Sketch Map of the Route of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

A complete extract from the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of June 1890, p313 ? 331, with the folding map as called for on p.372, now bound in blue covers with label. This is the address given by Stanley about the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition during a special meeting of the RGS in the Albert Hall on May 5, 1890.
Stanley was chosen to lead the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition which would travel west to east up the Congo, explore uncharted land on the way, and save Emin Pasha, the Governor of Egyptian Sudan from an uprising. Funding came from the Royal Geographical Society, various newspapers and private individuals and anti-slavery organisations. Stanley?s organisation and leadership of the expedition were catastrophic; the leader of his rear column, Major Edmund Bartellot went mad; five out of the nine Europeans died during the expedition and it arrived long after the threat had evaporated. Nevertheless the expedition was hailed as a success and the Royal Geographical Society even commissioned a medal, which was designed by a woman, which was unusual at that time.
What makes this offer unique is that it includes the map as originally handed out at the meeting. The map is folded brochure style with beautiful scrollwork on the front and was published by Edward Stanford. The map was reproduced in the proceedings and added on p372, now with a line below the map stating it was published for the RGS.