The Nile quest : $b a record of the exploration of the Nile and its basin — John Shaqi
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
7. The Branching _Hyphæne_ Palm 75
8. Bruce’s Map of the Nile Sources 80
9. Portrait of James Bruce 86
10. Map of Africa by Williamson, London, 1800 90
11. Blue Nile, twenty miles east of Fazokl 93
12. Ferdinand Werne 96
13. Whale-headed Stork (_Balæniceps rex_) 100
14. John Petherick 102
15. Map published in Penny Magazine of 1852 108
16. The River Sobat 111
17. Rev. Dr. J. Ludwig Krapf 112
18. A Swahili Arab Trader 117
19. Sketch Map by Burton and Speke, 1858 123
20. John Hanning Speke, at the age of 17 126
21. Burton’s idea of the Nile Sources, December, 1864 127
22. James Augustus Grant 132
23. A Mnyamwezi Porter 135
24. A Hima of Mpororo near Karagwe 144
25. Speke’s Tragelaph 146
26. The Ripon Falls, from the west bank 151
27. A View in Uganda 152
28. The Nile at the Isamba Rapids, looking North 160
29. Ripon Falls, from Bugunga 162
30. View of Napoleon Gulf, from Jinja 163
31. The last Map issued to illustrate Speke’s Theories, 1865 170
32. Speke’s Handwriting 172
33. Samuel Baker, 1865 176
34. A Native of Unyoro 184
35. Alexandrine Tinne 192
36. On the Jur River: Sudd blocking the Channel 195
37. Letter of Miss Tinne to her nephew 198
38. Georg Schweinfurth, 1875 203
39. Shiluks 211
40. “Papyrus, fifteen feet high” 218
41. A Path through the Forest 220
42. Schweinfurth’s Map 223
43. The Victoria Nyanza 226
44. Stanley’s idea of the Victoria Nyanza, 1880 228
45. The Victoria Nile flowing towards Lake Kioga 232
46. Nuërr Village, Sobat River 241
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