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The Discovery of the Source of the Nile
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British explorer John Hanning Speke recounts his expedition through East Africa to locate the source of the Nile, which he identified as Lake Victoria. This first-person account will interest readers of exploration history and nineteenth-century African travel narratives.
John Hanning Speke
John Hanning Speke was an English explorer and army officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and, with Richard Burton, was the first European to reach Lake Victoria.
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