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Which lakes did David Livingstone become the first European to reach during his final expedition?
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David Livingstone
Portrait of Scottish missionary. physician, and explorer David Livingstone, albumen silver print by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, c. 1857; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
During his final expedition, which began in 1866, David Livingstone became the first European to reach Lake Mweru on November 8, 1867, and Lake Bangweulu on July 18, 1868.1