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'Journal of a cruise on the Tanganyika lake, Central Africa' and 'Captain J.H. Speke's discovery of the victoria Nyanza Lake, the supposed source of the Nile from his journal' 1859. Printer's proof copy interleaved with extensive Ms noted by the author.
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Printed in three parts in Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine (Vol. 86 Nos. 77-79, pp.339-357, 391-419, 565-582), this is an account of Speke's expedition into the interior in company with Richard Burton, 1857-1858, to find the source of the Nile. After leaving Burton, Speke discovered and named Lake Victoria. The inscription on the fly-leaf reads 'To Blackwood. I began to answer Burton by making notes in this book but soon finding it impossible to do it properly I scratched those notes out and wrote "the defense"'. This refers to his dispute with Burton over the source of the Nile being Lake Victoria.