Title
Stanley.
Caption
Sir Henry Morton Stanley, real name John Rowlands (1841-1904). British journalist and explorer. At the request of the New York Herald Tribune, he searched for and succeeded in finding Professor Livingstone in 1871, on the bank of Tanganyika lake, in Tanzania. He next explored French Equatorial Africa and, in 1878, was assigned by King Leopold II of Belgium to create a state in the Congo Basin. Returning to the United Kingdom, he was elected to the Chamber of Communes.
Engraving.
Info+
Photo12.com - Elk-Opid
Date
19th century
Credit line
Photo12/Collection Jaime Abecasis
Reference
LKO07031_285
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
6,6Mb (1,1Mb) / 4,4in x 5,9in / 1305 x 1780 (300dpi)