Events in honour of H M Stanley June 1890

Sir Henry Morton Stanley was born John Rowlands in Denbigh Wales in 1841. He became a well known explorer of Africa, and was also a soldier and journalist. His trip to Scotland in June 1890 was covered extensively in the press, and he visited Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen.

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RSGS banquet 9th June 1890

Cover of RSGS Stanley banquet
RSGS Stanley banquet menu cover		 RSGS Stanley banquet menu
RSGS Stanley banquet menu
Cover of seating plan for the RSGS Stanley banquet 9th June 1890
Cover of seating plan for the RSGS Stanley banquet		 Seating Plan for Stanley Banquet 1890
Seating plan for the RSGS Stanley banquet

Opening of the Society's rooms

Ticket to the opening of the RSGS rooms 1890
Ticket to the formal opening of the RSGS rooms		  

Freedom of Edinburgh

Freedom
Invitation to the presentation of the Freedom of Edinburgh		  

You may download and read Stanley's book How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone from Project Gutenburg.