Victoria Falls was discovered by the famous explorer David Livingston in the year 1855. David was exploring the Zambezi river when he heard what the natives called the Smoke that Sounds. David persuaded his native friends to get closer. A few miles ahead David saw something that stunned him. Ahead on the river there rose a curtain of mist so large that the top seemed to mingle with the clouds. From the direction of the mist there came a loud noise. David and his band stopped on an island in the middle of the river. As David crept closer to the sound the ground at his feet seemed to drop off and disappear. As David peered through the mist he saw a giant half-concealed waterfall that stretched for half a mile on either side of the island. The waterfall stretched 340 ft down and sent up a shower of mist. But David could not see where the water went after it poured over the edge. It took him a whole other day to find where the water went. The water went down, down and finally went into a T shaped chasm where it went over the top of the T and went down through the stem. David name this wonder after Victoria, his Queen.
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