02017cam a22003613u 4500 56502 UtSlPG 20260610134313.0 m cr n 260607r2018||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 DT Bruce, James, 1730-1794 Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 4 (of 5) : In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2018 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travels_to_Discover_the_Source_of_the_Nile Release date is 2018-02-05 Produced by Chris Curnow, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "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.) Original publication data not identified Nile River Ethiopia -- Description and travel Egypt -- Description and travel Natural history -- Ethiopia Ethiopia -- History https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56502 97333 97333