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In Darkest Africa; or, Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, Volume II (2) (First Edition, Deluxe Leather Binding)
by Stanley, Henry M.; [Africa]
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated..
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
FIRST EDITION.
VOLUME 2 ONLY (OF 2).
Original Deluxe Leather, lettered in gilt.
All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers.
Illustrated throughout.
547, 540 pages.
Size: 9" x 6 1/4".
Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; some rubbing wear; all 3 maps present and in good condition.
Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 - 10 May 1904) was a Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Besides his discovery of Livingstone, he is mainly known for his search for the sources of the Nile and Congo rivers, the work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold II of the Belgians which enabled the occupation of the Congo Basin region, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1897, and served in Parliament as a Liberal Unionist member for Lambeth North from 1895 to 1900.
More than a century after his death, Stanley's legacy remains the subject of enduring controversy. Although he personally had high regard for many of the native African people who accompanied him on his expeditions, the exaggerated accounts of corporal punishment and brutality in his books fostered a public reputation as a hard-driving, cruel leader, in contrast to the supposedly more humanitarian Livingstone. His contemporary image in Britain also suffered from the inaccurate perception that he was American. In the 20th century, his reputation was also seriously damaged by his role in establishing the Congo Free State for King Leopold II. Nevertheless, he is recognized for his important contributions to Western knowledge of the geography of Central Africa and for his resolute opposition to the slave trade in East Africa.--wikipedia.
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In Darkest Africa (1890) is Henry M. Stanley’s own account of his last adventure on the African continent. At the turn of that century, the interior of the African continent was largely unknown to the American and European public. With the accounts of great explorers like Stanley, readers became thrilled by stories African expeditions and longed to follow in the footsteps of these explorers. In 1888, Stanley led an expedition to come to the aid of Mehmed Emin Pasha. The two volumes that compose In Darkest Africa; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria are his account of what happened.
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- Title
- In Darkest Africa; or, Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, Volume II (2) (First Edition, Deluxe Leather Binding)
- Author
- Stanley, Henry M.; [Africa]
- Illustrator
- Illustrated.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1890
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