The Last Expedition.The Last Expedition Daniel Liebowitz, MD & Charles Pearson Charles Pearson (October 1793 - September 1862) was Solicitor to the City of London and an early promoter of the need for an underground railway in central London. Pearson was born in the City of London, the son of an upholsterer and feather merchant. W.W. Norton 500--5th Ave., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of NY 10110 www.wwnorton.com 0393059030 $25.95 1-800-233-4830 In 1867 explorer and adventurer Henry Morton Stanley Sir Henry Morton Stanley, born John Rowlands (January 28, 1841 – May 10, 1904), was a journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone. went on a mission to rescue Emin Pasha Emin Pasha (āmēn` pä`shä), 1840–92, German explorer, whose original name was Eduard Schnitzer. A physician, he served (1876–78) under Gen. Charles Gordon in Sudan as a district medical officer. , last remaining lieutenant of General Gordon and presiding governor of Equatoria, the southern-most province of Egypt's Sudan. An Islamic jihad and tribal warfare had isolated him. Stanley's expedition was a risky venture at best; but even the most pessimistic could not have predicated the disasters which would take them a year to reach Emim Pasha. From the journey to the controversy it provoked in Europe 3 years later, The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through The Congo is riveting, impossible, and entirely true. |
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