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MEDITERRANEAN
SEA

TRACING

THE NILE

EGYPT
EGYPT
EGYPT
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This August will mark the R I I V E R
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160th anniversary of John Speke’s E S A HA RA SEA
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claim to have found the source I N
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D ESER TESER TESER T
of the world’s longest river, an
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assertion that created one of the
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SUDAN 'Atbara
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great myths and legacies of Nî î R ERITREA
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long but gradually inclined hill … until it reached its summit,
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when the vast expanse of the pale-blue waters of the Nyanza burst
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at my feet gave birth to that interesting river, the source of which N
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has been the subject of so much speculation, and the object of so
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many explorers.” rt Nil e Ni e
— John Hanning Speke, A l l l l l lbert Nil l l e r
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the supposed source of the Nile. From his journal,” Blackwood’s DEMOCRATIC mlik Semliki S S UGANDA N KENYA
widely acknowledged, the Nile D
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widely acknowledged, the N D
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Lake
DID JOHN HANNING SPEKE,JOHN HANNING SPEKE,JOHN HANNING SPEKE,JOHN HANNING SPEKE, the English explorer who the English explorer who
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DID
DID
DID JOHN HANNING SPE E he English explorer who
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claimed to ha
claimed to have discovered the source of the Nile just 15 months ve discovered the source of the Nile just 15 months ve discovered the source of the Nile just 15 months
claimed to have discovered the sve discovered the s
claimed to ha
f the Nile just 15 months
f the Nile just 15 months
claimed to ha
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before the words above were publ h d, actually do so?
before the words above were published, actually do so?
before the words above were p
before the words above were published, actually do so?
before the words above were published, actually do so?ublished, actually do so?
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I and others before me ha
I and others before me ha
b l eved he did not, a conclu-
I and others before me have l
I and others before me ha
I and others before me have long believed he did not, a conclu-ve long believed he did not, a conclu-ve long believed he did not, a conclu-ve long believed he did not, a conclu-
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TANZANIA
sion borne out by my expedition to Africa to follow in the foot-
sion borne out by my expeditio
sion borne out by my expediti
sion borne out by my expedition to Africa to follow in the foot-on to Africa to follow in the foot-
frica to follow in the foot-
sion borne out by my expedition to Africa to follow in the foot-
steps of explorers such as Speke, Richard B
steps of explorers such as Spe
steps of explorers such as Speke, Richard B
steps of explorers such as Spek
hard Burton, James Grant,
steps of explorers such as Speke, Richard Burton, James Grant, ke, Richard Burton, James Grant, urton, James Grant, urton, James Grant,
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Samuel Baker, David Livingstone and Henry Stanley, a story I amuel Baker, David Livingstone and Henry Stanley, a story I amuel Baker, David Livingstone and Henry Stanley, a story I amuel Baker, David Livingstone and Henry Stanley, a story I
Samuel Baker, David Livingsto
d Henry Stanley, a story I
urce of the Nile. As is now
told in my 1998 book
told in my 1998 book
told in my 1998 book
told in my 1998 book Journey to the Source of the NileJourney to the Source of the NileJourney to the Source of the NileJourney to the Source of the Nile
told in my 1998 book Journey to h
widely acknowledged, the N
widely acknowledged, the N
rced by not one lake, as
rced by not one lake, as ced by not one lake, as
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widely acknowledged, the Nileile is sourced by not one lake, asile is sourced by not one lake, asile is sourced by not one lake, asile is sourced by not one lake, as
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