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The sad story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile ; or, was John Hanning Speke a cad? : looking at the evidence /
This is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim to have discovered the source of the Nile during their African expedition in 1857-59. Speke died of a gunshot wound, probably accidental, the day before a s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford General Books,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim to have discovered the source of the Nile during their African expedition in 1857-59. Speke died of a gunshot wound, probably accidental, the day before a scheduled debate with Burton in 1864. Burton has had the upper hand in subsequent accounts. Speke has been called a "cad." In light of new evidence and after a careful reading of duelling texts, Carnochan concludes that the case against Speke remains unproven-and that the story, as normally told, displays the inescapable uncertainty of historical narrative. All was fair in this love-war. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 140 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-136) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1429416068 9781429416061 9780804753258 0804753253 9780804755719 080475571X 9780804767880 0804767882 |