Travelling by hammock; H.M. Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expe

One of the members of Sir Henry Morton Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition being carried by hammock, Central Africa, 1888. Emin Pasha (1840-1892), the German doctor, explorer, linguist and Governor of the Egyptian Equatorial Province had retreated to Wadelai, near Lake Albert, with 10, 000 followers during the Mahdi Rising. Cut off from all communication Emin Pasha was considered lost, so the British government sent out a rescue party led by H.M. Stanley (1841-1904)

1841 Considered Emin Equatorial Followers Hammock Linguist Mahdi Morton Pasha Retreated Wadelai

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