Tag: zambesi

The ‘Ma Robert’ departs

This photo from the earliest days of photography in 1860 shows the  ‘Ma Robert’, Dr Livingstone’s ship on the second Zambesi expedition of, photographed on the Zambesi at Lupata, Africa. It was captured by Livingstone’s colleague Edinburgh doctor Sir John Kirk. The date is likely as being around 1860. The Zambesi Expedition (1858-1864), which was […]