The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad? Looking at the Evidence |
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| Author:
| Carnochan, W. B. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-5325-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Imprint: | Stanford General Books |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $95.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim (which was accurate) to have discovered the source of the Nile in the course of their joint expedition to central Africa in the 1850s.
This is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim (which was accurate) to have discovered the source of the Nile in the course of their joint expedition to central Africa in the 1850s.