What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile - Brossura

Speke, John Hanning

 
9781108031158: What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

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John Hanning Speke's 1864 narrative of exploration in Africa, identifying Lake Victoria as the source of the White Nile.

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In the 1850s John Hanning Speke made two expeditions to Africa, the first to Somalia inspiring the second to East Africa. This 1864 book presents his memoirs of both ventures, and his identification of Lake Victoria as the source of the White Nile, a claim verified only after his death.

Contenuti

Part I. Journal of Adventures in Somali Land: 1. Introduction to the journal; 2. The voyage; 3. Yafir Pass; 4. Meditations among the tombs; 5. Aden; Part II. Journal of a Cruise on the Tanganyika Lake: 1. The Royal Geographical Society; 2. Canoes; 3. Leave Tanganyika; 4. First sight of the Victoria N'yanza; 5. General character of the country traversed.

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