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read the excerpt from into the unknown by stewart ross.
the ship that brought livingstone back to east africa in
may 1858 was a 157-foot steamer called the pearl. on it
were the pieces of a smaller river-going paddle steamer
named ma robert (after mrs. livingstone, whose eldest
son was named robert). the british government had built
it especially for the explorer, who was now a celebrity
livingstone's plan was to sail the pearl 260 miles upriver
to the town of tete, unloading stores along the way.
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