What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
Author(s): John Hanning Speke
Genre(s): Memoirs, Exploration
Narrators: Ted Lienhart
Number of Chapters: 20
Length: 10 hours and 37 minutes
Language: English
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)
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The audiobook What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile falls under the genres of Memoirs, Exploration. It is written by John Hanning Speke.