Ten Years in Equatoria and the Return with Emin Pasha. Vol. I-II

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Translated from the original Italian manuscript by J. Randolph Clay assisted by I. Walter Savage Landor. Second edition (published the same year as the first).

Gaetano Casati (1838-1902) was an Italian explorer. In 1879 he sailed for Africa under commission of the Società d'Esplorazione Commerciale d'Africa, where he undertook a 10-year exploration of the Bahr-el-Gahazal basin in southern Sudan. In 1882 he was held prisoner for some time by native chiefs of Uganda. In 1883 he joined Emin Pasha and was cut off with him by the Mahdist revolt, subsequently lived in the Kingdom of Unyoro, was condemned to death by the monarch Kaba Rega, but escaped to Lake Albert, where Emin Pasha rescued him in 1888. In December. 1889, Casati reached the coast with Emin Pasha and Stanley. This work is an account of his travels, which contributed greatly to the European knowledge of equatorial Africa.

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2 vols, 8vo, orig. brown, dec. crocodile-patterned cloth, stamped in gilt, silver, and black. Minor spotting to fore edge of Vol. II. A fine set.