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James Bruce. James Bruce of Kinnaird (14 December 1730 – 27 April 1794) was a Scottish traveller and travel writer who confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. He spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia and in 1770 became the first European to trace the origins of the Blue Nile from Egypt and Sudan.
- 27 April 1794 (aged 63), Stirlingshire, Scotland
- Travels (1790)
- Traced the origins of the Blue Nile
- 14 December 1730, Kinnaird, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Apr 23, 2024 · James Bruce (born Dec. 14, 1730, Larbert, Stirling, Scot.—died April 27, 1794, Larbert) was an explorer who, in the course of daring travels in Ethiopia, reached the headstream of the Blue Nile, then thought to be the Nile’s main source. The credibility of his observations, published in Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (1790), was ...
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Jun 8, 2018 · The Scottish explorer James Bruce (1730-1794) introduced Ethiopia to the Western world and confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. He was the first modern explorer of tropical Africa. James Bruce was born on Dec. 14, 1730, near Larbert in Stirlingshire. His father, the laird of Kinnaird House and a descendant of the prominent Bruce family, sent ...
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Title page Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile by James Bruce, 1790. His Travels was issued in 1790, after he retired to his home at Kinnaird, at the urging of his friend Daines Barrington. It was published in five octavo volumes, lavishly illustrated, but was ridiculed by scholars and other travellers as being exaggerated nonsense.
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The archive comprises original manuscript material concerning the travels of James Bruce of Kinnaird in North Africa and Ethiopia, from 1762 to 1774. Bruce (1730-1794) was originally posted as British consul-general at Algiers, though his diplomatic service concluded in 1765. Over the next 10 years, Bruce traveled in North Africa to document ...
Nov 4, 2020 · He was an enigmatic explorer, a descendant of Robert the Bruce and, for a time, an Ethiopian courtier. James Bruce of Kinnaird (1730-1794) was a man whose legacy has been largely misunderstood over the centuries. Bruce spent four years in Africa, from 1768 to 1772, and his time there is briefly summarised in an inscription on the monument:
James Bruce Explores the Blue Nile to Its Source and Rekindles Europeans' Fascination with the NileOverviewFrom ancient times, the existence and survival of Egypt has depended on the Nile River. About 4,000 miles (6,437 km) long, the Nile is the longest river in the world and consists of two main branches.
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