History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration Episode 20, Dr. Livingstone and Mary Kingsley in Africa Episode 20, Dr. Livingstone and Mary Kingsley in Africa.

Streaming video - 2015

First, consider how the most famous PR stunt in the history of exploration--journalist Henry Stanley finding ailing Scottish explorer Dr. Livingstone in a remote town in Africa--reveals how Africa long remained the "Dark Continent" to the outside world. Then, turn to Mary Kingsley, an Englishwoman whose writing revealed West Africa to a European audience.