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| Sampson Low, Marston, Searl and Rivington, London, 1890. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. 1st edition. 2 volumes in Red cloth with fine black and gold pictorials. With 150 woodcut illustrations and maps.Vol 1 - Corners are bumped, spine chipped; slight damage to hinges; previous owners name in front pastedown and free endpaper. Vol 2 - Corners and spine are slightly bumped; some discolouration. Stanley led the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition to rescue Emin Pash, the governor of Equatoria in the southern Sudan. King Leopold II of Belgium demanded that Stanley take the longer route, via the Congo river, hoping to acquire more territory and perhaps even Equatoria. After immense hardships and great loss of life, Stanley met Emin in 1888, discovered the Ruwenzori Range and Lake Edward, and emerged from the interior with Emin and his surviving followers in 1890. |
