The Life and Career of Sir Henry M. Stanley, The African Explorer (1903) by ARTHUR MONTEFIORE

The Life and Career of Sir Henry M. Stanley, The African Explorer
by ARTHUR MONTEFIORE

Published by A.L. BURT COMPANY, 1903. Hardcover. Octavo (19 cm). Maroon cloth covered boards titled in gilt on the spine. Tissue guared frontis. 287pp. Illustrated. Minor wear only to the covers, about Near Fine.

Stanley was a brutal explorer and a ruthless imperialist who hacked and shot his way across Africa. He is best known for his epic search for the missionary David Livingstone, whom he finally encountered in 1871 in present-day Tanzania.