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Find out about the lives of some of the great explorers like David Livingstone, Stanley, Amudsan etc. Find out who sponsored their expeditions and why. |
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Answer» David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary, abolitionist and physician known for his explorations of Africa, having crossed the continent during the mid-19th century. Sir Henry Morton Stanley (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904) was a Welsh journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his SEARCH for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a NORWEGIAN explorer of polar regions. As the leader of the Antarctic expedition of 1910–12, which was the first to reach the South Pole, on 14 December 1911, he was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. The British government AGREED to fund Livingstone's IDEA and Stanley was sposored by the New York HERALD. |
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