Episode 2 of 2
First European View
- When
- 16 or 17 November 1855
- Where
- Livingstone Island
Livingstone viewed the falls from Livingstone Island on the Zambezi, becoming the first recorded European to see them.
Livingstone was paddled across to Livingstone Island in Zambia. He viewed the falls from this island, one of two land masses in the river, immediately upstream from the main falls near the Zambian shore. This event occurred in November 1855 during his journey to the river's mouth.
Sources
- Victoria Falls Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04
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