Waubonsee Community College

Last explorers, produced and directed by Phil Cairney

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videorecording

Last explorers

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produced and directed by Phil Cairney

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Neil Oliver follows in the footsteps of four Scottish explorers who planted ideas rather than flags - ideas that shaped the modern world we know today. In this first program, Neil travels down the Zambesi river to reveal how David Livingstone took the faith of his nation to the ends of the Earth and exploited his celebrity to end the slave trade. His was a moral mission: to reshape British values and bring commerce, Christianity and civilization to the African continent

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