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Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
1841–1904
Best known for finding David Livingstone in central Africa, this restless journalist-explorer turned his dramatic expeditions into some of the 19th century’s most widely read travel writing. His life story is full of reinvention, ambition, and controversy.
15 Audiobooks
How I found Livingstone : Travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Stanley's tocht ter opsporing van Livingstone De Aarde en haar Volken, 1873
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Kalulu: prinssi, kuningas ja orja. Kertomus Keski-Afrikasta
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
The Boy Travellers on the Congo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey with Henry M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent"
by Thomas Wallace Knox, Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave: A Story of Central Africa
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Slavery and the slave trade in Africa
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Through the Dark Continent, Vol. 1 (of 2) : or, The sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Wie ich Livingstone fand; Zweiter Band
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Through the Dark Continent, Vol. 2 (of 2) : or, The sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
The autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, G.C.B.
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Wie ich Livingstone fand; Erster Band
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
About the author
Born John Rowlands in Wales in 1841, he later remade himself as Henry Morton Stanley and built a career as a journalist, explorer, and author. He became internationally famous after a newspaper-backed expedition led him to David Livingstone in 1871, a meeting that fixed his name in popular history.
Stanley went on to write bestselling accounts of his travels and to lead major expeditions across central Africa, including a journey that traced the Congo River to the Atlantic. His books mixed adventure, reportage, and self-mythmaking, helping shape how many readers in Europe and America imagined Africa in the late 1800s.
His legacy is complicated. Alongside his fame as an explorer and travel writer, historians and reference works also connect his work to the era of imperial expansion in central Africa, especially through his involvement with King Leopold II’s ambitions in the Congo. He died in 1904.