Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (Everyman Paperbacks) - Softcover

John Hanning Speke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0460010506 ISBN 13: 9780460010504

Publisher: Dent, 1974

Synopsis

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. Ugogo; And The Wilderness Of Mgunda Mkhall, The Lie of the Country. -- Rhinoceros-stalking. -- Scuffle of Villagers over a Carcass. -- Chief "Short-legs" and his Successor. -- Buffalo-shooting. -- Getting Lost. -- A Troublesome Sultan. -- Desertions from the Camp. -- Getting Plundered. -- Wilderness March. -- Diplomatic Relations with the Local Powers. -- ManGa Se'ra's Story. -- Christmas. -- The Belief from Kaze'. This day's work led us from the hilly Usagara range into the to cunp to the more level lands of the interior. Making a double Buh, 21

About this title

Book Description

Published in 1863, this account of Speke's challenging journey through East Africa to trace the Nile from Lake Victoria contains important historical evidence about the indigenous tribes of the region. Speke's view on the source of the Nile, controversial at the time, was eventually proved correct.

From Library Journal

In this 1863 volume, Speke recounts how he discovered Lake Victoria in East Africa in 1858. The book is part natural history, part travelog, and part adventure tale.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Dent
• Publication date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0460010506
• ISBN 13: 9780460010504
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 492