Sailing Ship of 1840

Image of a sailing ship. This type of ship would have been similar to that on which David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary, took his first voyage to Africa in 1840. Shortly after his graduation from Glasgow University, Livingstone travelled to Glasgow where on 8th December 1840 he sailed from London to Africa on the "George".; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner. Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841. In 1845 he married Mary Moffat. During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.

本藏品为一艘帆船的影像。该类帆船与苏格兰传教士大卫·利文斯通（David Livingstone，1813-1873）1840年首次赴非所搭乘的船只形制相近。从格拉斯哥大学（Glasgow University）毕业后不久，利文斯通前往格拉斯哥，并于1840年12月8日搭乘"乔治号"（"George"）从伦敦启航赴非。本影像隶属于苏格兰教会海外传教委员会（Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee）的系列幻灯幻灯片，主题围绕大卫·利文斯通展开。利文斯通作为苏格兰传教士，以非洲探险者与废奴运动倡导者的身份享誉全球。利文斯通生于苏格兰布兰泰尔（Blantyre），10岁起即在当地棉纺厂务工，1836年前往格拉斯哥进修医学与神学。在决意成为传教士后，他于1841年被派驻至非洲南部。1845年，他与玛丽·莫法特（Mary Moffat）成婚。利文斯通一生曾深入非洲南部、东部与中部地区开展探险活动，发现并命名了维多利亚瀑布（Victoria Falls）。在探寻尼罗河源头期间，他与H·M·斯坦利（H. M. Stanley）会面，由此诞生了广为流传的名言："Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"（“利文斯通博士，我猜您就是吧？”）。大卫·利文斯通于1873年5月1日在非洲逝世，其遗体安葬于威斯敏斯特教堂（Westminster Abbey）。