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Question
Elaborate on the achievements of the great explorers in opening up the continent of Africa.
Solution
Explorers like David Livingstone discovered Victoria Falls. Mungo Park discovered the course of river Niger. Henry Morton Stanley traced the source of the river Congo from Lake Tanganyika to its mouth.
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