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Hace 5 días · It’s hard to disagree with Ali, but Butcher keeps trying to disagree. He writes that Henry Morton Stanley is “tainted as an arch-colonial brute,” as though Stanley created this modern hell.
Hace 3 días · The famous “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” saying remains in common use today, and can be traced back to a meeting between Livingstone and explorer Henry Morton Stanley, who’d been sent on an...
Hace 5 días · A prototype of the Maxim gun was provided by Hiram Maxim to the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1886-1890 led by Henry Morton Stanley. It was more of a publicity stunt than a serious military contribution, as the expedition’s main financier, William Mackinnon, saw “a great peacekeeping effect” in the “mere demonstration” of ...
Hace 5 días · Yes, in 1874-77, Henry Morton Stanley’s transcontinental expedition confirmed John Hanning Speke’s claim about the Nile exiting from Lake Victoria’s northern shore. Stanley successfully circumnavigated the lake, further verifying its significance.
Hace 3 días · The built-up area of Kinshasa is divided into industrial, residential, and commercial zones. Along the western edge of the central city an industrial zone (before 1966 called Léo-Ouest) flourishes near the site of the first depot established by the British-American explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley.
Hace 5 días · The interpreter Assad Farran accused him of having deliberately instigated the murder out of curiosity, and Henry Morton Stanley finally decided to inform the European and American press. The resulting bad publicity likely contributed to the fact that privately organized, non-scientific expeditions into Africa ceased after that time.
Hace 3 días · Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) is famous for four words: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" He was a journalist and adventurer, and something of a scoundrel. He was illegitimate, brought up mostly in a workhouse.
