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Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and military officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (known to locals as Nam Lolwe in Dholuo and Nnalubaale or Ukerewe in ...
Apr 30, 2024 · John Hanning Speke (born May 3, 1827, Bideford, Devon, England—died September 15, 1864, near Corsham, Wiltshire) was a British explorer who was the first European to reach Lake Victoria in East Africa, which he correctly identified as a source of the Nile. Commissioned in the British Indian Army in 1844, he served in the Punjab and travelled ...
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Speke was the first European to reach Lake Victoria and identify it as the source of the Nile. He led two expeditions to east Africa and faced a dispute with Richard Burton over his theory. He was killed in 1864 before a public debate.
May 9, 2018 · Learn about the life and achievements of John Hanning Speke, an English explorer who discovered the source of the Nile River in 1862. Find out how he reached Lake Victoria, faced opposition from Burton, and died in a tragic accident.
This web page is a digital version of a book by John Hanning Speke, a British explorer who claimed to have found the source of the Nile in Lake Victoria. The book contains his journals of his expeditions in East Africa, his encounters with Richard Burton and other people, and his maps and illustrations.
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SPEKE, JOHN HANNING (1827–1864), African explorer and discoverer of the source of the Nile, second son of William Speke (1798–1887) of Jordans, near Ilminster, Somerset, by Georgina Elizabeth, daughter of William Hanning of Dillington, was born at Jordans on 4 May 1827. His father, who had been a captain in the 14th dragoons, was the ...
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. The film stars Patrick Bergin as Burton and ...
