HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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TRUE
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FALSE
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Stanley joined Livingstone in exploring the region, finding that there was no connection between Lake Tanganyika and the Nile. On his return, he wrote a book about his experiences: How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveries in Central Africa (1872).
Detailed explanation-2: -In November 1871, journalist Henry Morton Stanley located the missing missionary David Livingstone in the wilds of Africa.
Detailed explanation-3: -Livingstone, worn down by disease, died in today’s Zambia, on May 1, 1873, a year and a half after his meeting with Stanley. His attendants mummified his body and handed it over to British authorities. His remains were buried in Westminster Abbey. Stanley was a pallbearer at Livingstone’s funeral.
Detailed explanation-4: -The New York Herald’s editor and publisher James Gordon Bennett realized it would be a publishing coup to find Livingstone, and gave the assignment to the intrepid Stanley.
Detailed explanation-5: -David Livingstone was the first European to cross the continent from west to east and to discover the Zambesi River, the Victoria Falls and several major central African lakes. His publications about these explorations and the slave trade brought great fame.