lake Bangweulu, is buried i [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081820, (accessed 26 September 2026).
"David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and missionary who died of malaria on 1.5.1873 on the shore of Lake Bangweulu, is buried i." South African History Online, 13 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081820. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and missionary who died of malaria on 1.5.1873 on the shore of Lake Bangweulu, is buried i." South African History Online. April 13, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081820.
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