Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 4 (of 5) : In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773
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"Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 4 (of 5)" by James Bruce is a multi-volume travel account published in 1790. This Scottish explorer's chronicle of his journeys through Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa was met with widespread disbelief upon publication. Bruce described exotic customs, traced the Blue Nile, and witnessed Ethiopian court life—but his vivid accounts were ridiculed as exaggerated nonsense. Later explorers would confirm much of what he reported, vindicating a traveler whose truthful observations seemed too extraordinary to believe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Nile River Ethiopia -- Description and travel Egypt -- Description and travel Natural history -- Ethiopia Ethiopia -- History