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Use the following ten sources (or obtain more sources) that will enable you to do the activity.
SOURCE A - Discovering the world in sequence
SOURCE B - Discovering Africa
| 1 | Explorers B.C |
| 2 | South Africans |
| 3 | Mungo Park |
| 4 | The Lander brothers |
| 5 | Burton, Speke, Grant, Baker |
| 6 | Livingstone |
| 7 | Stanley |
SOURCE C - Discoveries in Africa
| Explorer | Date(s) | Places visited |
| 1. Park | 1805 – 6 | Gambia River and Niger River |
| 2. Campbell | 1813 | Orange River |
| 3. Moffat | 1820 | Griekwastad and Kuruman |
| 4. Caillil | 1827 – 8 | Timbuktu |
| 5. The Lander brothers | 1830 | Niger River |
| 6. Galton and Andersson | 1850 – 2 | Walvis Bay, Namaqualand, Rehoboth, Damaraland and Ovamboland |
| 7. Burton en Speke | 1857 – 8 | Lake Tanganyika |
| 8. Speke | 1858 | Lake Victoria |
| 9. Rohlfs | 1879 – 9 | Nile River |
| 10. Thomson | 1879 – 80 | Lake Malawi |
| 11. Thomson | 1883 – 4 | Kilimanjaro |
| 12. Stanley | 1887 – 9 | Zan zibar |
| 13. Forreau | 1898 – 1900 | Congo River |
SOURCE D - Exploration of Southern Africa
| 600 v.C. | Farão II |
| 1485 | Diogo Cão seafarers sent to Africa |
| 1488 | Dias |
| 1497 | Da Gama |
| 1652 | Jan van Riebeeck |
SOURCE E - Francois le Vaillant (1753 – 1784)
He visited Mossel Bay, Plettenberg Bay, Namaqualand, Damaraland, Bechuanaland and the Kalahari
SOURCE F - Thunberg(1771– 1779)
He visited the following places: The Berg River, Knysna, the Gamtoos River, Saldanha, St Helena Bay, the Hex River Mountains, Swellendam, the Krom River, the Sundays River.
SOURCE G – Mungo Park (1805 – 1806)
People were first attracted to Africa because of what they had heard about the fabulous riches of Timbuktu, and also to find the source of the River Niger. In 1794 Mungo Park (from Scotland) was selected to clarify these secrets. His journey started off well, but he was robbed and thrown into prison by some local rulers. After he had managed to escape, he did find the source of the Niger. His recorded his experiences in the book: Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa. His second expedition was started in 1805 but ended in a tragedy when he and his men drowned after being attacked by soldiers. The attempt to find the source of the River Niger continued without success until 1830.
SOURCE H – René Caillié (1827 – 1828)
The Frenchman René Caillié took up an offer of a reward of 10 000 francs for finding Timbuktu. He was successful and arrived at this city in April 1828, but found that it had become impoverished because traders had stopped visiting the city with their caravans of camels. René did receive his reward, though.
SOURCE I: –1740 – 1838
Six people died in the search for the source of the Niger River:
SOURCE J – BURTON, GRANT AND SPEKE
The river Nile has been an important source of life for the millions of people who have lived along its course. but the source of this river from which they used water every day remained a mystery. Since the earliest times, though, people tried to find the river's source, but their attempts came to nothing because of the great length of the river, the extreme heat and fever that overcame explorers. Ptolemaeus's map of the mountains of the moon, however, kept enticing adventurers to go in search of the source.
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