How I Found Livingstone

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"How I Found Livingstone" is Henry Morton Stanley’s 1872 travel narrative recounting his expedition into central Africa to locate the missing missionary-explorer David Livingstone.

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instanceOf exploration literature
non-fiction book
travel narrative
author Henry Morton Stanley NERFINISHED
circulation bestseller in late 19th century
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describesLocation Lake Tanganyika NERFINISHED
Ujiji NERFINISHED
Zanzibar NERFINISHED
describesPerson David Livingstone NERFINISHED
Henry Morton Stanley NERFINISHED
describesTheme cross-cultural encounters
heroic exploration
imperial ambition
missionary zeal
documentationOf New York Herald-sponsored expedition NERFINISHED
famousLineAssociated Dr. Livingstone, I presume? NERFINISHED
genre adventure literature
travel writing
hasAdaptation radio dramatization
television documentary segments
hasForm abridged edition
illustrated edition
serialized publication
historicalContext Scramble for Africa (prelude) NERFINISHED
influenced popular image of David Livingstone
popular image of Henry Morton Stanley
public perception of African exploration
language English
literaryPeriod Victorian era NERFINISHED
mainSubject expedition to find David Livingstone
exploration of central Africa
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person
notableEventDescribed Stanley meeting Livingstone in Ujiji
publicationYear 1872
publisher Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle NERFINISHED
relatedWork The Autobiography of Dr. David Livingstone NERFINISHED
Through the Dark Continent NERFINISHED
settingRegion East Africa NERFINISHED
central Africa
sponsorOfExpeditionDescribed New York Herald NERFINISHED
subjectMatter European exploration of Africa
colonial-era travel
missionary activity in Africa
subtitle Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa NERFINISHED
targetAudience general readership
timePeriodDescribed early 1870s
late 1860s

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Henry Morton Stanley notableWork How I Found Livingstone