Title Explorers of the Nile : the triumph and tragedy of a great Victorian adventure / Tim Jeal

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 510 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) Contents Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Plates -- Maps -- Introduction -- PART 1 Solving the Mystery -- 1 Blood in God�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 Hero�s Aberrations -- 14 Death in the Afternoon -- 15 The Doctor�s Dilemma 16 The Glory of Our Prize17 A Trumpet Blown Loudly -- 18 Almost in Sight of the End -- 19 Never to Give Up the Search Until I Find Livingstone -- 20 The Doctor�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 Squadron30 �Saving� Emin Pasha and Uganda -- 31 The Prime Minister�s Protectorate -- 32 To Die for the Mahdi�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 Nile�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 Tu -- v -- w -- y -- z Summary "Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in the fierce competition. Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped 'Dark Continent, ' its jungle deprivations, and the courage--as well as malicious tactics--of the explorers. On multiple forays launched into east and central Africa, the travelers passed through almost impenetrable terrain and suffered the ravages of flesh-eating ulcers, paralysis, malaria, deep spear wounds, and even death. They discovered Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria and became the first white people to encounter the kingdoms of Buganda and Bunyoro. Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan."--Publisher's website Notes Simultaneously published: London : Faber and Faber Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-493) and index Notes Print version record Subject Explorers -- Africa, East Explorers -- Africa, Central Explorers -- Great Britain British -- Africa, East -- History -- 19th century British -- Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century Historical Adventure. History. Geographical Discovery & Exploration. HISTORY -- Middle East -- Egypt. British Discoveries in geography Explorers SUBJECT Nile River -- Discovery and exploration Africa, East -- History -- 19th century Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century Subject Central Africa Africa, East Great Britain Nile River Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300178272 0300178271 9780571277773 0571277772

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