HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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David Livingstone
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King Arthur II of Belgium
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King Leopold II of Belgium
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King Leopold I of Portugal
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1879 and 1884, Stanley secretly helped King Leopold II of Belgium establish and “claim” the Congo Free State by creating commercial stations along the Congo River (Vivi, Léopoldville, Kinshassa).
Detailed explanation-3: -On February 5, 1885, Belgian King Leopold II established the Congo Free State by brutally seizing the African landmass as his personal possession. Rather than control the Congo as a colony, as other European powers did throughout Africa, Leopold privately owned the region.
Detailed explanation-4: -Stanley was a Welsh-born American journalist and explorer, famous for his search for David Livingstone and his part in the European colonisation of Africa. Henry Morton Stanley was born John Rowlands on 28 January 1841 in Denbigh, Wales.