How I Found Livingstone [ By: Henry Morton Stanley ]

by Henry Morton Stanley

Overview

American journalist and adventurer, Henry M. Stanley recounts his mission in 1871, (on behalf of the New York Herald), to find the world famous explorer David Livingstone, who was presumably lost or even killed in East Africa. In his diary Stanley writes with stoicism, and without magnifying the epic hardships of the journey, (he was deserted by his bearers, plagued by disease and warring tribes). After travelling 700 miles in 236 days, he found the ailing Scottish missionary on the island of Ujiji on November 10, uttering his famous greeting: "Doctor Livingstone, I presume!" Together they explored the northern end of Lake Tangayika. Livingstone had journeyed extensively in central and southern Africa from 1840 and fought to destroy the slave trade. Livingstone died in 1873 on the Shores of Lake Bagweulu. His body was shipped back to England and buried in Westminster Abbey. On hearing of his hero's death, Stanley continued Livingstone's research of the region. Stanley's exploration of the region eventually led to the founding of the Congo Free State.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012641694
Publisher:	Publish This, LLC
Publication date:	04/25/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	411 KB

About the Author

Welsh journalist and explorer, famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone. He became one of the New York Herald's overseas correspondents and, in 1869, was instructed by James Gordon Bennett to find the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone, who was known to be in Africa but had not been heard from for some time. Stanley found Livingstone on 10 November 1871, in Ujiji near Lake Tanganyika in present-day Tanzania.