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Map A map of the Great Forest Region : showing routes of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, from the River Congo to the Victoria Nyanza

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Title

  • A map of the Great Forest Region : showing routes of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, from the River Congo to the Victoria Nyanza

Summary

  • "After his successful search for David Livingstone in 1871-72, the journalist Henry M. Stanley went on to become a celebrated African explorer in his own right. He led two further expeditions, an Anglo-American expedition in 1874-77, in which he explored the lakes of central Africa, and a relief expedition in 1887-90, ostensibly to rescue Emin Pasha (1840-92). Emin, a German explorer whose original name was Eduard Schnitzler, was the governor of Equatoria, the southernmost district of the Sudan, then ruled by Egypt. He was cut off from the outside world by a Mahdist uprising in 1885. Amid a public outcry in Europe, Stanley set out to find him and in 1889 managed to bring him out of the Sudan. This map traces Stanley's route, which took him up the Congo River, overland to Sudan, and then to the Indian Ocean port of Zanzibar. Although Livingstone and Stanley have been joined together by history, they were very different people. Livingstone was venerated in Britain and by many in Africa for his anti-slavery efforts and his concern for the people of Africa, while Stanley became a controversial figure, widely criticized for his violent methods and well-documented mistreatment of indigenous peoples." World Digital Library.

Names

  • Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904.

Created / Published

  • New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.

Headings

  • -  Congo (Democratic Republic)--Maps
  • -  Congo (Democratic Republic)

Notes

  • -  LC Copy 1 has pasted on in upper lefthand corner: "Note: This specimen map is mounted on linen for use only in canvassing. The maps supplied with the book are not mounted, but are placed in pockets at the end of each volume for convenient use."
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map : col. ; 53 x 75 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G8650 1890 .S8

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006627674

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Stanley, Henry M. A map of the Great Forest Region: showing routes of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, from the River Congo to the Victoria Nyanza. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006627674/.

APA citation style:

Stanley, H. M. (1890) A map of the Great Forest Region: showing routes of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, from the River Congo to the Victoria Nyanza. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2006627674/.

MLA citation style:

Stanley, Henry M. A map of the Great Forest Region: showing routes of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, from the River Congo to the Victoria Nyanza. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2006627674/>.