What Led To The Discovery of the Source Of The Nile: Journal of Adventures In Somali Land & Journal of a Cruise on the Tanganyika Lake - Softcover

Speke, John Hanning

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1533193711 ISBN 13: 9781533193711

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

In offering this short connected history of my first two explorations in Africa, I must state that I have been urged to do so by friends desirous of knowing what led to the discovery of the source of the Nile. The greater part of it was originally published in 'Blackwood's Magazine;' but that lacked the connection which I have now given to the conclusion of my independent journey to and from the Victoria N'yanza, which is the great source or reservoir of the Nile. The manner in which I traced the Nile down from the Victoria N'yanza to Egypt is explained in my 'Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile.' J. H. Speke.

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Book Description

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1533193711
• ISBN 13: 9781533193711
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 278