Imperial Footprints: Henry Morton Stanley’s African Journeys

417 Pages·2004·5.66 MB·English

by  James L. Newman

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1. Stanley,HenryMorton,Sir,1841–1904. 2. Explorers—Africa,
Sub-Saharan—Biography. 3. Explorers—GreatBritain—Biography. 4. Africa,
Sub-Saharan—Descriptionandtravel. 5. Africa,Sub-Saharan—Discoveryand
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o Philip W. Porter
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Ward J. Barrett,
teachers, advisors, mentors,
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ontents
ListofMaps ix
ListofIllustrations xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Preface:StanleyandAfrica xvii
1 TheMakingofHenryMorton Stanley:AnIdentityCreated 1
2 AbyssiniaandAftermath:AStarReporterIsBorn 15
3
FindingDr. Livingstone:TheEvolutionfromReporterto
AfricanExplorer 36
4
OutfromAfricaandBackAgain:Triumph,Disaster,anda
NewBeginning 68
5 TheLongestJourney:AcrossAfrica1874–1877 98
6 IntheKing’sEmploy:CreatingtheCongoFreeState 149
7
InReliefofEminPasha:PhilanthropyandCommerceGone
Awry 219
8 WindingDown:YearsofHappinessandPain 300
9 SummingUp:TheStanleyLegacy 335
Notes 343
Bibliography 373
Index 383
AbouttheAuthor 390
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ist of aps
TheRoutetoMagdala,1868 18
TheJourney toFindLivingstone,March–May1871 41
TheJourney toFindLivingstone,May–June1871 46
TheJourney toFindLivingstone,September–November1871 53
LakeTanganyikaExplorationsandtheStartforTabora, November
1871–January1872 61
TheMarchtoKumasi,December1873–February1874 90
JourneytoLakeVictoria,December1874–February1875 104
CircumnavigationofLakeVictoria,March–May1875 114
ToandFromLakeGeorgetoUjiji,November 1875–May1876 124
FromLakeTanganyikatoStanleyFalls,September1876–January
1877 131
TheJourney alongtheUpperCongo,January–March1877 137
FromStanleyPooltoBoma,March–August1877 141
StationBuildingon theLowerCongo 170
StationBuildingon theUpperCongo 189
EgyptianStationsofEquatoria 222
JourneytoLakeAlbert,June–December1887 244
FromBanaliatoKavalli,August1888–January1889 274
FromLakeAlberttoLakeVictoria,April–August1889 285
TheReturntoBagamoyo,September–December 1889 293
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