The Nile questFront matterReading editionChapter navigation36 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE NILE QUESTTHE STORY OF EXPLORATIONPREFATORY NOTEACKNOWLEDGMENTSChapter I · THE DAWN OF NILE EXPLORATIONChapter II · THE GREEKS INTEREST EUROPE IN THE NILE QUESTIONChapter III · ABYSSINIANS AND JEWSChapter IV · ISLAMITES AND ITALIANSChapter V · A SUMMARY OF THE ANCIENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF THE NILEChapter VI · PORTUGAL AND ABYSSINIAChapter VII · FRENCH INQUIRIES AND D’ANVILLE’S MAPSChapter VIII · BRUCE AND THE NILE: SONNINI, BROWNE, AND BONAPARTEChapter IX · MUHAMMAD ALI OPENS UP THE WHITE NILEChapter X · MISSIONARIES AND SNOW-MOUNTAINSChapter XI · BURTON AND SPEKEChapter XII · SPEKE AND THE NILE QUESTChapter XIII · SPEKE IN UGANDAChapter XIV · FROM VICTORIA NYANZA TO ALEXANDRIAChapter XV · SAMUEL BAKER AND THE ALBERT NYANZAChapter XVI · ALEXANDRINE TINNE AND THEODOR VON HEUGLINChapter XVII · SCHWEINFURTH AND THE BASIN OF THE BAHR-AL-GHAZALChapter XVIII · SCHWEINFURTH’S ACHIEVEMENTS AND DESCRIPTIONSChapter XIX · STANLEY CONFIRMS SPEKEChapter XX · GORDON AND HIS LIEUTENANTS.—JUNKER AND THE NILE-CONGO WATER-PARTINGChapter XXI · JOSEPH THOMSON, MT. ELGON, AND KAVIRONDO BAYChapter XXII · EMIN PASHAChapter XXIII · STANLEY DISCOVERS THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON AND LAKE ALBERT EDWARD.—THE END OF EMINChapter XXIV · GERMAN EXPLORERS DETERMINE THE SOUTHERN LIMITS OF THE NILE BASINChapter XXV · GEOGRAPHICAL WORK IN THE UGANDA PROTECTORATEChapter XXVI · THE EASTERN BASIN OF THE NILEChapter XXVII · CONCLUSIONChapter XXVIII · THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE NILE BASINAPPENDIX I THE ROLL OF FAME OF THOSE WHO STARTED ON THE NILE QUEST IN MODERN DAYSAPPENDIX II BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS REFERRED TO OR CONSULTED IN THE COMPILATION OF THIS BOOKINDEXBeginning of this editionNext chapter →THE NILE QUESTAll chapters and sections (36)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE NILE QUESTTHE STORY OF EXPLORATIONPREFATORY NOTEACKNOWLEDGMENTSChapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728Other sectionsAPPENDIX I THE ROLL OF FAME OF THOSE WHO STARTED ON THE NILE QUEST IN MODERN DAYSAPPENDIX II BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS REFERRED TO OR CONSULTED IN THE COMPILATION OF THIS BOOKINDEXTHE STORY OF EXPLORATION◇EDITED BY◇J. SCOTT KELTIE, LL.D., Sec. R.G.S.◇THE NILE QUEST →