John Hanning Speke
Search for the Source of the Nile
Suffice it to say, he first explored with Richard Francis Burton, then discovered the Source of the Nile with James Augustus Grant, who is shown above and to the right behind Speke.
Speke accidentally shot himself, ending his life very early. See below and know Burton was the opposite of magnanimous.
The first edition shown below is Speke's most famous book, published in 1863.
I do not own a copy of the British first edition. I do own a copy of the first American edition, which was published in 1864, a year after the first British edition.
Second Edition (London)
WHAT LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE by John Hanning Speke
Originally published in Edinburgh and London by William Blackwood and Sons in 1864.
Speke's account of his momentous discovery of Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika, undoubtedly less common than his Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. Although WHAT LED was published the year after Speke's JOURNAL, this work documents the first 2 expeditions Speke made with Burton.
An image of the first edition in original binding, and then an image of my leather-bound facsimile copy.
