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What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

This volume by British explorer Captain John Hanning Speke contains accounts of his first two expeditions into East Africa in the 1850s. Vol 1 is "Journal of Adventures in Somali Land", and Vol 2 is "Journal of a Cruise on the Tanganyika Lake". Both accounts include details of the beliefs and mode of life of the local people, as well as full descriptions of the sometimes harrowing expeditions. (Summary by Ted Lienhart) (10 hr 37 min)

Chapters

Chapt. 1 "Introduction" to "Journal of Adventures in Somali Land"

40:05

Chapt 2, Part I

30:40

Chapt 2, Part II

25:37

Chapt 3, Part I

28:31

Chapt 3, Part II

32:33

Chapt 4, All

35:38

Chapt 5, Part I

29:39

Chapt 5, Part II

32:50

Chapt 1, Part I, of "Journal of a Cruise on the Tanganyika Lake"

29:25

Chapt 1, Part II

30:45

Chapt 1, Part III

33:48

Chapt 2, Part I

35:58

Chapt 2, Part II

35:49

Chapt 3, Part I

31:31

Chapt 3, Part II

31:02

Chapt 3, Part III

35:01

Chapt 4, Part I

33:09

Chapt 4, Part II

30:14

Chapt 4, Part III

33:01

Chapt 5. All.

22:10