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Henry Morton Stanley

1841–1904 · 19th century

Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer who found David Livingstone in 1871 and crossed Africa in 1874–1877, following the Lualaba and Congo to the Atlantic with help from Tippu Tip. From 1879 he worked for King Leopold II of the Belgians, gathering treaties with Congolese chiefs that became the basis of the Congo Free State.

Henry Morton Stanley
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Mentioned in 3 profiles

Kingdom of BugandaImpactSultanate of ZanzibarImpactCongo Free StateFoundation, Summary

Mentioned in 4 state histories

UnyanyembeMirambo's stateTippu Tip's StateCongo Free State

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Henry Morton Stanley. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/henry-morton-stanley
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