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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The odd couple
- The story begins : Aden
- Somaliland
- Seeking the Nile
- Was Speke a cad?
- Telling the truth.