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The 19 pages that link to Henry Morton Stanley, each with the reason it gives.

• Berlin ConferenceRelated: His work helped turn the Congo into a focus of international rivalry.

• Congo Free StateRelated: His work helped lay the groundwork for Leopold’s territorial claim.

• Congo RiverRelated: His 1870s expedition followed much of the river to the Atlantic and publicized its course.

• David LivingstoneRelated: Stanley’s 1871 meeting with Livingstone became the most famous episode in his later career.

• White NileRelated: His journeys helped map the connected lakes and rivers upstream of the White Nile.

• Leopold II of BelgiumRelated: Stanley helped secure treaties and establish the infrastructure of Leopold’s Congo project.

• KinshasaRelated: Stanley established the post that became Kinshasa in 1881.

• Force PubliqueRelated: His treaties and expeditions helped prepare the territorial claims that the force later enforced.

• Pierre Savorgnan de BrazzaCompared with: Stanley’s work for Leopold’s Congo project made him a rival to French influence advanced by Brazza.

• John Hanning SpekeRelated: Stanley’s later travels helped clarify the geography Speke had reported.

• European exploration of AfricaBroader topic: His expeditions linked exploration to the political expansion of Leopold’s Congo project.

• Tippu TipRelated: Stanley met Tippu Tip and later recruited him for the Congo Free State.

• James Gordon Bennett Jr.Related: The New York Herald sent Stanley to find Livingstone, strengthening the paper's reputation for dramatic reporting.

• James Gordon Bennett Sr.Broader topic: Bennett Jr. commissioned Stanley’s expedition, extending the Herald’s reputation for dramatic reporting.

• Lualaba RiverRelated: His expedition established the connection between the upper river and the Congo’s Atlantic outlet.

• KisanganiRelated: Stanley founded the trading station that became Kisangani in 1883.

• Mount StanleyRelated: The massif was named for this explorer.

• Atrocities in the Congo Free StateRelated: His expeditions and treaties advanced Leopold’s control in the Congo basin.

• MatadiRelated: His exploration of the Congo helped draw European attention to the river corridor around Matadi.