My African Travels

Published in 1886 My African Travels is a succinct record of British American explorer Henry Morton Stanley's adventurous African expeditions during 1871â1884 and the results of his travels. Stanley was commissioned by New York Herald to undertake a secret mission to find and rescue the Scottish missionary David Livingstone who was lost in the midst of the African jungle. Stanley describes his journey through the forests and rivers of Africa and his encounters with the African wildlife tribespeople and Arab settlers and traders amidst the variegated beauty of places such as Unyamwezi Usagara Ukawendi and Tanganika districts. Ranging over events such as Stanley's historic rescue of Livingstone to Livingstone's death and Stanley's further expeditions in Africa and his exploration and development of the Congo state My African Travels is the saga of a passionate explorer with graphic descriptions of the vicissitudes of an African journey. Language: English