My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa

1 Volume.

Publishers original pictorial cover.

Gilt relief of two children with a map of Africa as a backdrop.

Both the cover relief and the vignette have the signature of Dorothy Stanley. 

xxvi, 526 pages + 32 page publishers catalogue at rear.

Tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait + 16 plates.

Large map in rear pocket showing the route of the Emin Pasha

Relief Expedition across Central Africa [some runs on map folds].

Book in really good condition with original map, very scarce.

Thomas Heazle Parke was born in Drumsnea, Co. Roscommon, Ireland.

He had a distinguished army and medical career, often referred to as Stanley's surgeon.

Stanley himself was quite emphatic, stating, that the overall success of the rescue

of the Emin Pasha was due to Parkes unselfish dedication.

"He ministered to the wants of the natives who accompanied the expedition

with all the tenderness, patience and skill possible, sucked the poisoned wound

received by Lieutenant William Grant Stairs, attended Stanley in his severe illness,

and was devoted to his chief through all perils of the Dark Continent". He was highly

decorated and lauded but the hardships he had endured took a huge toll on his health

and he died suddenly on the 10 September 1893. He is buried in Kilmeesen, Co. Leitrim.

Shipping weight 2000g.

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