Picture No | 10217673 |
Date | 1878 |
Description | H.M. Stanley's Anglo-American Expedition to Central Africa |
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A scene, during Sir Henry Morton Stanley's Anglo-American expedition of 1874-1877, in the Central African forest. In the background Stanley's porters are pulling their boats overland, in order to get past the waterfall behind them. In the foreground Stanley's armed guards return fire against some unseen assailants, whose throwing spears lie all around.
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Source | The Graphic. 1878. dps pages 216-217. By S. Durand |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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