Author: D. M. Kelsey
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Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Stanley and the White Heroes in Africa
Author: D. M. Kelsey
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Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Henry Stanley and the Quest for the Source of the Nile
Author: Daniel Cohen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1590773497
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Henry Stanley’s physical and mental toughness earned him the nickname Bula Matari, “Rock Breaker.” Although best known for finding the lost Scottish missionary David Livingstone, the explorer and journalist had many other adventures around the world. Born in Wales in 1841, he was placed in a workhouse by his uncle at the age of six. Stanley escaped nine years later and made his way to New Orleans by working as a cabin boy. He fought for the Confederacy and was taken prisoner at Shiloh, one of the Civil War’s bloodiest fights. After the war, Stanley discovered his talent for journalism and traveled thousands of miles to cover battles and other news. His abilities made him the perfect man to lead the New York Herald’s expedition to Africa to find Livingstone. The two men became friends, and when Livingstone died, Stanley felt it was his duty to continue his work, including the search for and confirmation of the Nile’s source. From 1874 to 1877, Stanley embarked on an expedition that mapped huge areas of central Africa. He encountered tribal warfare, exotic illnesses, and dense jungles, but nothing stopped him. On his last African journey, Stanley helped rescue a government official, Emin Pasha, who was trapped in Sudan during a revolt to drive Europeans and Egyptians out of the country. While on this expedition, Stanley located the fabled Mountains of the Moon, the ultimate source for the Nile.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1590773497
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Henry Stanley’s physical and mental toughness earned him the nickname Bula Matari, “Rock Breaker.” Although best known for finding the lost Scottish missionary David Livingstone, the explorer and journalist had many other adventures around the world. Born in Wales in 1841, he was placed in a workhouse by his uncle at the age of six. Stanley escaped nine years later and made his way to New Orleans by working as a cabin boy. He fought for the Confederacy and was taken prisoner at Shiloh, one of the Civil War’s bloodiest fights. After the war, Stanley discovered his talent for journalism and traveled thousands of miles to cover battles and other news. His abilities made him the perfect man to lead the New York Herald’s expedition to Africa to find Livingstone. The two men became friends, and when Livingstone died, Stanley felt it was his duty to continue his work, including the search for and confirmation of the Nile’s source. From 1874 to 1877, Stanley embarked on an expedition that mapped huge areas of central Africa. He encountered tribal warfare, exotic illnesses, and dense jungles, but nothing stopped him. On his last African journey, Stanley helped rescue a government official, Emin Pasha, who was trapped in Sudan during a revolt to drive Europeans and Egyptians out of the country. While on this expedition, Stanley located the fabled Mountains of the Moon, the ultimate source for the Nile.
The Conradian
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Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Languages : en
Pages : 436
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The Dial
Author: Francis Fisher Browne
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Stanley
Author: Tim Jeal
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571265642
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. Or so we think: but as Tim Jeal brilliantly shows, the reality of Stanley's life is yet more extraordinary. Few people know of his dazzling trans-Africa journey, a heart-breaking epic of human endurance which solved virtually every one of the continent's remaining geographical puzzles. With new documentary evidence, Jeal explores the very nature of exploration and reappraises a reputation, in a way that is both moving and truly majestic.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571265642
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. Or so we think: but as Tim Jeal brilliantly shows, the reality of Stanley's life is yet more extraordinary. Few people know of his dazzling trans-Africa journey, a heart-breaking epic of human endurance which solved virtually every one of the continent's remaining geographical puzzles. With new documentary evidence, Jeal explores the very nature of exploration and reappraises a reputation, in a way that is both moving and truly majestic.
Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Sir Sidney Lee
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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Dictionary of National Biography: Neil-Young
Author: Sir Sidney Lee
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 756
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 756
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House documents
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Languages : en
Pages : 906
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Languages : en
Pages : 906
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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Languages : en
Pages : 338
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The Diary of A.J. Mounteney Jephson
Author: Dorothy Middleton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351891618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
This is a first-hand account of the expedition led by H. M. Stanley in 1887-89 to the relief of Emin Pasha, Governor of Equatoria. A. J. Mounteney Jephson, a typical late Victorian traveller, took part in Stanley’s last expedition in Africa. His recently-discovered diary describes the voyage out of the mouth of the Congo; the journey up the Congo and across the Ituri forests to Lake Albert; the meeting with Emin Pasha; the mutiny of Emin’s troops and their imprisonment of Emin and Jephson; and the journey back to the East coast. Though it fell short of its political and commercial aims, the expedition was important geographically as it solved the last mystery of African topography - the position and nature of the sources of the Nile.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351891618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
This is a first-hand account of the expedition led by H. M. Stanley in 1887-89 to the relief of Emin Pasha, Governor of Equatoria. A. J. Mounteney Jephson, a typical late Victorian traveller, took part in Stanley’s last expedition in Africa. His recently-discovered diary describes the voyage out of the mouth of the Congo; the journey up the Congo and across the Ituri forests to Lake Albert; the meeting with Emin Pasha; the mutiny of Emin’s troops and their imprisonment of Emin and Jephson; and the journey back to the East coast. Though it fell short of its political and commercial aims, the expedition was important geographically as it solved the last mystery of African topography - the position and nature of the sources of the Nile.