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The search for the source of the Nile : correspondence between Captain Richard Burton, Captain John Speke and others, from Burton's unpublished East African Letter Book; together with other related letters and papers in the collection of Quentin Keynes, Esq. / edited and with a biographical commentary by Donald Young ; and with a preface by Quentin Keynes

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Author:
Burton, Richard Francis 1821-1890  Search this
Young, Donald  Search this
Keynes, Quentin  Search this
Roxburghe Club  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Burton, Richard Francis Sir 1821-1890  Search this
Speke, John Hanning 1827-1864  Search this
Physical description:
xxxi, 207 p. : ill., 1 map ; 27 cm
Type:
Biography
Correspondence
Place:
Great Britain
Nile River
Date:
1999
Notes:
Map attached to inside back cover, 1 facsim. attached to p. 168, 1 colour photograph attached to verso of added title page.
Topic:
Explorers  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
DT117 .B974 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_789142