8a. Stanley's Congo River Expedition pt 1

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 shockwaves through time to the present day ...