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After military service with both sides in the [[American Civil War]], Stanley became a journalist, arriving on the staff of the ''[[New York Herald]]'' in [[1867]]. He became one of their overseas correspondents, and in [[1869]] was instructed to find the [[Scot]]tish missionary [[David Livingstone]], who was known to be in [[Africa]] but had not been heard of for some time. According to Stanley's no doubt romanticised account, he asked [[James Gordon Bennett, Jr.]], the paper's editorowner, how much he could spend. The reply was "Draw 1000 pounds now, and when you have gone through that, draw another 1000, and when that is spent, draw another 1000, and when you have finished that, draw another 1000, and so on –&#8211; BUT FIND LIVINGSTONE!"

Stanley travelled to [[Zanzibar]] and outfitted an expedition with the best of everything, requiring no less than 2000 [[porter]]s. He eventually located Livingstone in present-day [[Tanzania]] and joined him in exploring the region, establishing for certain that there was no connection between [[Lake Tanganyika]] and the river [[Nile]]. On his return, he wrote a book about his experiences. The ''New York Herald,'' in partnership with Britain's ''[[Daily Telegraph]],'' then financed him on another expedition to the African continent, one of his achievements being to solve the last great mystery of African exploration by tracing the course of the river [[Congo River|Congo]] to the sea.