The Nile quest : $b a record of the exploration of the Nile and its basinJohnston, Harry
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The Nile quest : $b a record of the exploration of the Nile and its basin
Johnston, Harry
Nile River
J. E. S. Moore ” ”
Malcolm Fergusson ” (Scottish).
Lionel Dècle French.
Donaldson Smith United States.
Malcolm Peake British (Scottish).
Weld Blundell ” (English).
Benjamin Whitehouse ” ”
G. W. Gwynn ” (Welsh).
Charles Delmé Radcliffe ” (English).
Oscar Neumann German.
H. H. Wilson British (English).
E. A. Stanton British (English).
William Garstin British (Irish).
This Roll includes those only who added definitely and markedly to the
map of the Nile basin, not those who travelled through these countries
for other than geographical purposes. It comprises: 34 British (21
English, 8 Scots, 3 Welsh, and 2 Irish); 10 Germans, 13 French, 4
Italians, 3 Portuguese, 2 Dutch, 2 Belgians, 2 Americans, 2 Swiss, 3
Austro-Hungarians, 1 Turk.
APPENDIX II
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS REFERRED TO OR CONSULTED IN THE COMPILATION OF
THIS BOOK
_Previous to 1840_
HISTORY OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY, by Sir E. H. Bunbury. London, 1879.
LE NORD DE L’AFRIQUE DANS L’ANTIQUITÉ, by Vivien de St. Martin (full
of valuable and reliable information). Paris, 1863.
GÉOGRAPHIE DU MOYEN AGE, by J. Lelewel. (Brussels, 1852.)
DOCUMENTS SUR L’HISTOIRE DE L’AFRIQUE ORIENTALE, by Guillain. (Paris,
1850.)
GÉOGRAPHIE ANCIENNE, by D’Anville (the 1834 edition brought up to
date by Manne). Paris.
DOCTRINA PTOLEMAEI, etc., by Berlioux. (Paris, 1871.)
PTOLEMY AND THE NILE, by T. Desborough Cooley. (1854.)
GÉOGRAPHIE DES ANCIENS, by P. F. G. Gosselin. Paris, 1798 to 1813.
Various papers by Mr. E. G. Ravenstein in the Proceedings of the
Royal Geographical Society or in the GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE; also
privately written MS.
HISTORY OF EGYPT FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES, by W. M. Flinders Petrie (4
vols.). This and the same author’s article on (ANCIENT) EGYPT in
the new edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, 1902, are very
useful for ascertaining what information on the knowledge of the
Nile and the Land of Punt was prevalent in Ancient Egypt and at
the time of the Muhammadan invasion of the Nile countries.
HISTORY OF EGYPT, Vol. 1 (1902), by Dr. Wallis Budge.
PTOLEMY’S TOPOGRAPHY OF EASTERN EQUATORIAL AFRICA, by Dr. Schlichter
(Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, September, 1891).
PARTITION OF AFRICA, by Dr. J. Scott Keltie, Second Edition. 1895.
A SHORT RELATION OF THE RIVER NILE, etc. Proceedings of the Royal
Society, London, Nov. 1, 1668. (Portuguese Jesuits’ travels.)
TRAVELS OF THE JESUITS IN ETHIOPIA, by Bartholomeo Tellez. 1710.
HISTORIA DA AFRICA ORIENTAL PORTUGUEZA, por José Joaquim Lopes de
Lima. Lisbon, 1862.
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