Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure

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Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers – Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, Samuel Baker, David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley – risked their lives in the name of a quest to discover the source of the White Nile. They journeyed through Africa into unmapped territory, discovered the great lakes Tanganyika and Victoria, navigated the upper Nile and the Congo, and suffered the ravages of flesh-eating ulcers, malaria and spear wounds. Tim Jeal tells the story of these expeditions, and examines the consequences which the Nile search has had on Uganda and Sudan to this day.
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AuthorTim Jeal
PublisherFaber and Faber
PlaceLondon
Year2011
ISBN9780571249756
BindingHardcover
ConditionGood
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