Bibliography

My research focused on the earliest available source material and to be candid, I found very few published accounts to be of any use unless they were based on original archives.  Even the books written by primary witnesses are at best, edited versions of their original diaries published several years after the events concerned.  It may seem obvious, but any second hand account which uses the published versions without reference to the original documents is bound to be less reliable.  

This bibliography is relatively short and limited to real eye witness testimony, but a great many books, articles and theses available of varying usefulness have been published in the last 130 years.  I am happy to supply a list to anybody interested.  There are also a number of scientific papers relating to the collections made by early explorers that I found fascinating.  

Published first-hand accounts relating to the EPRE

  • Emin Pasha in Central Africa: being a collection of his letters and journals - Schweinfurth, Ratzel, Felkin, Hartlaub (translated by Mrs Felkin) [1888] (not strictly a first-hand account, but close)
  • A visit to Stanley’s Rear Guard - J R Werner [1889]
  • Lt Stairs account of his ascent of Ruwenzori to a height of 10,677 feet above sea level - William Stairs (1889)
  • In Darkest Africa – 2 Vols - HM Stanley [1890]
  • My life with Stanley’s Rear Guard - Herbert Ward [1890]
  • How Stanley wrote “in Darkest Africa” – A trip to Cairo and back - Marston [1890]
  • Emin Pasha and the rebellion at the equator - AJ Mounteney Jephson [1890]
  • Scouting for Stanley in East Africa [1890] – Stevens
  • The life of Edmund Musgrave Barttelot - W G Barttelot – [1890]
  • With Stanley’s Rear Column - J Rose Troup (1890)A Travers l’Afrique avec Stanley et Emin Pacha - Schynse [1890]
  • The Story of the Rear Column of the EPRE - Jameson [1890]
  • Five years with the Congo Cannibals - Herbert Ward [1890]
  • My life with Stanley’s Rear Guard - Herbert Ward [1891]
  • My personal experiences in Equatorial Africa as a medical officer of the EPRE - Dr Thomas Parke [1891]
  • Dieci anni in Equatoria e ritorno con Emin Pascia - Gaetano Casati [1891]
  • Die Warheit Uber Emin Pascha, die agyptische Aequatorial proving und den Sudan [1893] - Vita Hassan
  • Guide to health in Africa - Parke [1893]
  • Stories told in an African Forest - AJ Mounteney Jephson [1893]
  • Mit Emin Pascha  in Herz von Afrika - Stuhlmann [1894]
  • Enthüllungen über Emin Paschas Privatleben - Leitschaft [1895] (not strictly a first-hand account, but close)
  • Schweitzer: Emin Pasha - Einer  darstellung seines Lebens und Wurkens – [1897] German edition (not strictly a first-hand account, but close)
  • Schweitzer: The Life and Work of Emin Pasha – [1898] English edition - defamatory material edited out (not strictly a first-hand account, but close)
  • Tippoo Tib: The Story of his Career in Central Africa.  Narrated from his own account - Dr Heinrich Brode [1907] (not strictly a first-hand account, but close)
  • With Stanley in Africa - William Hoffman [1938]

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