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The Story of Sir Henry Morton Stanley
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Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), originally born John Rowlands in Wales, rose from a difficult childhood in an orphanage to become one of the 19th century's most celebrated explorers. After moving to the U.S., where he took the name of a benefactor, Stanley served in the American Civil War, then became a journalist covering events from the American West to Ethiopia. Stanley gained international fame in 1871 when, on assignment from the New York Herald, he found the missing explorer Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, Tanganika, famously greeting him with “Dr. Livingstone, I presume.” This success led to another major expedition, where Stanley continued Livingstone’s research, identifying the Kagera River as the Nile’s ultimate source and becoming the first European to reach the Atlantic via the Congo River. In 1879, Stanley returned to the Congo, working under Belgium’s King Leopold II, where he founded Leopoldville and set the stage for what would become the Belgian Congo. Stanley’s final African expedition in 1887 took him through Sudan to rescue the governor Emin Pasha and to discover the Ruwenzori Mountains and Lake Edward. He later served in British Parliament, was knighted, and died in 1904, leaving a legacy as one of the era’s most determined explorers who significantly expanded European knowledge of Africa. • More info: http://www.ovovideo.com/en/henry-mort... • #HenryMortonStanley #CongoRiver #Congo
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