But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape.
-- Henry Morton Stanley
   
Henry Morton Stanley   Name:
Henry Morton Stanley
Type:
Explorer
Nationality:
Welsh
Birth:
January 29, 1841
Death:
May 10, 1904
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