Specifically, he hoped to exploit the fame and mystery surrounding British explorer Dr. David Livingstone, who had been missing in Africa for four years. Although Livingstone’s achievements ...

The resources on this page are devoted to the Victorian missionary and explorer Dr David Livingstone. Livingstone was one of the most celebrated Victorians and his resting place is Westminster Abbey.

Mary Seacole (1805 - 1881) was born in the Caribbean to a Scottish father and a Jamaican mother. At the outbreak of The Crimean War she travelled to England hoping to join Florence Nightingale's ...

Capt. David Morehouse was taken aback to discover that the unguided vessel was the Mary Celeste, which had left New York City eight days before him and should have already arrived in Genoa ...

One Instagram user remarked that they thought Giles looked like David Bowie, while another commented: ‘Mary looks no different.’ The TV personality’s earliest Instagram post, which was ...