The oft-quoted if little-understood phrase “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” would seem like a thin premise for an eight-episode series. Yet producer Mark Burnett dives in with his customary gusto, ...

Mixing political intrigue, adventure and his extensive research in Africa, author Martin Dugard tells the story behind the most famous encounter in exploration history --- the climactic meeting of Dr.

Adiet of porridge, butter and rice had fattened him. All seemed well. Tabora, Tanganyika (today’s Tanzania), June 23, 1871 —In the three months since Stanley had left the east coast of Africa to find ...

THE MAN WHO PRESUMED (334 pp.)—Byron Farwell—Holt ($5). The notorious words “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” have perhaps aroused more merriment than any other phrase coined by man. But so far no one has ...

AFA copy 39088019013531 gift of Janet Stanley. "In the mid-1860s, exploration had reached a plateau. The seas and continents had been mapped, the globe circumnavigated. Yet one vexing puzzle remained ...

Your name is Henry Stanley. As a New York Herald journalist you’ve been sent to Africa to find the missing traveler and explorer, Dr Livingstone. After many months of searching you’ve managed to reach ...