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.
Funded by the sibling of Wilhelm Junker, a traveler, who along with Emin Pasha and Gaetano Casati had become stranded in the equatorial regions, he organized a rescue mission that was forced to turn back after reaching Lake Victoria.