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1st Edition "In Darkest Africa" Henry M. Stanley, 2 Volumes 1890 Rare Set

Description: Rare Set "In Darkest Africa", or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria by Henry M. Stanley 2 Volumes 1890 First Edition - Original Publisher: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1890 SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE WRITINGS OF ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPLORERS OF THE DARK CONTINENT. A REAL ADVENTURE. GREAT READING!!!!!!! All illustrations and maps present. Bumping to corners, chipping to top/bottom of spines. Text unmarked. Scattered spots of foxing as it is quite normal to these books. Maps show archival tape repair. V1 rear board hinge starting. Description: Two volumes (complete.) V. 1 xv, 529 p.; V. 2 xv, 472 p. Each volume has an index. All illustrations and all maps are present. First edition in original red cloth. Folding map bound in volumes I and II. Spine and front covers bright with gold lettering and illustrations of soldiers - red cloth gilt-lettered and with elaborate pictorial decorations in gilt and black on the spines and upper covers. Contents clean, moderate foxing/spotting. Very small bookplate on back board and owner’s signature at front. Portrait frontispieces, 36 full page illustrations, over 100 illustrations in text, 2 large color folding maps at front, 1 folding map in text, 1 diagram. xv, 529; xv, 472, [2] ads pp. A clean and handsome set, very well preserved. The bindings showing evidence of age or use, but no loose pages or boards with the plates and maps in good order and light foxing and spotting typical to the book. SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE WRITINGS OF ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPLORERS OF THE DARK CONTINENT. "By 1885 Stanley had become deeply interested in the schemes of Mr. (afterwards Sir) William Mackinnon, chairman of the British India Steam Navigation Company, for establishing a British protectorate in East Equatorial Africa, and it was believed that this object could be furthered at the same time that relief was afforded to Emin Pasha, governor of the the Equatorial Province of Egypt, who had been isolated by the Mahdist rising of 1881-1885.Instead of choosing the direct route Stanley decided to go by way of the Congo, as thereby he would be able to render services to the infant Congo State, then encountering great difficulties with the Zanzibar Arabs established on the Upper Congo" (EB). Stanley and Tippoo Tib, the chief of the Congo Arabs, entered into an agreement for the latter to assume governorship of the Stanley Falls station and supply carriers for the Emin relief expedition, and then travelled up the Congo to Bangala together. They parted ways at Stanley Falls and Stanley started his trip toward Albert Nyanza, leaving a rear-guard at Yambuya on the lower Aruwimi under the command of Major E.M. Barttelot. Stanley’s journey to Albert Nyanza became a hazardous 160-day march through "nothing but miles and miles, endless miles of forest" that claimed the lives of over half of Stanley’s men from starvation, disease, and hostility of the natives. Finally upon the arrival at Albert Nyanza, Stanley achieved communication with Emin but was troubled by the non-arrival of his rear-guard. He retraced his steps back to Yambuya to find that Tippoo Tib had broken faith, Barttelot had been murdered, and the camp was in disarray and only one European was left. Stanley again set out for Albert Nyanza, where Stanley, Emin Pasha, and the survivors of the rear-guard began the return journey to Zanzibar by way of Uganda, a trip during which he discovered the Mountains of the Moon (Ruwenzori), traced the course of the Semliki River, discovered Albert Edward Nyanza and the great southwestern gulf of Victorian Nyanza. Of Stanley’s original 646 men, only 246 survived. This account of his adventures was wildly popular and published in six languages. One of the greatest feats in African travel, Stanley traveled thousands of miles in his claims to the great stretches of continental African territory. BTC ETH XRP XLM DOGE LTC

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Item Specifics

All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Year Printed: 1890

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Topic: Travel

Binding: Hardcover

Author: Henry M. Stanley

Subject: Exploration & Travel

Original/Facsimile: Original

Language: English

Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington

Place of Publication: London

Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated

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