What pushes a person to adventure, makes him perform feats? Sometimes this remains a mystery. The identity of one of Africa's most famous explorers, 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 that became bestsellers - and left a lot of questions regarding his own biography.