african explorers library

African Explorers articles traces the history of notable African explorers. See this amazing continent through the eyes of those who've traversed it.

Featured Article: Samuel W. Baker

Baker, Samuel White (1821–1893), a British explorer of Africa. Accompanied by his wife, Florence, he discovered Lake Albert in 1864. See more »

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Carl Akeley

Akeley, Carl Ethan (1864-1926), a United States taxidermist, inventor, explorer, and sculptor.

David Livingstone

Livingstone, David (1813–1873), a British missionary and the greatest of all explorers in Africa.

Emin Pasha

Emin Pasha, the assumed name of Eduard Schnitzer (1840–1892), a German surgeon who became an African explorer and government official.

Henry M. Stanley

Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841–1904), an Anglo-American journalist and explorer of Africa.

John H. Speke

Speke, John Hanning (1827–1864), a British explorer of Africa. He was the discoverer of the source of the White Nile.

Mungo Park

Park, Mungo (1771–1806), a Scottish explorer. Leading two West African expeditions, 1795–97 and 1805–06, Park became the first to explore the Niger River in modern times.

Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni (1831–1903), a French-American explorer. His observations in Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa (1861) were ridiculed and disputed by some scientists, but were later confirmed by travelers.