What was David Livingstone's main goal in exploring the Nile River?
Find gold
Establish colonies
End the slave trade
Discover new species
Answer
David Livingstone believed that discovering the source of the Nile River would give him the influence to end the East African Arab-Swahili slave trade. He saw the exploration of the Nile as a means to achieve this important goal.
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