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Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke (Paperback, 2011)

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John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) was a British army officer and explorer, remembered for his expeditions in search of the source of the Nile and his disputes with Richard Burton on that subject. On an expedition begun in 1856 Burton and Speke reached Lake Tanganyika together, but Speke travelled on alone to Lake Victoria. He controversially gave lectures about the lakes in London in 1859, without awaiting Burton's return. Speke returned to Africa later that year, leading an expedition organised by the Royal Geographical Society, to explore Lake Victoria and investigate whether it really was the source of the Nile. This book, published in 1863, describes the 1859 expedition's challenging and eventful journey through present-day Zanzibar, Tanzania and Uganda, and the indigenous peoples the explorers encountered. Speke made invaluable surveys of the area, but it was only after his death that his views about the Nile were finally proved correct.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9781108031233
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108614315

Product Key Features

Book Title
Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
Author
John Hanning Speke
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Geography & Geosciences, Education, History
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
758 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm
Item Weight
950 g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
John Hanning Speke
Series Title
Cambridge Library Collection-African Studies
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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