WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
He hired Henry Stanley to set agreements with African tribes ____
A
Jules Ferry
B
Otto von Bismarck
C
Leopold II
D
David Livingstone
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1869, Henry Morton Stanley was hired by the New York Herald to lead an expedition in search of Livingstone. Arriving in Zanzibar in early 1871, Stanley travelled 700 miles through Tanzania and, in November, found Livingstone at Ujiji.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -’ In 1874, the New York Herald, in partnership with London’s Daily Telegraph, financed Stanley on another expedition to the African continent.

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