Imperial footprints : Henry Morton Stanley's African journeys /

ÔDr. Livingstone, I presume?ö The man who uttered those famous words was compared with Christopher Columbus in his day and became one of the late nineteenth centuryÆs most newsworthy figures. Yet, one hundred years after Henry Morton StanleyÆs death, his accomplishments in Africa have largely rece...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newman, James L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., ©2004.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Stanley, Henry M. > (Henry Morton), > 1841-1904.
Stanley, Henry M. > (Henry Morton), > 1841-1904
Stanley, Henry Morton.
Explorers > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Biography.
Explorers > Great Britain > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
TRAVEL > Africa > Central.
Discoveries in geography > British.
Explorers.
Travel.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Description and travel.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Discovery and exploration > British.
Afrique subsaharienne > Descriptions et voyages.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Great Britain.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The making of Henry Morton Stanley: an identity created
  • Abyssinia and aftermath: a star reporter is born
  • Finding Dr. Livingstone: the evolution from reporter to African Explorer
  • Out from Africa and back again: triumph, disaster, and a new beginning
  • The longest journey: across Africa 1874-1877
  • In the king's employ: creating the Congo free state
  • In relief of Emin Pasha: philanthropy and commerce gone awry
  • Winding down: years of happiness and pain
  • Summing up: the Stanley legacy.

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