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Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile
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- Creator
- by John Hanning Speke ; with map and portraits, and numerous illustrations, chiefly from drawings by Captain Grant
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- English
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- Edinburgh ; London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1863
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- xxxi, 658 pages, 26 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (folded), portraits ; 22 cm
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- ocm02082606
- Includes bibliographical references.
- London to Zanzibar, 1859 -- Uzaramo -- Usagara -- Ugogo, and the wilderness of Mgunda Mkahli -- Unyamuezi -- Uzinza -- Usui -- Karague -- History of the Wahuma -- Karague and Uganda -- Palace, Uganda -- March down the Northern slopes of Africa -- Bahr el Abiad -- Unyoro -- The march to Madi -- Madi -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Native establishment of the expedition -- Appendix B: List of property (African money) sent forward to Kazé to the care of Mŭsa M'zŭri, carried by 56 Pagazis, or Wanyamŭézi Porters, who were paid in advance $511, under the command of two freed slaves, who received $100 -- Appendix C: List of large game bagged by the East African Expedition -- Appendix D: List of astronomically fixed stations -- Appendix E: Heights of stations determined by observations of boiling-point of water between Zanzibar and Gondokoro -- Appendix F: Climate of Victoria N'yanza -- Appendix G: List of plants collected by Captain Grant between Zanzibar and Cairo ; Notes on other plants partly from native information ; Note on Captain Grant's collection of plants / by Dr. T. Thomson