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Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
1841–1904
Known for finding David Livingstone in central Africa and for dramatic best-selling travel books, this Welsh-born journalist became one of the most famous and controversial explorers of the 19th century. His life story moves from poverty and reinvention to headline-making expeditions that shaped how many readers imagined Africa.
10 Audiobooks
How I Found Livingstone
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Through South Africa
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
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Slavery and the slave trade in Africa
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
The Boy Travellers on the Congo
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
Stanley's tocht ter opsporing van Livingstone
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Kalulu: prinssi, kuningas ja orja. Kertomus Keski-Afrikasta
by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
About the author
Born John Rowlands in Wales in 1841, Henry Morton Stanley had a hard early life and later remade himself in the United States. He worked as a journalist before gaining worldwide fame after a New York newspaper sent him to search for the missing missionary-explorer David Livingstone; their meeting in 1871 made him a public sensation.
Stanley went on to lead major expeditions across central Africa and wrote popular accounts of his travels, including How I Found Livingstone and Through the Dark Continent. His books brought distant places to a huge reading audience and helped build his reputation as a tireless, highly disciplined explorer.
His legacy is complicated. Stanley was celebrated in his own time for endurance and reporting, but he has also been criticized for the violence and imperial ambitions tied to some of his expeditions, especially in the Congo. He died in 1904, and he remains a striking figure in the history of exploration, journalism, and empire.