Title

'The Arrival at Lake Ngami', 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'The Arrival at Lake Ngami', 19th century. Lake Ngami is a lake in Botswana north of the Kalahari Desert. It is seasonally filled by the Okavango River, via the Okavango Delta. English missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873) first saw the lake in 1849, describing it as a shimmering lake, some 80 miles long....
The Print Collector collection

Date

1849

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C11_100

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (4,5Mb) / 16,0in x 12,2in / 4799 x 3645 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation Africa animal people black male boy boys job man men religious religion lake white guy costume occupation continent geography color colour African Botswana ox Christianity dress traditional costume cart location Victorian century arrival profession concept arriving oxen missionary road Transport 19th century nineteenth century The Print Collector ox cart geographical feature imperialism Lake Ngami TGN traditional dress David Livingstone David engraving Unknown Livingstone Dr David Livingstone Dr Livingstone engraving