Author: Stanley, Henry M.
Title: IN DARKEST AFRICA Or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria.
Description: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. 1st Ed. 2 vols. xv + 529pp. + xv + 472pp. + [ii]. publ. adverts. 38 plates, numerous ills., 3 folding maps (1 with minor repair to hinge), colour profile, folding appendix. Some light browning, upper hinge to vol. 1. sl. cracked, original bright gilt lettered pictorial cloth, spines bumped and baggy to head. ¶ One of the best travel books ever written. Stanley was not only the deliverer of Livingstone, but also one of the founders of Tanganyika. In incident, suffering and privation, this was perhaps the most extraordinary of all journeys in Africa. Stanley's course was up the Congo, and its Northern tributaries, through the terrible Central Forest, among the Pygmies to Ruwenzoro, Lake Albert Edward and Albert Nyanzas; homeward through Unjoro to the East Coast at Zanzibar.

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; AFRICA


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