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  Henry Morton Stanley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanley joined him in exploring the region, establishing for certain that there was no connection between Lake Tanganyika and the river Nile.
Despite Stanley's efforts, the facts gradually emerged: his opinion was that "the savage only respects force, power, boldness, and decision." Stanley would eventually be held responsible for a number of deaths and was indirectly responsible for helping establish the rule of King Léopold over the Congo Free State.
In 1886, Stanley led the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition to "rescue" Emin Pasha, the governor of Equatoria in the southern Sudan.
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 SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY - LoveToKnow Article on SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
With Livingstone Stanley navigated the northern shores of Tanganyika and settled the question as to whether the Rusizi was an effluent or an affluent a point then much debated in connection with the hydrography of the Nile basin.
Stanley got as far as Aden when he was recalled there to determine geographical problems left unsolved by the deaths of Livingstone and Speke, and the discovery by Sir Samuel Baker of Albert Nyan.za, a lake then reputed to extend illimitably in a southerly direction.
Stanley started from the east coast and reached the ocean again at the mouth of the Congo, having demonstrated the identity of that river with Livingstones Lualaba by navigating its course from Nyangwethe point at which both Livingstone and Lovett Cameron had turned aside.
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 Henry Morton Stanley - Wikipedia
Stanley sollte den Kongo für Leopold erwerben, Leopold würde dafür sorgen, dass formal alles in Ordnung kam.
Stanley gründete eine Stadt, die er nach seinem Gönner Leopoldville nannte (heute Kinshasa).
Stanley konnte Emin Pascha mit knapper Not überreden, mit ihm zu kommen, aber diesmal auf der kürzeren Route, Richtung Osten.
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 Henry Stanley - MSN Encarta
After eight months, on November 10, Stanley encountered the ailing Livingstone at Ujiji, a town on Lake Tanganyika, and supposedly greeted him with the famous remark, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Stanley resupplied Livingstone, nursed him back to health, and then accompanied him on an exploration of the northern end of Lake Tanganyika.
Stanley then circumnavigated the lake, becoming involved in several skirmishes with the inhabitants of the lakeshore.
Stanley found himself competing in treaty gathering with French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, who was staking French claims in the region.
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 Henry Morton Stanley
Henry Morton Stanley was born at Denbigh in North Wales, the illegitimate son of John Rowlands and Elisabeth Parry - on the birth register of St. Hilary's Church he was entered as "John Rowlands, Bastard".
Stanley's three white companions, Frederick Barker and Francis and Edward Pocock, died during the expedition - Stanley himself was nicknamed Bula Matari, "the rock breaker".
Stanley's revelation of the commercial possibilities of the region resulted in the setting up of a large trading venture and led to the founding of the Congo Free State in 1885.
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 Stanley - Exploration and exploitation in Africa, Henry Morton Stanley
Stanley fought for the south-states army in the American civil war from 1862, but was soon captured by enemy forces.
Stanley wrote a book about their meeting and he was present at the funeral of Livingstone a few years later.
Stanley was hard on his helpers and othen whipped or chained them as punishment for being "lazy".
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 Henry Morton Stanley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Henry Morton Stanley, born John Rowland on January 29, 1841 at Denbigh,Wales was one of the most famous nineteenth -century British explorers.
Henry Stanley was one of the young men serving in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
The New York Herald, Stanley’s former employer and The London Daily Telegraph shared the cost of Stanley’s next expedition, in which Stanley was supposed to continue the work of Livingstone, who had died in 1873.
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 Henry Stanley - Dr. Livingstone I Presume?
Stanley accompanied Livingstone in an examination of the northern end of Lake Tanganyika, and, although they found no evidence of a major river flowing out of the lake, they learned that the Ruzizi River flowed into it, which was contrary to the belief of Sir Richard Burton.
Stanley stormed out of one testimonial dinner because he thought he was being condescended to, and while he received a somewhat warmer reception in New York, some newspapers portrayed Stanley in a negative light, even bringing up his desertion from the Navy.
Stanley remained bitter about his reception for the rest of his life, and in many ways his decision to return to Africa can be seen as an attempt to prove that his critics were wrong about him.
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 Henry Morton Stanley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Henry Morton Stanley (29 januari 1841 - 10 mei 1904) was een beroemd Brits journalist en ontdekkingsreiziger
Stanley vertrok in 1871 vanuit Zanzibar naar het oosten, en vond Livingstone in de stad Ujiji, aan de oostelijke oever van het Tanganyikameer.
Dit keer was hij in dienst van de "Association internationale africaine" van koning Leopold II en nam hij het gebied aan de zuidelijke oever voor deze in bezit, en legde daarmee de grondslag voor de Kongo-Vrijstaat.
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 Literary Encyclopedia: Henry Morton Stanley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Henry Morton Stanley was one of the most famous European explorers of the African continent.
Livingstone was to become for Stanley something of an ideal father-figure – a replacement for the father he never had – and he would in later life refer to back to what Livingstone might have said or done.
Stanley was just the man needed by King Leopold II of the Belgians who wanted to establish his own colonial enterprise in Africa.
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 Henry Morton Stanley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He became one of their overseas and in 1869 was instructed to find the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone who was known to be in Africa but had not been heard of some time.
Stanley travelled to Zanzibar and outfitted an expedition with the of everything requiring no less than 2000 porters.
Despite Stanley's the facts gradually emerged: his opinion was "the savage only respects force power boldness decision." Stanley would be directly responsible for great many deaths and indirectly responsible for establish the worst single episode of European and genocide in African history: the rule of King Leopold over the Congo Free State.
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 BBC - History - Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841 - 1904)
The illegitimate son of John Rowlands, Stanley was raised in a workhouse and by relatives until he was 15, when he left for New Orleans.
With Stanley's help, Leopold succeeded in subjugating the indigenous people within ten years, using brutal means that included the widespread use of forced labour.
In 1895, Stanley was elected MP for North Lambeth and was knighted in 1899.
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 AllRefer.com - Sir Henry Morton Stanley (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia
Stanley located the great explorer on Lake Tanganyika on Nov. 10, 1871, addressing him with the famous words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Failing to persuade Livingstone to leave Africa, Stanley returned to England with the news of his discovery.
Stanley then accepted the invitation of Leopold II of Belgium to head another expedition.
A British and American hero for about a century, Stanley has fared poorly in recent histories, which have revealed instances of his lying about events in his life, duplicity in some of his dealings, and many acts of brutality to Africans.
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 Henry Morton Stanley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Stanley der Zeit seines Lebens Angst seine Herkunft könne bekannt werden versuchte diese wieder an sich zu bringen doch vergebens.
Stanley sollte den Kongo Leopold erwerben Leopold würde dafür sorgen dass alles in Ordnung kam.
Stanley gründete eine Stadt er nach seinem Gönner Leopoldville nannte (heute Kinshasa).
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Henry remained there till the age of six and was then sent to St Asaph Union Workhouse, near Denbigh.
Henry bore the cruelty, till one day he could not resist beating up one of the sadist members in charge of the workhouse.
Stanley established 22 stations on the Congo river and its tributaries.
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Henry Morton Stanley passed through there and used it as a springboard for his colonial adventures.
Henry and Shirley Roberts to Norman Dym, $105,000...
If they had done this, the bumptious Henry Morton Stanley would have stumbled on him at Ujiji on the banks of Lake Victoria, paused at the edge of the clearing...
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 Stanley, Sir Henry Morton on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Scotland's forgotten explorer: overshadowed by Livingstone, Burton and Stanley, the exploits of the...
A naturalized U.S. citizen, Stanley again became a British subject in 1892, sat in Parliament (1895-1900), and was knighted (1899).
Man with a mission: to many, Henry Morton Stanley represents the archetypal Victorian explorer, but the reality was quite different.
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 The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley - Sir Henry Morton Stanley - eBooks
Henry Stanley is one of the most famous and flamboyant (and self-promoting) British explorers of the 19th century.
Henry Morton Stanley is one of the most famous 19th century British explorers; he is best known for finding Dr. Livingstone and for his subsequent exploration in Africa and establishment of the Congo Free State.
Stanley's early life was painful and bleak -- an illegitimate child, he was sent to a workhouse at a young age because his family found him too much of a burden.
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 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Henry Morton Stanley
David Livingstone David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish medical missionary and explorer of the Victorian era, now best remembered because of his meeting with Henry Morton Stanley which gave rise to the popular quotation, // Early life David Livingstone was born in the village of Blantyre...
The Congo Free State was a kingdom privately and controversially owned by King Leopold II of Belgium that included the entire area now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In 1890, she married the African explorer Henry Morton Stanley, and became known as Lady Stanley.
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 Stanley, Henry Morton - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Stanley, Henry Morton
Stanley worked his passage over to America when he was 18.
Stanley, Thomas, 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Earl of Derby
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 BBC - North East Wales Historical - Henry Morton Stanley
One of Stanley's less known claims to fame is surviving an attack from five men in Africa using a gun loaded with just four bullets.
Stanley had loaded the elephant gun with explosive charges 'as a precaution'.
Stanley returned to Africa on numerous occasions, spending many years exploring and developing the Congo, and charting much of the African interior.
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 Henry Morton Stanley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Henry Morton Stanley, certainly the most prolific explorer, led his expeditions for overt colonisation purposes.
He is a national hero and a famous war song honours his memory; Iron Breaks the Head.
Stanley called him the 'Napoleon of Central Africa'.
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 Henry Stanley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (1531–1593), Lord High Steward at the trial for treason of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel
Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904), journalist and leading figure in the exploration of Africa
This human name article is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that might otherwise share the same title, which is a person's or persons' name.
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 Anecdote - Sir Henry Morton Stanley - Stanley`s Autobiography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
According to the "Autobiography" of the famous explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley, the teenaged immigrant was taken in, adopted, and given a job by a kindly New Orleans cotton merchant named Henry Stanley and his wife.
A nice story - but for the fact that the elder Stanleys in fact lived until 1878, and that their adopted children were both girls.
Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841-1904) British explorer and journalist [noted for his search (sponsored by The New York Herald) for and discovery (on the shores of Lake Tanganyika at Ujiji on November 10, 1871) of explorer David Livingstone, who had disappeared on a journey in central Africa]
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 Henry Morton Stanley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sir Henry Morton Stanley (January 29,1841-May 10,1904) was a 19th-century 19th century quick summary:
Genocide has been defined as the deliberate killing of people based on their ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, or (sometimes) politics, as well as other deliberate...
The congo free state was a kingdom privately and controversially owned by king leopold ii of belgium that included the entire area now known as the democratic...
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