The mystery was solved a century later. There were no fountains as Herodotus first proposed. With the satellite photography we know that the Nile bubbles from the ground high in the mountains of Burundi, half way between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria. In their own way Burton, Speke and Livingstone were partially correct. benny
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The Source of the Nile-conclusion
Posted in exploration, tagged John Speke, Richard Burton, source, The Mountains of the Moon, The Nile on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Source of Nile-continued
Posted in exploration, tagged John Speke, Richard Burton, search for the source of Nile on May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Burton and Speke attempted this time with a smaller team of porters, to find the source for the second time in the spring of 1857. As leader Burton made decision to start further south. They just put ashore just north of of the port of Bagamoyo. Their trek of eight-hundred miles through swamps, savannah and [...]
The Source of Nile-feud between Speke and Burton
Posted in exploration, tagged Jon Hanning Speke, R.F Burton on May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In 1837 when Young Victoria came to the throne the source of Nile was still a mystery. There were many theories. Starting with Herodotus the quest for Nile stumped all those who attempted. After the victory of Nelson at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 there were renewed interest but it became in right [...]
Pen Portraits-Magellan
Posted in exploration, personalities, tagged magellanic clouds, Pacific ocean on May 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) Explorer Magellan’s voyage is, according to the naval historian Samuel Elliot Morison, ‘the greatest single human achievement in the sea’. An orphan from a good family born about 1480, Fernão de Magalhães grew up as a page at the Portuguese court. It was the time when Portuguese maritime excellence was evident following [...]
Burton’s visit to Arabia
Posted in culture, exploration, tagged Ishmael, Sir. Richard F. Burton on September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sir.Rchard Francis Burton in the autumn of 1852 approached the Royal Geographical Society and offered his services to visit the Central and Eastern regions of Arabia. In his time these areas were left blank since no one had systematically mapped it. Considering the dangers it entailed he was allowed instead a three year leave of [...]
Fatal Passage
Posted in exploration, tagged BBC, British Admiralty, cannibalism, Charles Dickens, Dr.John Rae, HMS Erebus, HMS. Terror, Houshold Words, Hudson Bay Company, Inuit, lead poisoning, orkney hero, Ray Mears, Sir John Franklin on May 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Great Britain was interested in charting the Northwest Passage and there was some 500 kilometres left unexplored so the British Admiralty sent a well equipped Arctic expedition to complete it. Sir John Franklin received the command HMS Erebus on 7 February 1845. Captain Francis Crozier in command of HMS Terror accompanied him. The crew were [...]
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