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

John Hanning Speke

ISBN 10: 0460010506 / ISBN 13: 9780460010504

Published by Dent, 1974

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (Everyman Paperbacks)
• Publisher: Dent
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0460010506
• ISBN 13: 9780460010504
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel

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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

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.