An Original Signed and Written Presentation Letter by Sir Henry Morton Stanley. Letter dated C1885. A presentation letter from the author which would have been included with the 5th edition of 'Through the Dark Continent'. Sir Henry Morton Stanley Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB 1841-1904 was a Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone, whom he later claimed to have greeted with the now-famous line: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". Besides his discovery of Livingstone, he is mainly known for his search for the sources of the Nile and Congo rivers, the work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold II of the Belgians which enabled the occupation of the Congo Basin region, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1897, and served in Parliament as a Liberal Unionist member for Lambeth North from 1895 to 1900. He is recognized for his important contributions to Western knowledge of the geography of Central Africa and for his resolute opposition to the slave trade in East Africa. Size is 200mm x 128mm. Condition is good. Page age toned.