Search for the Nile's Source
The Ruined Reputation of John Petherick, Nineteenth-century Welsh Explorer
(Author) John Humphries
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The source of the Nile had long eluded and tormented explorers, and John Hanning Speke s discovery of Lake Victoria in 1858 elevated him to the pantheon of heroes of African exploration, alongside Livingstone and Stanley. But the part played by the Welsh mining engineer John Petherick in the discovery was ignored after he was branded a slave trader
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Publisher:
University of Wales Press
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780708326732
Publish year:
2013
Publish date:
Sept. 30, 2013