In darkest Africa or the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria. 5th edition.

STANLEY, Henry Morton.

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London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1891. 2 volumes. Original pictorial cloth. With 4 (3 folding) coloured maps, 38 plates and numerous wood-engravings. XV,529; XV,472;(2) pp. First published in 1890. - Account of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, Stanley's (1841-1904) last African expedition (1887-1889) with 700 members. He ascended the Congo River and then marched across central Africa in command of a relief expedition for Emin Pasha, the German-born governor of southern Sudan's Equatoria province, who had been cut off from Anglo-Egyptian forces to the north since the outbreak of a Muslim revolt six years earlier. Together they explored the Semliki River and established it as the principal connection between Lake Albert and Lake Edward. While in the region, Stanley made European discovery of the Ruwenzori Range (the fabled 'Mountains of the Moon') and arrived in Zanzibar in late 1889. He was the second European to cross Central Africa from west to east. Stanley had concluded treaties with various native chiefs which he transferred to Sir William Mackinnon's company and so laid the foundation of the British East African Protectorate - A very fine copy of Stanley's classic travel narrative, a monument in the history of African exploration. Hess & Coger 155; Howgego IV, p.876-877. Seller Inventory # 36676

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Title: In darkest Africa or the quest, rescue, and ...

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