STANLEY, Henry Morton.

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In Darkest Africa; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria. First edition of Stanley's famous account of his expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, the beleaguered governor of equatorial Sudan. This attractively illustrated work contains some of Stanley's most celebrated writing, especially the account of the tortuous 450-mile passage through the dense Ituri Rainforest. In the course of the journey, Stanley became the first European to discover the great snow-capped range of Ruwenzori, and the Mountains of the Moon. He also located a lake, which he named the Albert Edward Nyanza, in addition to a large south-western extension of Lake Victoria. Translations of In Darkest Africa appeared quickly in French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch while sales of the English trade editions reached 150,000 copies.Loosely inserted is a newspaper clipping of "Surgeon Parke's Journal" label in pen "Times 2. Nov 1891". Thomas Heazle Parke (1858-1893) was the surgeon on the Emin Pasha expedition and treated Stanley for sepsis, saving his life.

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