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IMPERIAL FOOTPRINTS ALSO BY JAMES L. NEWMAN The Peopling of Africa: A Geographical Interpretation Eliminating Hunger in Africa: Technical and Human Perspectives With Daniel Griffith Population: Patterns, Dynamics, and Prospects With Gordon Matzke Contemporary Africa: Geography and Change With C. Gregory Knight The Ecological Basis for Subsistence Change among the Sandawe of Tanzania Editor of Drought, Famine and Population Movements in Africa IMPERIAL FOOTPRINTS Henry Morton Stanley’s African Journeys (cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:5) J L. N AMES EWMAN Brassey’s, Inc. Washington, D.C. Copyright(cid:2)2004byBraPsosetyo’ms,aInccB.ooks,Inc. PublishedintheUnitedStatesbyBrassey’s,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmay bereproducedinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher, exceptinthecaseofbriefquotationsembodiedincriticalarticlesandreviews. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Newman,JamesL. Imperialfootprints:HenryMortonStanley’sAfricanjourneys/JamesL.Newman.— 1sted. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferences(p. )andindex. ISBNISB1-N57948788--519-75-794(8a8lk-5.9p7a-p2er) 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 exploration—British. I. Title. DT363.2.S755N47 2004 916.704(cid:2)23(cid:2)092—dc22 [B] 2004051838 ISBNI1S-5B7N48987-589-71--957488-597-2 (alk.paper) PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaonacid-freepaperthatmeetsthe AmericanNationalStandardsInstituteZ39-48Standard. PotomacBooks,Inc. Brassey’s,Inc. 22841QuicksilverDrive Dulles,Virginia20166 FirstEdition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (cid:2) o Philip W. Porter and Ward J. Barrett, teachers, advisors, mentors, and friends This page intentionally left blank (cid:3) 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 vii This page intentionally left blank (cid:4) (cid:5) 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 ix

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“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” The man who uttered those famous words was compared with Christopher Columbus in his day and became one of the late nineteenth century’s most newsworthy figures. Yet, one hundred years after Henry Morton Stanley’s death, his accomplishments in Africa have largel
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