What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

by John Hanning Speke

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First edition

Edinburgh and Lonson: William Blackwood and Sons, 1864. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 372 pp. Fold-out map of the Somali Coast. Undoubtedly the less common of Speke's two books on his exploration of the African lake regions, containing his accounts of the momentous discovery of Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika. Although it was published the year following his Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, this work documents the

• Binding: Hardcover

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