Equator crossings : travelogue extraordinary / Paul Huygelen.

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I. The Bollard -- II. Captain Webb -- III. Léopold II -- IV. Zanzibar - Stage 1 - Getting Organized -- V. Zanzibar - Stage 2-Getting Acquainted -- VI. Start of the Trek into Africa's Interior -- VII. Zanzibar - Harem Chatter -- VIII. Unyanyembe, Brussels and Oman -- IX. Brussels - A Future in Africa -- X. Push, Pull, Hurry - On the Way to Ujiji -- XI. Dr Livingstone, I Presume -- XII. Ujiji: Explanations -- XIII. Ujiji: Revelations -- XIV. Let's See What the Ruzizi Has to Offer -- XV. What a Pleasant Thing it is to Have a Real and Good Friend -- XVI. More about Fathiyea - and Barghash -- XVII. More on Barghash -- XVIII. Homeward Bound -- XIX. Last Days in Zanzibar -- XX. Brussels-Seven-Word Telegrams -- XXI. What Next? -- XII. The Funeral of David Livingstone -- XXIII. No Opium War... No Ujiji! -- XXIV. 135 Fleet Street -- XXV. Autumn in London, Spring in Zanzibar -- XXVI. 1875-1876: Europe -- XXVII. 1875-1877: Africa -- XXVIII. 1875-1876: From Jinja to Ujiji and Nyangwe -- XXIX. 1876-1877: Manyema and Beyond -- XXX. The Interloper -- XXXI. Westward Ho! -- XXXII. Tuckey's Furthest -- XXXIII. Embomma -- XXXIV. San Paulo de Loanda, Cape Town, D'urban and Zanzibar -- XXXV. Laeken -- XXXVI. Zanzibar: March-May 1879 -- XXXVII. En Route: Two More Equator Crossings -- XXXVIII. Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves -- XXXIX. Retroussons-nous les manches -- XL. Celebrations -- XLI. Onwards to the Pool -- XLII. The Pool -- XLIII. Brussels and Laeken Snippets -- XLIV. To Be, or Not to Be, in Africa -- XLV. Europe -- XLVI. 1883-1884: Africa -- XLVII. 1884-1885: Europe -- XLVIII. At a Loss -- XLIX. Another Opportunity -- L. A Long Quest -- LI. End of an Epoch -- LII. History Unravelling -- LIII. 1914 -- Maps : Africa as imagined in 1631 by the Dutch cartographer Jodocus Hondius. The Nile and Congo rivers allegedly find their common source in a Lake Zaïre - Zanzibar Island - Itinerary of the 1871-1872 expedition led by H. M. Stanley and financed by the New York Herald, in search of Dr David Livingstone - Itinerary of the 1874-1877 expedition led by H. M. Stanley and financed by The Daily Telegraph and the New York Herald, to determine the identity of the Lualaba River - Itinerary of the 1879-1885 expedition led by H. M. Stanley to set up posts on the Congo River on behalf of the Internatioal Africa Association - Itinerary of the 1887-1889 expedition led by H. M. Stanley and financed by British interests and the authorities in Cairo, Egypt, to rescue Emin Pasha in Equatoria - Stanley Pool - MODIS composite satellite image indicating the rivers Nile and Congo.