"Livingstone died in 1873. His friend Henry Stanley decided to continue his work in Africa. In 1874 he led an expedition into the interior. He followed the Congo River all the way to it’s mouth at the Atlantic Ocean. Reaching the ocean in 1877, he left behind two thirds of his 350 strong party, who had either died or deserted throughout the harrowing expedition. Stanley would go on to help establish the Congo Free State.

Starting a new chapter in his eventful life, Henry Stanley served as a member of the British Parliament between 1895 and 1900. In 1899 he was knighted. He died five years later.: