Arthur Jephson
British explorer (1859-1908)
Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1859-1908) was an English merchant seaman and army officer. He became an adventurer and African explorer, who accompanied H. M. Stanley on the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1887-1889.
01Emin Pasha Relief Expedition
Jephson's diary from the expedition was published half a century after his death, and provides a record of the late Victorian African expeditions, of which this expedition was to be the last.
02References and further reading
Primary sources
- Jephson, A. J. Mounteney : Diary, Edited by Dorothy Middleton, Hakluyt Society, 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, ISBN 0-393-05903-0
- Moorehead, Alan : The White Nile, London, 1960, 1971
- Smith, Iain R. : The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1890, Oxford University Press, 1972
- Gould, Tony : In Limbo: The Story of Stanley's Rear Column, David & Charles 1980 ISBN 0-241-10125-5
Note: The name is also spelled "Mountenay"
Sources and credits
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- Arthur Mounteney Jephson.jpg by Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1859-1908), Public domain
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