Through the Dark Continent

Through the Dark Continent, Henry Morton Stanley and the Exploration of Africa 

Stanley’s successful search in 1871 for the Scottish medical missionary, David Livingstone, was a newspaper circulation-building caper funded by the N.Y. Herald’s publisher.  Its brilliant success, Stanley’s subsequent bold trek east to west across Central Africa in 1874-77, and his later services to Leopold II made him famous, and thrust Africa indelibly into the consciousness of the western world.

This talk will be virtual and is a part of the Balch Library winter/spring lecture series.  You can register here. Use the drop down and register for a lecture.  Let the library know you’ll be attending the Through the Dark Continent talk on March 16th.  Once you register, the library will send you a link to join the virtual presentation.  I look forward to “seeing” you on January 26, 2022, at 1:00pm.