What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (Registro nro. 50399)
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| control field | 8417 |
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DT |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Speke, John Hanning, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1827-1864 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2005 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2005-07-01 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Journal of adventures in Somali land -- Journal of a cruise on the Tanganyika Lake. |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | This text results from the merging of two simultaneous submissions at Project Gutenberg; the first, from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr, and processed by David Kline, Carlo Traverso, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; the second, scanned by JC Byers(www.wollamshram.ca/1001) and proofread by Maryann Short |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile" by John Hanning Speke is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The work chronicles the author's explorations in Africa, focusing on his journey to uncover the origins of the Nile River, particularly the role of Victoria N'yanza as its primary source. The beginning of the book introduces the author’s motivations for exploring Africa, which stem from his desire to enhance his natural history collections and the advent of an expedition ordered by the Bombay Government to investigate the Somali country. Speke reflects on his military background, his plans for his expedition, and the challenges he faced in securing support and resources. He describes his initial hardships after arriving in Aden, including the reluctance of local chiefs to facilitate his explorations into Somalia. The narrative establishes a sense of adventure and determination, as Speke is determined to navigate both personal challenges and the unfamiliar landscapes, customs, and politics of the region in pursuit of his goal. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Nile River |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Horn of Africa -- Description and travel |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Tanganyika, Lake |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8417">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8417</a> |
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