Through the Dark continent : or, The sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa, and down the Livingstone river to the Atlantic ocean

Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. 2 volumes : 23 cm Perhaps best known as the intrepid adventurer who located the missing explorer David Livingstone in equatorial Africa in 1871, Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) played a major role in assembling the fragmented discoveries and uncertain geographical knowledge of central Africa into a coherent picture. He was the first European to explore the Congo River; assisted at the founding of the Congo Free State, and helped pave the way for the opening up of modern Africa. In this classic account of one of his most important expeditions, the venerable Victorian recounts the incredibly difficult and perilous journey during which he explored the great lakes of Central Africa, confirming their size and position, searched for the sources of the Nile, and traced the unknown Congo River from the depths of the continent to the sea Includes index "With ten maps and one hundred and fifty woodcuts."