What pushes a person to adventure, makes him perform feats? Sometimes this remains a mystery. The identity of one of the most famous explorers of Africa, Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), is shrouded in mystery to this day. And this despite the fact that he erased “white spots” the size of Europe on the map of Africa, founded a large state in Africa, found the missing Livingston expedition, which was unsuccessfully searched for by several well-equipped detachments from different countries, wrote many exciting books about his adventures, which became bestsellers - and left many questions regarding his own biography. He himself called himself an American from New Orleans, claiming that he came from a respected local family. In fact, John Rowlands (this is his real name) was born in Wales (Great Britain), was abandoned mother in the care of relatives, ended up in an orphanage, from where he escaped, was hired on a ship sailing to America, and upon arrival in the USA deserted the ship. In his new homeland, Stanley tried many occupations, took part in the Civil War (on both sides!), sat in a prisoner of war camp, deserted out of habit, became a newspaperman - and in this he finally found his calling. Stanley turned out to be a good journalist: he had a taste for sensation and an instinct for the situation. As a reporter, he described the extermination of Indians in Iowa and Ethiopians in Abyssinia and quickly made a career. But his real rise began in 1871, when, as a correspondent for the New York Herald, he was sent to search for the missing Scottish missionary and traveler David in Africa. Livingston. This was an event of global scale: all the major world powers were concerned about the fate of the famous traveler who disappeared in the wilds of Africa. But it was Stanley who found Livingston, cut off from the outside world, by a miracle, after many and unsuccessful attempts by everyone else. The book “In the Wilds of Africa” is Stanley’s bright, exciting, dramatic story about his last African expedition (1887-1889). During its course, Stanley had to make his way through truly impassable jungle to the governor of the Equateur Province, Emin Pasha, cut off from the outside world by the rebel aborigines. Stanley's Pan-African epic turned out to be extremely difficult and dangerous: more than 70% of its participants died. Stanley, as always, won the battle with nature, enemies and circumstances - and, as always, he wrote about it an excellent book that has become a classic of adventure literature. Thanks to Stanley, Central Africa became accessible for exploration and study, and most importantly, for the first time in the history of geographical discoveries, their vicissitudes in the shortest possible time by the standards of the 19th century became the property of newspaper subscribers. Stanley was a pioneer of the field reporting genre back in the days when information traditionally reached the reader years late. He not only discovered inland Africa, but marked the beginning of the formation of a new mass type of reader - a news consumer. Electronic publication includes all the texts of a paper book and the main illustrative material. But for true connoisseurs of exclusive publications, we offer a gift classic book. The publication is lavishly illustrated in color and black and white. images of hard-to-reach, exotic and simply dangerous places visited by the researcher. The gift edition is designed for everyone who is interested in the history of geographical discoveries and stories about adventures in exotic corners of the Earth. This edition, like all books in the Great Journeys series, is printed on beautiful offset paper and elegantly designed. Editions of the series will adorn any, even the most sophisticated library, and will be a wonderful gift for both young readers and discerning bibliophiles.