Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1859–1908) was an English merchant seaman and army officer. He became an adventurer and

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

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, who accompanied

H. M. Stanley Sir Henry Morton Stanley (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904) was a Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author, and politician famous for his exploration of Central Africa and search for missi ...

on the

Emin Pasha Relief Expedition The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1887 to 1889 was one of the last major European expeditions into the interior of Africa in the nineteenth century. Led by Henry Morton Stanley, its goal was ostensibly the relief of Emin Pasha, the besieged E ...

, 1887–1889.

Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

Jephson's diary from the expedition was published half a century after his death, and provides a record of the late

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African expeditions, of which this expedition was to be the last.

References and further reading

Primary sources

* Jephson, A. J. Mounteney : ''Diary'', Edited by Dorothy Middleton,

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, 1969 * Stanley, Henry Morton : '' In Darkest Africa'', 1890

Secondary works

* Liebowitz, Daniel; Pearson, Charles : ''The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through the Congo'', 2005, * Moorehead, Alan : ''The White Nile'', London, 1960, 1971 * Smith, Iain R. : ''The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1890'',

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, 1972 * Gould, Tony : ''In Limbo: The Story of Stanley's Rear Column'',

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1980 Note: The name is also spelled "Mountenay"

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1859 births 1908 deaths English explorers British explorers of Africa {{UK-explorer-stub