Equipped with funds by the brother of Wilhelm Junker, an explorer, who with Emin Pasha and Gaetano Casati had been lost in the equatorial provinces, he organized a relief expedition which, however, was compelled to return after reaching Lake Victoria.
With financial backing from the brother of an explorer, who had been separated from Emin Pasha and Gaetano Casati in the equatorial areas, he arranged a relief effort that was compelled to return after successfully reaching Lake Victoria.