Explorers of the Nile : the triumph and tragedy of a great Victorian adventure /: the triumph and tragedy of a great Victorian adventure. (2011)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Explorers of the Nile : the triumph and tragedy of a great Victorian adventure /: the triumph and tragedy of a great Victorian adventure. (2011)
- Main Title:
- Explorers of the Nile : the triumph and tragedy of a great Victorian adventure
- Further Information:
- Note: Tim Jeal.
- Other Names:
- Jeal, Tim
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Plates""; ""Maps""; ""Introduction""; ""PART 1 Solving the Mystery""; ""1 Blood in Godâ€?s River""; ""2 A Great Misalliance""; ""3 A Rush of Men Like a Stormy Wind""; ""4 About a Rotten Person""; ""5 Everything Was to be Risked for This Prize""; ""6 Promises and Lies""; ""7 A Blackguard Business""; ""8 Our Adventurous Friend""; ""9 As Refulgent as the Sun""; ""10 An Arrow into the Heart""; ""11 Nothing Could Surpass It!""; ""12 The Nile is Settled""; ""13 A Heroâ€?s Aberrations""; ""14 Death in the Afternoon""; ""15 The Doctorâ€?s Dilemma"" ""16 The Glory of Our Prize""""17 A Trumpet Blown Loudly""; ""18 Almost in Sight of the End""; ""19 Never to Give Up the Search Until I Find Livingstone""; ""20 The Doctorâ€?s Obedient and Devoted Servitor""; ""21 Threshing Out the Beaten Straw""; ""22 Nothing Earthly Will Make Me Give Up My Work""; ""23 Where Will You Be? Dead or Still Seeking the Nile?""; ""24 The Unknown Half of Africa Lies Before Me""; ""PART 2 The Consequences""; ""25 Shepherds of the World?""; ""26 Creating Equatoria""; ""27 An Unheard of Deed of Blood""; ""28 Pretensions on the Congo"" ""29 An Arabian Princess and a German Battle Squadron""""30 â€?Savingâ€? Emin Pasha and Uganda""; ""31 The Prime Ministerâ€?s Protectorate""; ""32 To Die for the Mahdiâ€?s Cause""; ""33 Equatoria and the Tragedy of Southern Sudan""; ""34 A Sin not Theirs: The Tragedy of Northern Uganda""; ""CODA: Lacking the Wand of an Enchanter"";""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Plates""; ""Maps""; ""Introduction""; ""PART 1 Solving the Mystery""; ""1 Blood in Godâ€?s River""; ""2 A Great Misalliance""; ""3 A Rush of Men Like a Stormy Wind""; ""4 About a Rotten Person""; ""5 Everything Was to be Risked for This Prize""; ""6 Promises and Lies""; ""7 A Blackguard Business""; ""8 Our Adventurous Friend""; ""9 As Refulgent as the Sun""; ""10 An Arrow into the Heart""; ""11 Nothing Could Surpass It!""; ""12 The Nile is Settled""; ""13 A Heroâ€?s Aberrations""; ""14 Death in the Afternoon""; ""15 The Doctorâ€?s Dilemma"" ""16 The Glory of Our Prize""""17 A Trumpet Blown Loudly""; ""18 Almost in Sight of the End""; ""19 Never to Give Up the Search Until I Find Livingstone""; ""20 The Doctorâ€?s Obedient and Devoted Servitor""; ""21 Threshing Out the Beaten Straw""; ""22 Nothing Earthly Will Make Me Give Up My Work""; ""23 Where Will You Be? Dead or Still Seeking the Nile?""; ""24 The Unknown Half of Africa Lies Before Me""; ""PART 2 The Consequences""; ""25 Shepherds of the World?""; ""26 Creating Equatoria""; ""27 An Unheard of Deed of Blood""; ""28 Pretensions on the Congo"" ""29 An Arabian Princess and a German Battle Squadron""""30 â€?Savingâ€? Emin Pasha and Uganda""; ""31 The Prime Ministerâ€?s Protectorate""; ""32 To Die for the Mahdiâ€?s Cause""; ""33 Equatoria and the Tragedy of Southern Sudan""; ""34 A Sin not Theirs: The Tragedy of Northern Uganda""; ""CODA: Lacking the Wand of an Enchanter""; ""APPENDIX: Fifty Years of Books on the Search for the Nileâ€?s Source""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Sources""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S"" ""T""""u""; ""v""; ""w""; ""y""; ""z"" … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- New Haven : Yale University Press
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 510 pages, [16] pages of plates), illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- Subjects:
- 962
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
Explorers -- Africa, East
Explorers -- Africa, Central
Explorers -- Great Britain
British -- Africa, East -- History -- 19th century
British -- Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century
Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century
Africa, East -- History -- 19th century
British -- Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century
British -- Africa, East -- History -- 19th century
Explorers -- Africa, Central
Explorers -- Africa, East
Explorers -- Great Britain
Nile River -- Discovery and exploration
HISTORY -- Middle East -- Egypt
British
Discoveries in geography
Explorers
HISTORY / Africa / General
Historical Adventure
History
Geographical Discovery & Exploration
Nile River -- Discovery and exploration
Africa, East -- History -- 19th century
Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century
Africa, Central
Africa, East
Great Britain
Nile River
Electronic books
History
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780300178272
0300178271
9780571277773
0571277772 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780300149357
0300149352 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-493) and index.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.125130
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