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16 unusual facts about Henry Morton Stanley


Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Henry Morton Stanley arrived at Banana in 1879 at the start of an exploratory expedition funded by Léopold II of Belgium.

Bolenge

Henry Morton Stanley reputedly stopped at Bolenge during his epic voyage across the central Africa during the 19th century.

Bolobo

Bolobo was visited by Henry Morton Stanley on his trip down the Congo river in the 19th century.

Castle Wemyss

Castle Wemyss became a fashionable destination for many well-known visitors, including Lord Shaftesbury, Anthony Trollope, General Sherman, Henry Morton Stanley, Peter II of Yugoslavia, Emperor Haile Selassie and members of the British Royal Family.

Frank McLynn

He is noted for critically acclaimed biographies of Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert Louis Stevenson, Carl Jung, Richard Francis Burton and Henry Morton Stanley.

Gabbiella stanleyi

The specific name stanleyi is in honor of explorer Henry Morton Stanley.

Henry Morton Stanley's first trans-Africa exploration

He was received as a royal guest by Mutesa, king of the Kabaka in Buganda.

Henry Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904), journalist and leading figure in the exploration of Africa

History of Kinshasa

The city was founded as a trading post by Henry Morton Stanley in 1881 and named Léopoldville in honor of King Léopold II of Belgium, who controlled the vast territory that is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as a colony.

International Association of the Congo

It was not made clear to Henry Morton Stanley, who signed a five-year contract to establish bases in the Congo in 1878, whether he was working for the International African Association, the Committee for Study of the Upper Congo, or Leopold himself.

Liebig's Extract of Meat Company

It was even used by European adventurers such as Sir Henry Morton Stanley on his trip to Africa.

Mpwapwa

Mpwapwa was a resting post for the reporter/explorer Henry Morton Stanley, where he is believed to have etched a note (in remembrance of W. L. Farquhar) on a rock that is still present near the Anglican missionary Cathedral (All Saints') at Ving'hawe.

Ngaliema Bay

The bay was the site of an 1879 expedition led by Henry Morton Stanley to explore all of the Congo Basin.

Stanley Electric

The company was founded in 1920 by Takaharu Kitano, who named the company after British-American Africa-explorer Henry Morton Stanley.

Tabora

Kazeh's best-known visitors were David Livingstone and Sir Henry Morton Stanley, who were highly impressed by the town of Kazeh.

Train Town

According to journalist and African explorer Henry Morton Stanley, Train made "a small fortune" by selling lots in Train Town.


Colonization of the Congo

Colonization of the Congo refers to the period of Henry Morton Stanley's first exploration of the Congo (1876) until its annexation as a personal possession of King Leopold II of Belgium (1885).

Congo River, Beyond Darkness

All along its 4371 km, we discover places that have seen the turbulent history of this country, while archives remind us of the mythological figures that created its destiny: explorers such as Livingstone and Stanley, the colonial kings Léopold II and Baudouin I and leaders such as Lumumba, Mobutu and Kabila.

Edwin Arnold

It was he who, on behalf of the proprietors of the Daily Telegraph in conjunction with the New York Herald, arranged the journey of H.M. Stanley to Africa to discover the course of the Congo River, and Stanley named after him a mountain to the north-east of Albert Edward Nyanza.

Kevin Sites

The eight-part series followed Sites and three explorers as they retraced the journey of Henry Morton Stanley in his quest to find David Livingstone.

Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston

The player, as reporter Henry Morton Stanley (after Sir Stanley, 1841-1904), is exploring the last of the mysterious jungle regions for European colonization when his professor, Dr. Livingston (patterned after Dr. David Livingstone, with an ending "e"), gets kidnapped by some African tribesmen.

Tim Butcher

In 2007 he published Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart, an account of his 2004 journey through DR Congo overland from Lake Tanganyika and down the Congo River, following the route of Henry Morton Stanley's 1874–77 trans-Africa expedition.

William Barry Lord

Guides to travelling featuring useful hints were quite fashionable at the time when Livingstone, Speke, Burton and Stanley were household names.