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Celebrity Travel Adventure Series: Exploring the Source of the Nile River

(english) John Hanney Speke

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"Diary of an Expedition to Discover the Source of the Nile" records in detail the process of Speke's second expedition to the source of the Nile in 1860. The book is written in a diary style, making it easier for ordinary readers to accept. In the book, Speke described what he saw and heard during his expedition. There are a lot of descriptions about the natural and cultural landscapes of Africa, as well as the racial and tribal systems that cannot be seen in Western society. It fully shows us Africa in the eyes of a European in the 19th century.