In Dunkelsten Afrika. Aufferhung Rettung und Ruckzug Emin Pascha's Governeurs der Aequatorialprovinz.. Autoristrte deutsche Ausgabe ... (German language issue of Henry M. Stanley's "In Darkest Africa"...) 2 vols.

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Leipzig: Brockhaus 1890. Roy. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. Gilt. With frontisps. plates text-illusts. and 2 fold. maps in end-pocket of Vol. II. Fine set of the rare 1st German edition. NOTE: Stanley's remarkable account of his expedition from the East Coast through the heart of Africa to the land of The Nile. This expedition was originally intended as a rescue mission for Emin Pasha after Khartoum fell into the hands of the Mahdists and General Gordon was killed. Although failing in its primary objective the expedition accomplished great things: Stanley discovered the great snow-capped range of Ruwenzori the Mountains of the Moon; a new lake which he named the Albert Edward Nyanza; and a large south-western extension of Lake Victoria; and he came upon the pygmy tribes who had inhabited the great African forest since prehistoric times. On his way down to the coast Stanley concluded treaties with various native chiefs which he transferred to Sir William Mackinnon's company so laying the foundation of the British East African Protectorate.