8c. Stanley's Congo River Expedition pt 2

In the early 1870's the peoples of the Eastern Congo lived in a
land dominated by the Arab-Swahili traders. In search of Ivory
these traders had traveled hundreds of miles inland from the Indian
Ocean. These traders settled in and established settlements where
they loved in great comfort. This was in great contrast to the
subdued peoples who had inhabited these lands for hundreds of
years. But the curiosity of the American and European public was
focused on this region. In 1873 The Daily Telegraph of London and
the New York Herald sponsored the Victorian explorer, Henry Morton
Stanley, to travel to East Africa to find the legendary source of
the River Nile. This voyage of explorations sent shock waves
through time to the present day ...