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Title

My personal experiences in equatorial Africa : as medical officer of the Emin Pasha relief expedition / by Thomas Heazle Parke ; with map and numerous illustrations.

Author

Parke, Thomas Heazle, 1857-1893.

Publication

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons 743-745 Broadway, 1891.

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Additional Authors

• Charles Scribner's Sons, publisher.
• William Clowes and Sons, printer.

Description

xxvi, [2], 526 pages, [19] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, map, portraits; 23 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Emin Pasha, 1840-1892
• Ethnology > Africa, Central
• Africa, Central > Description and travel

Note

• "London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross."--verso of title page, also on colophon, page 526.
• Includes index.

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. From Alexandria to Cape Town -- ch. 2. From Cape Town to Leopoldville, via Banana Point -- ch. 3. The river journey from Mswata to Yambuya -- ch. 4. From Yambuya to Avisibba -- ch. 5. From Avisibba to Ugarrowwa's camp -- ch. 6. From Ugarrowwa's camp to Ipoto -- ch. 7. Experiences with the Manyuema at Ipoto -- ch. 8. Further experiences at Ipoto -- ch. 9. A study of bacteriology -- ch. 10. From Fort Bodo to the Albert Nyanza -- ch. 11. Meeting with Emin Pasha at Lake Albert -- ch. 12. Life at Fort Bodo -- ch. 13. Life at Fort Bodo -- ch. 14. Life at Fort Bodo -- ch. 15. Life at Fort Bodo -- ch. 16. The arrow-poison of the Pigmies -- ch. 17. Life at Fort Bodo -- ch. 18. Arrival of the rear column at Fort Bodo -- ch. 19. Our sick camp at Kandekoré -- ch. 20. The story of the rear column -- ch. 21. Life at Kavalli Camp -- ch. 22. Preparations for the return journey to Zanzibar -- ch. 23. Treason among Emin's people -- ch. 24. From Mazamboni's to the Albert Edward Nyanza -- ch. 25. The march through Ankori and Karagwé -- ch. 26. Mr. Mackay's mission station at Usambiro -- ch. 27. Summary of my professional and personal experiences with the relief expedition -- Index.

Call Number

Sc 916.7-P (Parke, T. My personal experiences in equatorial Africa)

LCCN

05008818

OCLC

• 5182131
• NYPGR5182131-B

Author

Parke, Thomas Heazle, 1857-1893.

Title

My personal experiences in equatorial Africa : as medical officer of the Emin Pasha relief expedition / by Thomas Heazle Parke ; with map and numerous illustrations.

Publisher

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons 743-745 Broadway, 1891.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc 916.7-P (accession no. B429244) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Full text available via HathiTrust (Library of Congress copy)

Added Author

Charles Scribner's Sons, publisher.

William Clowes and Sons, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 916.7-P (Parke, T. My personal experiences in equatorial Africa)