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What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile - Couverture souple

Speke, John Hanning

 
9781438517605: What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1438517602 ISBN 13 : 9781438517605
Editeur : Book Jungle, 2009

Synopsis

Born in England in 1827, John Hanning Speke ranks among the great nineteenth-century explorers of Africa. He is credited with the 1858 discovery of Lake Victoria in East Africa, one of the long-sought sources of the Nile. Because his claim was at first disputed, he undertook another expedition, with Captain James Grant, to confirm his original conclusion.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

It was in the year 1849 at the expiration of the Punjaub campaign under Lord Gough where I had been actively engaged as a subaltern officer in the (so-called) fighting brigade of General Sir Colin Campbell¿s division of the army adding my mite to the four successive victorious actions¿Ramnugger Sadoolapore Chillianwallah and Guzerat¿that I first conceived the idea of exploring Central Equatorial Africa.

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Éditeur
Book Jungle
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1438517602
ISBN 13 
9781438517605
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
238
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Personne responsable
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