The Nile Quest

About this eBook

Author

Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927

Title

The Nile quest : a record of the exploration of the Nile and its basin

Original Publication

London: Alston Rivers, 1906.

Credits

Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Nile River

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 75534

Release Date

March 5, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE NILE QUEST
2. 2.THE STORY OF EXPLORATION
3. 3.PREFATORY NOTE — ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.THE NILE QUEST — CHAPTER I THE DAWN OF NILE EXPLORATION
7. 7.CHAPTER II THE GREEKS INTEREST EUROPE IN THE NILE QUESTION
8. 8.CHAPTER III ABYSSINIANS AND JEWS
9. 9.CHAPTER IV ISLAMITES AND ITALIANS
10. 10.CHAPTER V A SUMMARY OF THE ANCIENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF THE NILE
11. 11.CHAPTER VI PORTUGAL AND ABYSSINIA
12. 12.CHAPTER VII FRENCH INQUIRIES AND D’ANVILLE’S MAPS
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII BRUCE AND THE NILE: SONNINI, BROWNE, AND BONAPARTE
14. 14.CHAPTER IX MUHAMMAD ALI OPENS UP THE WHITE NILE
15. 15.CHAPTER X MISSIONARIES AND SNOW-MOUNTAINS
16. 16.CHAPTER XI BURTON AND SPEKE
17. 17.CHAPTER XII SPEKE AND THE NILE QUEST
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII SPEKE IN UGANDA
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV FROM VICTORIA NYANZA TO ALEXANDRIA
20. 20.CHAPTER XV SAMUEL BAKER AND THE ALBERT NYANZA
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI ALEXANDRINE TINNE AND THEODOR VON HEUGLIN
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII SCHWEINFURTH AND THE BASIN OF THE BAHR-AL-GHAZAL
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII SCHWEINFURTH’S ACHIEVEMENTS AND DESCRIPTIONS
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX STANLEY CONFIRMS SPEKE
25. 25.CHAPTER XX GORDON AND HIS LIEUTENANTS.—JUNKER AND THE NILE-CONGO WATER-PARTING
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI JOSEPH THOMSON, MT. ELGON, AND KAVIRONDO BAY
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII EMIN PASHA
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII STANLEY DISCOVERS THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON AND LAKE ALBERT EDWARD.—THE END OF EMIN
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV GERMAN EXPLORERS DETERMINE THE SOUTHERN LIMITS OF THE NILE BASIN
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV GEOGRAPHICAL WORK IN THE UGANDA PROTECTORATE
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI THE EASTERN BASIN OF THE NILE
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII CONCLUSION
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE NILE BASIN
34. 34.APPENDIX I THE ROLL OF FAME OF THOSE WHO STARTED ON THE NILE QUEST IN MODERN DAYS
35. 35.APPENDIX II BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS REFERRED TO OR CONSULTED IN THE COMPILATION OF THIS BOOK — Previous to 1840 — From 1840 to the Present Day — FOOTNOTES
36. 36.INDEX — Transcriber’s Notes

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