Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure by Tim Jeal

Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure

Tim Jeal

528 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six larger-than-life men and...

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