Journey to the source of The Nile - Christopher Ondaatje
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In a series of experiences between 1856 and 1877, several British-born explorers tried to unravel the mystery of the source of the Nile. This river, the longest in the world, flowed through the desert, bringing life in its floodwater every year. Where did all this water come from? The Sudd (Arabic for obstacle), a huge, papyrus-clogged swamp, thwarted earlier attempts to follow the river upstream. Richard Francis Burton, who led the 1856 expedition, pursued Ptolemy's image of two great lakes and a mountain range (the Mountains of the Moon) from which the Nile flowed, avoiding the Sudd and heading inland from the East African coast.
Christopher Ondaatje, long fascinated with Burton and wishing to relive his 1856 African exploration, decided first to learn about Burton's earlier exploits in India. His book Sindh Revisited was the result. He prepared for the African journey by studying the expeditions of several Victorian travellers, for each had returned with part of the answer to the Nile's riddle.
In 1996, on h...
Christopher Ondaatje, long fascinated with Burton and wishing to relive his 1856 African exploration, decided first to learn about Burton's earlier exploits in India. His book Sindh Revisited was the result. He prepared for the African journey by studying the expeditions of several Victorian travellers, for each had returned with part of the answer to the Nile's riddle.
In 1996, on h...
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1998, hardcover with dust jacket, good copy [Auteur: Ondaatje, Christopher] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: HarperCollins] [Jaar: 1998] [Titel: Journey to the Source of the Nile: An Extraordinary Quest to Solve the Riddle of the World's Longest River]
