An engaging illustrated book by (Henry Morton Stanley) that blends journalistic reporting with romantic narrative, recounting the American explorer's journey that led him to the famous encounter with (David Livingstone) in Ujiji in 1871. The book describes the preparations for the journey, the logistical and human difficulties, the landscapes the explorer traversed, and interactions with local populations, in addition to the risks related to climate, diseases, and political rivalries. Stanley portrays his adventures as a modern epic, celebrating courage, perseverance, and the civilizing mission, while solidifying his own legend as an explorer. The text, rich in ethnographic and geographical details, reflects the scientific spirit and the prevailing imperial discourse of the time, presenting Africa as a space to be discovered, mapped, and integrated into colonial networks. The book has 600 pages in French. Cover condition is good, the book has its original half-leather green binding, with signs of use, and slight wear at the head, corners, and edges, marbled edges, a spine decorated with four raised gold bands, the book's title and author's name in gold, gilt edges on both covers, and a gold emblem on the front cover. Internal pages condition is good, with scattered brown spots, the book is adorned with 60 in-text engravings and 6 maps, 4 of which are folding, marbled endpapers, and a bookplate. (Sold, and may God bless the buyer)