An edition of Explorers of the Nile (2011)

Explorers of the Nile

the triumph and tragedy of a great Victorian adventure

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An edition of Explorers of the Nile (2011)

Explorers of the Nile

the triumph and tragedy of a great Victorian adventure

Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile. Showing exceptional courage and extraordinary resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, Samuel Baker, David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and their reputations in the name of this quest. They journeyed through East and Central Africa into unmapped territory, discovered the great lakes Tanganyika and Victoria, navigated the upper Nile and the Congo, and suffered the ravages of flesh-eating ulcers, malaria and deep spear wounds. Using new research, Tim Jeal tells the story of these great expeditions, while also examining the tragic consequences which the Nile search has had on Uganda and Sudan to this day. Explorers of the Nile is a gripping adventure story with an arresting analysis of Britain's imperial past and the Scramble for Africa. - Publisher.

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Faber and Faber
Language
English
Pages
510

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Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure
2012, Yale University Press
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Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure
2012, Faber & Faber, Limited
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Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure
2011, Yale University Press
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2011, Faber and Faber
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2011, Faber & Faber, Limited
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Part 1 : Solving the mystery.
Blood in God's river
A great misalliance
A rush of men like a stormy wind
About a rotten person
Everything was to be risked for this prize
Promises and lies
A blackguard business
Our adventurous friend
As refulgent as the sun
An arrow into the heat
Nothing could surpass it!
The Nile is settled
A hero's aberrations
Death in the afternoon
The doctor's dilemma
The glory of our prize
A trumpet blown loudly
Almost in sight of the end
Never to give up the search until I find Livingstone
The doctor's obedient and devoted servitor
Threshing out the beaten straw
Nothing earthly will make me give up my work
Where will you be? Dead or still seeking the Nile?
The unknown half of Africa lies before me
Part 2 : The consequences.
Shepherds of the world?
Creating Equatoria
An unheard of deed of blood
Pretensions on the Congo
An Arabian princess and a German battle squadron
Saving Emin Pasha and Uganda
The Prime Minister's protectorate
To die for the Mahdi's cause
Equatoria and the tragedy of Southern Sudan
A sin not theirs : the tragedy of Northern Uganda
Coda : Lacking the wand of an enchanter
Appendix : Fifty years of books on the search for the Nile's source

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London

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Library of Congress
DT365.65

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xvii, 510 p., [16] p. of plates
Number of pages
510
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

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Open Library
OL25127819M
Internet Archive
explorersofnilet0000jeal
ISBN 10
0571249752
ISBN 13
9780571249756
OCLC/WorldCat
739420750

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