What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

by John Hanning Speke

20 chapters10h 37mEnglish1864

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This volume by British explorer Captain John Hanning Speke contains accounts of his first two expeditions into East Africa in the 1850s. Vol 1 is "Journal of Adventures in Somali Land", and Vol 2 is "Journal of a Cruise on the Tanganyika Lake". Both accounts include details of the beliefs and mode of life of the local people, as well as full descriptions of the sometimes harrowing expeditions. (Summary by Ted Lienhart)

Chapters (20)

1Chapt. 1 "Introduction" to "Journal of Adventures in Somali Land"

2405

2Chapt 2, Part I

1840

3Chapt 2, Part II

1537

4Chapt 3, Part I

1711

5Chapt 3, Part II

1953

6Chapt 4, All

2138

7Chapt 5, Part I

1779

8Chapt 5, Part II

1970

9Chapt 1, Part I, of "Journal of a Cruise on the Tanganyika Lake"

1765

10Chapt 1, Part II

1845

11Chapt 1, Part III

2028

12Chapt 2, Part I

2158

13Chapt 2, Part II

2149

14Chapt 3, Part I

1891

15Chapt 3, Part II

1862

16Chapt 3, Part III

2101

17Chapt 4, Part I

1989

18Chapt 4, Part II

1814

19Chapt 4, Part III

1981

20Chapt 5. All.

1330

What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

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