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Henry Morton Stanley

Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB was a Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone, whom he later claimed to have greeted with the now-famous line: ‘Dr. Livingstone, I presume?’.

Besides his discovery of Livingstone, he is mainly known for his search for the sources of the Nile and Congo rivers, the work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold II of the Belgians which enabled the occupation of the Congo Basin region, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1897, and served in Parliament as a Liberal Unionist member for Lambeth North from 1895 to 1900.

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  • Rare map showing Stanley's travels on the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, only in 2 UK institutions and not in BL.
    Rare map showing Stanley's travels on the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, only in 2 UK institutions and not in BL.

    [STANLEY, Henry Morton]; Johnston, W. & A. K.
    New Map of Central Africa 1888.
    £1,250.00

  • The story of the Anglo-American expedition to Central Africa, commanded by Stanley and undertaken between 1874 and 1877.
    The story of the Anglo-American expedition to Central Africa, commanded by Stanley and undertaken between 1874 and 1877.

    STANLEY, Henry Morton.
    Through the Dark Continent. 1878.
    £2,500.00

  • First edition of Stanley's famous account of his travels in the Congo which were prompted by a meeting with King Leopold of the Belgians in 1879.
    First edition of Stanley's famous account of his travels in the Congo which were prompted by a meeting with King Leopold of the Belgians in 1879.

    STANLEY, Henry Morton.
    The Congo 1885.
    £2,500.00

  • First edition of Stanley's lively account of the British Expedition against the Ashantis in Africa under Sir Garnet Wolesley in 1874.
    First edition of Stanley's lively account of the British Expedition against the Ashantis in Africa under Sir Garnet Wolesley in 1874.

    STANLEY, Henry Morton.
    Coomassie and Magdala: 1874.
    £1,500.00

  • A scarce memorial of Stanley's last expedition. with a tipped-in photograph and an autograph letter by Stanley
    A scarce memorial of Stanley's last expedition. with a tipped-in photograph and an autograph letter by Stanley

    [STANLEY, Henry Morton].
    The American testimonial banquet to Henry M. Stanley. 1890.]
    £2,750.00

  • Fine ceramic jug commemorates the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1887-89 and Stanley along with his officers. The sides include a relief portrait of Stanley
    Fine ceramic jug commemorates the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1887-89 and Stanley along with his officers. The sides include a relief portrait of Stanley

    STANLEY, Henry Morton.
    Commemorative Doulton Lambeth brown salt-glazed stoneware jug. [1890].
    £900.00

  • Rare and attractive commemorative printing.
    Rare and attractive commemorative printing.

    [STANLEY, Henry Morton].
    Royal Geographical Society. Stanley reception meeting 1890.
    £350.00

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