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Mountains of the Moon is a 1990 American biographical film depicting the 1857–1858 journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to Central Africa, which culminated in Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile River and led to a bitter rivalry between the two men.
Mountains of the Moon is a song by Grateful Dead's Robert Hunter (lyrics) and Jerry Garcia (music). Its first release on record was on their album AOXOMOXOA, released in 1969 by the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts label.
Feb 23, 1990 · Mountains of the Moon: Directed by Bob Rafelson. With Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw. The legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.
Mar 23, 1990 · Mountains of the Moon. Roger Ebert March 23, 1990. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The astronauts of the 19th century were the explorers - those intrepid men, often British, who mounted expeditions from the clubrooms of Pall Mall to the most exotic hinterlands of the world.
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Richard Burton (Patrick Bergin) and John Hanning Speke (Iain Glen) are explorers determined to find the source of the Nile somewhere in central Africa.
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Oct 5, 2017 · The Mountains of the Moon is an ancient name for a legendary mountain range located at the source of River Nile in East Africa. After numerous analyses of various mountains, the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda fits the description of the Mountains of the Moon.
Ruwenzori Range, mountain range bordering Uganda and Congo (Kinshasa); the range is thought to be the “Mountains of the Moon” described by the 2nd-century-ce geographer Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus). The mountains were long thought to be the source of the Nile.
Mar 10, 2023 · The Rwenzori mountains in Uganda, which are home to six of the highest mountains in Africa, are better known to many by the mythical moniker, 'the Mountains of the Moon'. But while 30,000 climb Mount Kilimanjaro in nearby Tanzania each year, only around 1,000 visit the deep valleys, montane forest, jagged peaks and glaciers of the Rwenzori.
Dec 15, 2020 · Once thought to be the source of the Nile, these snow-white caps were coined the “Mountains of the Moon” by the ancient astronomer and geographer Ptolemy, but geologists expect they will ...
Mountains of the Moon (1990) R | Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery. Official Trailer. The legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.
