The Discovery of the Source of the Nile (Dodo Press) John Hanning Speke

John Hannington Speke (1827-1864) was an officer in the British Indian army, who made three voyages of exploration to Africa and who is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile. He is most commonly referred to as John Hanning Speke. In 1854 he made his first voyage, joining the already famous Richard Francis Burton on an expedition to Somalia. The expedition did not go well. The party was attacked and Burton and Speke were both severely wounded. In 1856, Speke and Burton made a voyage to East Africa to find the great lakes which were rumoured to exist in the centre of the continent. Both men clearly hoped that their expedition would locate the source of the Nile. Speke returned to England before Burton, in 1859 and made their voyage famous in a speech to the Royal Geographical Society where he claimed to have discovered the source of the Nile. His works include: The Discovery of the Source of the Nile (1863) and What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (1864). Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Discovery of the Source of the Nile (Dodo Press) (John Hanning Speke)