In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 Bruce, James 1730-1794 creator text utu 2018 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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) Original publication data not identified Nile River Ethiopia -- Description and travel Egypt -- Description and travel Natural history -- Ethiopia Ethiopia -- History DT Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56502 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56502 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134313.0 56502