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Central Africa: John Hanning Speke (1827 – 1864), Explorer and Discoverer of the source of the White Nile (1857-58)

Central Africa: John Hanning Speke (1827 – 1864), Explorer and Discoverer of the source of the White Nile  (1857-58)

John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an officer in the British Indian Army who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa and who is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile.

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