The Nile quest
- Subtitle
- a record of the exploration of the Nile and its basin
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1. Front matter2. THE NILE QUEST3. THE STORY OF EXPLORATION4. PREFATORY NOTE5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS6. CHAPTER I THE DAWN OF NILE EXPLORATION7. CHAPTER II THE GREEKS INTEREST EUROPE IN THE NILE QUESTION8. CHAPTER III ABYSSINIANS AND JEWS9. CHAPTER IV ISLAMITES AND ITALIANS10. CHAPTER V A SUMMARY OF THE ANCIENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF THE NILE11. CHAPTER VI PORTUGAL AND ABYSSINIA12. CHAPTER VII FRENCH INQUIRIES AND D’ANVILLE’S MAPS13. CHAPTER VIII BRUCE AND THE NILE: SONNINI, BROWNE, AND BONAPARTE14. CHAPTER IX MUHAMMAD ALI OPENS UP THE WHITE NILE15. CHAPTER X MISSIONARIES AND SNOW-MOUNTAINS16. CHAPTER XI BURTON AND SPEKE17. CHAPTER XII SPEKE AND THE NILE QUEST18. CHAPTER XIII SPEKE IN UGANDA19. CHAPTER XIV FROM VICTORIA NYANZA TO ALEXANDRIA20. CHAPTER XV SAMUEL BAKER AND THE ALBERT NYANZA21. CHAPTER XVI ALEXANDRINE TINNE AND THEODOR VON HEUGLIN22. CHAPTER XVII SCHWEINFURTH AND THE BASIN OF THE BAHR-AL-GHAZAL23. CHAPTER XVIII SCHWEINFURTH’S ACHIEVEMENTS AND DESCRIPTIONS24. CHAPTER XIX STANLEY CONFIRMS SPEKE25. CHAPTER XX GORDON AND HIS LIEUTENANTS.—JUNKER AND THE NILE-CONGO WATER-PARTING26. CHAPTER XXI JOSEPH THOMSON, MT. ELGON, AND KAVIRONDO BAY27. CHAPTER XXII EMIN PASHA28. CHAPTER XXIII STANLEY DISCOVERS THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON AND LAKE ALBERT EDWARD.—THE END OF EMIN29. CHAPTER XXIV GERMAN EXPLORERS DETERMINE THE SOUTHERN LIMITS OF THE NILE BASIN30. CHAPTER XXV GEOGRAPHICAL WORK IN THE UGANDA PROTECTORATE31. CHAPTER XXVI THE EASTERN BASIN OF THE NILE32. CHAPTER XXVII CONCLUSION33. CHAPTER XXVIII THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE NILE BASIN34. APPENDIX I THE ROLL OF FAME OF THOSE WHO STARTED ON THE NILE QUEST IN MODERN DAYS35. APPENDIX II BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS REFERRED TO OR CONSULTED IN THE COMPILATION OF THIS BOOK36. INDEX