Book contents
- Frontmatter
- THE STORY OF EXPLORATION
- PREFATORY NOTE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Chapter I The Dawn of Nile Exploration
- Chapter II The Greeks interest Europe in the Nile Question
- Chapter III Abyssinians and Jews
- Chapter IV Islamites and Italians
- Chapter V A Summary of the Ancients1 Knowledge of the Nile
- Chapter VI Portugal and Abyssinia
- Chapter VII French Inquiries and D'Anville's Maps
- Chapter VIII Bruce and the Nile: Sonnini, Browne, and Bonaparte
- Chapter IX Muhammad Ali opens up the White Nile
- Chapter X Missionaries and Snow-Mountains
- Chapter XI Burton and Speke
- Chapter XII Speke and the Nile Quest
- Chapter XIII Speke in Uganda
- Chapter XIV From the Victoria Nyanza to Alexandria
- Chapter XV Samuel Baker and the Albert Nyanza
- Chapter XVI Alexandrine Tinne and Theodor von Heuglin
- Chapter XVII Schweinfurth and the Basin of the Bahr-al-Ghazal
- Chapter XVIII Schweinfurth's Achievements and Descriptions
- Chapter XIX Stanley confirms Speke
- Chapter XX Gordon and his Lieutenants. — Junker and the Nile-Congo Water-parting
- Chapter XXI Joseph Thomson, Mt. Elgon, and Kavirondo Bay
- Chapter XXII Emin Pasha
- Chapter XXIII Stanley discovers the Mountains of the Moon and Lake Albert Edward.—The End of Emin
- Chapter XXIV German Explorers determine the Southern Limits of the Nile Basin
- Chapter XXV Geographical Work in the Uganda Protectorate
- Chapter XXVI The Eastern Basin of the Nile
- Chapter XXVII Conclusion
- Chapter XXVIII The Geography of the Nile Basin
- APPENDIX I The Roll of Fame of those who started on the Nile Quest
- APPENDIX II Bibliography
- INDEX
- RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Chapter XXIV - German Explorers determine the Southern Limits of the Nile Basin
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- Frontmatter
- THE STORY OF EXPLORATION
- PREFATORY NOTE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Chapter I The Dawn of Nile Exploration
- Chapter II The Greeks interest Europe in the Nile Question
- Chapter III Abyssinians and Jews
- Chapter IV Islamites and Italians
- Chapter V A Summary of the Ancients1 Knowledge of the Nile
- Chapter VI Portugal and Abyssinia
- Chapter VII French Inquiries and D'Anville's Maps
- Chapter VIII Bruce and the Nile: Sonnini, Browne, and Bonaparte
- Chapter IX Muhammad Ali opens up the White Nile
- Chapter X Missionaries and Snow-Mountains
- Chapter XI Burton and Speke
- Chapter XII Speke and the Nile Quest
- Chapter XIII Speke in Uganda
- Chapter XIV From the Victoria Nyanza to Alexandria
- Chapter XV Samuel Baker and the Albert Nyanza
- Chapter XVI Alexandrine Tinne and Theodor von Heuglin
- Chapter XVII Schweinfurth and the Basin of the Bahr-al-Ghazal
- Chapter XVIII Schweinfurth's Achievements and Descriptions
- Chapter XIX Stanley confirms Speke
- Chapter XX Gordon and his Lieutenants. — Junker and the Nile-Congo Water-parting
- Chapter XXI Joseph Thomson, Mt. Elgon, and Kavirondo Bay
- Chapter XXII Emin Pasha
- Chapter XXIII Stanley discovers the Mountains of the Moon and Lake Albert Edward.—The End of Emin
- Chapter XXIV German Explorers determine the Southern Limits of the Nile Basin
- Chapter XXV Geographical Work in the Uganda Protectorate
- Chapter XXVI The Eastern Basin of the Nile
- Chapter XXVII Conclusion
- Chapter XXVIII The Geography of the Nile Basin
- APPENDIX I The Roll of Fame of those who started on the Nile Quest
- APPENDIX II Bibliography
- INDEX
- RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
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- The Nile QuestA Record of the Exploration of the Nile and its Basin, pp. 265 - 268Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1903