Nile Quest - A Record of the Exploration of the Nile and Its Basin

A comprehensive history of Nile exploration, first published in 1903, written by a key figure in the British Empire's expansion.

List of contents

Prefatory note; 1. The dawn of Nile exploration; 2. The Greeks interest Europe in the Nile question; 3. Abyssinians and Jews; 4. Islamites and Italians; 5. A summary of the ancients' knowledge of the Nile; 6. Portugal and Abyssinia; 7. French inquiries and D'Anville's maps; 8. Bruce and the Nile: Sonnini, Browne, and Bonaparte; 9. Muhammad Ali opens up the White Nile; 10. Missionaries and snow-mountains; 11. Burton and Speke; 12. Speke and the Nile quest; 13. Speke in Uganda; 14. From the Victoria Nyanza to Alexandria; 15. Samuel Baker and the Albert Nyanza; 16. Alexandrine Tinne and Theodor von Heuglin; 17. Schweinfurth and the Basin of the Bahr-al-Ghazal; 18. Schweinfurth's achievements and descriptions; 19. Stanley confirms Speke; 20. Gordon and his lieutenants. Junker and the Nile-Congo Water-parting; 21. Joseph Thomson, Mt. Elgon, and Kavirondo Bay; 22. Emin Pasha; 23. Stanley discovers the Mountains of the Moon and Lake Albert Edward. The End of Emin; 24. German explorers determine the southern limits of the Nile Basin; 25. Geographical work in the Uganda Protectorate; 26. The Eastern Basin of the Nile; 27. Conclusion; 28. The geography of the Nile Basin; Appendix; Index.

Summary

Sir Harry Johnston (1858–1927), was a British explorer and colonial administrator who became a key figure in the British Empire's expansion in Africa. This book, first published in 1903, is his broad-ranging history of Nile exploration from the Ancient Egyptians and Greeks to Napoleon and the Victorian period.

Product details

• Authors: Harry Johnston, Sir Harry Johnston
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108033008
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03300-8
• No. of pages: 500
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Africa / General, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Geographical discovery & exploration, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, African History, Geographical discovery and exploration, Historical Geography, Nile River, Nile river and tributaries