· Speke paints a vivid portrait of life at the court of this willful and arbitrary ruler who had his subjects executed for the most trifling offenses. Eventually the party moved on, reached the Nile, and ascended the river to its source at Lake Victoria Nyanza. Speke marked the river's exit from the lake at a place he named Ripon Falls. John Hanning Speke is the author of Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile ( avg rating, 64 ratings, 9 reviews, published ), What Led /5(10). John Hanning Speke discovered the source of the Nile on August 3rd, Did Top Gear find the source of the River Nile? After calling his comrades over, the three declare that they have found the source of the Nile and, as he is the first to find it, James is the official discoverer of the Nile.
Speke's Journal is the classic travelogue by the British Army officer John Hanning Speke, that describes the daily trials and tribulations of his safari in search of the source of Africa's Nile River. Despite being temporarily blinded and deafened, he returned with a memoir that describes parts of sub-Saharan Africa that had never been seen before by Europeans. 1ed Speke Journal of Discovery of Source of Nile River Egypt Africa MAPS John Speke's 'Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile' is a rare, 19th-century account of his third African expedition in which he and his crew ventured to con. Journal of Discovery of the Source of the Nile [John Hanning Speke, Captain Grant] on www.doorway.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Journal of Discovery of the Source of the Nile.
Greenwood Press, Hardcover. As New. ISBN All of our books without an ISBN number (normally pre in date) are described individually in detail. Books with an ISBN number (this one included) are all offered for sale in a reasonable co. Speke, Capt. John Hanning. (Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, ). THE VERY RARE TWO VOLUME ISSUE OF THIS HIGHLY IMPORTANT LANDMARK WORK OF AFRICAN EXPLORATION BY THE FIRST EXPLORER TO DISCOVER ONE OF THE MAJOR SOURCES OF THE NILE. After an expedition into eastern Africa in the company of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, Speke returned to England to announce his hypothesis that the Nile issued from Lake Victoria-Nyanza. Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile. by. Speke, John Hanning, Publication date. Topics. Speke, John Hanning, , Nile River Valley -- Discovery and exploration. Publisher. New York: Harper.
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