"Lieber würde ich noch einmal den afrikanischen Kontinent durchqueren als ein weiteres Buch zu schreiben."
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Vorwort zu seinem Buch "Missionary Travels"
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David Livingstone
1813 – 1873
schottischer Forscher und Missionar
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