The Last Expedition
by Daniel Liebowitz, Charles Pearson (Author)
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Traces Henry Morton Stanley's three-year African expedition that was launched with the official intention of rescuing Emin Pasha, governor of the southern Sudan, in an account that reveals Stanley's secret agenda of territorial expansion.Tags
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- Canonical title
- The Last Expedition
- Original title
- The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through The Congo
- Alternate titles
- The Last Expedition
- Original publication date
- 2005
- People/Characters
- Henry Morton Stanley; David Livingstone
- Important places
- Africa; Congo
- Dedication
- To Florence - Danile Liebowitz
To Lynette, or course - Charles Pearson - First words
- Chapter One: On December 10, 1886, a letter appeared in The Times of London in which Robert Felkin, a prominent Scottish physician who had traveled (sic scil travelled) extensively in Africa, implored the people of Britain to... (show all) rally to the cause of a man with a distinctly un-British name, Dr. Mehemit Emin. he was the governor of Equatoria ...
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Bula Matari was more than a Breaker of Stones; he and his ilk broke Africa wide open, and no one has yet found a way to put it back together again.
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Travel, General Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 916.2904 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Africa Egypt; Sudan; South Sudan
- LCC
- DT363 .L54 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Africa History of Africa Central Sub-Saharan Africa
- BISAC
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- Languages
- Dutch, English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 7
