Stanley's Emin Pasha expedition

Project of Mehemet Ali--Khartoum--Meeting of Baker, Speke, and Grant at Gondokoro--First Explorers of the Upper Nile--Ismailia, and expedition of Baker against Fatiko slave-trad...

The Mahdi, his programme and military successes--Disaster of Hicks Pasha--Osman Digna and engagements near Suakin--English intervention--Gordon at Brussels; starts for Khartoum-...

The two most southern provinces that had been brought under the dominion of Egypt, and entrusted to the subordinate rule of European pashas and beys, were those of the Bahr-el-G...

The Welle--Biography and travels of Dr. Junker--The Niam-niam--Dr. Junker and the Niam-niam chiefs--Captain Casati--The Mombuttu--Cannibalism--Dr. Junker in the Aruwimi basin an...

Native rising in the Bahr-el-Ghazal--Fall of Rumbek, Gaba-Shambe, and Bor--Lupton Bey a prisoner--The Emir Karam-Allah--Siege of Amadi--Heroic conduct of negro troops--Transfer...

Dr. Junker’s departure from Wadelai--The Bahr-el-Jebel and Lake Albert--Salt pits at Kibiro--Unyoro--King Kabrega--Mohammed Biri--Correspondence with Mr. Mackay--Marches in Unyo...

Attempted expeditions of Dr. Fischer and Dr. Lenz--Geographical Society of Edinburgh--Routes to Wadelai from the east--The Congo route--Formation of relief-committee in London--...

The Congo claims the seventh place among the largest rivers of the world. It is nearly 3000 miles in length. In the volume of its waters it has no rival in the Eastern hemispher...

The Congo in the district of the Falls--Progress of European occupation--Proposed line of railway--The rock of Palaballa--Caravan route--Passage of the Luvu--A native market--Pa...

Stanley Pool: history and description--River network of the Upper Congo--Mangale and Mense--European settlements--Leopoldville--Arrival of the relief expedition--Means of transp...

Between Stanley Pool and Stanley Falls--Region of the islands--Accidents to the _Peace_ and to the _Stanley_--Stay at Bolobo--In the land of plenty--With the Bangala--Yesterday...

The Aruwimi, on the right bank of the Congo, is one of its most important tributaries. In 1877 Stanley first discovered it as an affluent, and in 1883 made the ascent of its low...

Despatch from missionary at Matadi--Despatch from Zanzibar--Fresh relief expeditions--Telegram from Mr. Ward--The White Pasha on the Bahr-el-Ghazal--Communication from Dr. Junke...

Leaving Yambuya on the 28th of June 1887, the caravan for the first day followed the bank of the river. For a time the road was practicable, but a difficulty soon began to prese...

The Albert Nyanza--The camp at Kavalli--Where is Emin?--Stanley makes retreat--Fort Bodo--Dwarfs of Central Africa--Travels of Lieutenant Stairs--Illness of Stanley--On the marc...

Major Barttelot--The situation at the Yambuya camp--Arrival of Tippoo Tib’s porters--Banalya--Assassination of Major Barttelot--Death of Mr. Jameson--Arrival of Stanley at Banal...

The situation in the Equatorial province--First mutiny of the troops--Emin at Mswa--Revolt of the garrison at Laboré--Arrest and imprisonment of Emin and Jephson--Arrival of the...

The camp at Kavalli--Letter from Stanley to Jephson--Arrival of Jephson--Emin’s letter to Stanley--Meeting of Stanley and Emin--Determination to evacuate--Concentration at Kaval...

The start--Stanley’s illness--Mutiny--On the march--Skirmishes with the Warasura--Crossing the Semliki--The affluent of Lake Albert--In the valley--Mountains of the Moon--Speke’...

It consists of a series of wide plateaux ranging from 4000 feet to 5000 feet above the level of the sea, bounded by a chain of conical peaks. This chain joins the Ruwenzori rang...