Speke, John Hanning.  1827-1864. <br/><br/>
The source of the Nile / 
John Hanning Speke. 
 - 320 pages ;  20 cm. 
 - Eyewitness accounts .
 - Eyewitness accounts. .
<br/><br/> The source of the River Nile was one of the great mysteries of the Victorian age. On an expedition with Richard Burton which reached Lake Tanganyika, Speke went on alone to investigate rumours of the lake he would later name Victoria and proclaim the source of the Nile. This led to a furious dispute with Burton, and it was in the hope of proving his theory correct that Speke launched the expedition that he describes in this book. One of the great journeys of Victorian exploration, Speke and his companion James Augustus Grant travelled from the island of Zanzibar inland to Lake Victoria and saw the Ripon Falls where the outfall from the lake flows north. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781445644233 (pbk.) 1445644231 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015490789 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864 --Travel--Nile River Valley.<br/>Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Discoveries in geography.<br/>Travel.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Nile River Valley--Discovery and exploration.<br/>Africa, Central--Description and travel.<br/>Africa, Central.<br/>Nile River Valley.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DT117  / .S742 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>916.2  / SPJ 1963