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Mounteney-Jephson, A. J., With Revision And Cooperation Of Henry, M. Stanley

Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator; A Story of Nine Months Experiences in the Last of the Soudan Provinces

1890

118,44 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1890
Lieu d'édition
New York. Charles Scribner's Sons
Auteur
Mounteney-Jephson, A. J., With Revision And Cooperation Of Henry, M. Stanley
Edition
First American edition.
Thème
Travel - Africa
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [22.5 x 16 cm]; xxiv, 490 pp, frontis (port of author), portrait of Stanley, numerous full page plates from engravings, other illus, folding colored map of the equatorial province and folding facsimile of the Mahdi's letter in rear pocket, index. original pictorial green cloth, gilt lettering, gilt vignette on spine, little rubbed at edges, light stain on spine, else a near fine clean & attractive copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Work p. 23. Henry M. Stanley wrote a good introductory preface. The author spent 9 months in 1888 and 1889 to help save the Emin Pasha and describes his travels in the Lake Albert area in great detail including his imprisonment. The journey lead to several clarifications of geography including the sources of the Nile.