British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)

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Henry Morton Stanley meeting David Livingstone at Ujiji, in Africa. Coloured wood engraving by H. Hall after H.M. Stanley, ca.1872.

In darkest Africa, or, The Quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley.

David Livingstone arriving at Lake Ngami in 1849. Lithograph.

Henry Morton Stanley. Photograph by John Fergus.

Henry Morton Stanley. Photograph.

The meeting between David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley in Africa, 28 October 1872. Coloured wood engraving after G. Durand.

The Strand Magazine : an illustrated monthly. Vol. 1, no. 3, March 1891 / edited by George Newnes.

Dr Livingstone, I presume? : missionaries, journalists, explorers and empire / Clare Pettitt.

Henry Morton Stanley meeting David Livingstone at Ujiji, in Africa, 1872. Coloured wood engraving by G. Durand after H.M. Stanley.

In darkest Africa, or, The quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley.

Guide to health in Africa : with notes on the country and its inhabitants / by Thomas Heazle Parke ; with preface by H.M. Stanley.

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Henry Morton Stanley meeting David Livingstone at Ujiji, in Africa, 1872. Coloured wood engraving by G. Durand after H.M. Stanley.

In darkest Africa, or, The quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley.

Guide to health in Africa : with notes on the country and its inhabitants / by Thomas Heazle Parke ; with preface by H.M. Stanley.

Henry Morton Stanley meeting David Livingstone at Ujiji, in Africa. Coloured wood engraving by H. Hall after H.M. Stanley, ca.1872.

Guide to health in Africa : with notes on the country and its inhabitants / by Thomas Heazle Parke ; with preface by H.M. Stanley.