i. Stanley, an American journalist wrote the books “Through the Dark Continent” and “Darkest Africa”.
ii. The travelogue created, among the Europeans, a kind of attraction towards Africa and there arose a public opinion favouring colonization of regions in the African continent.
iii. A sense of competition grew among the European nations to capture the best and strategic regions of Africa.
Thus, the travelogue written by Stanley created curiosity among the Europeans towards Africa.