Exploration & Journeys
The Nile quest
Harry Johnston · narrated by Moss
2026
9h 9m
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Harry Johnston tells the great quest for the source of the Nile, the riddle that drew Bruce, Burton, Speke, Baker, Livingstone, and Stanley into the heart of Africa. Full of rivalry and hardship, it is a stirring chapter of exploration. Ideal for anyone captivated by the golden age of African discovery.
Inside this audiobook
30 chapters
- 1THE STORY OF EXPLORATION3m
- 2THE NILE QUEST CHAPTER I THE DAWN OF NILE EXPLORATION23m
- 3CHAPTER II THE GREEKS INTEREST EUROPE IN THE NILE QUESTION28m
- 4CHAPTER III ABYSSINIANS AND JEWS10m
- 5CHAPTER IV ISLAMITES AND ITALIANS8m
- 6CHAPTER V A SUMMARY OF THE ANCIENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF THE NILE5m
- 7CHAPTER VI PORTUGAL AND ABYSSINIA33m
- 8CHAPTER VII FRENCH INQUIRIES AND D’ANVILLE’S MAPS14m
- 9CHAPTER VIII BRUCE AND THE NILE: SONNINI, BROWNE, AND BONAPARTE32m
- 10CHAPTER IX MUHAMMAD ALI OPENS UP THE WHITE NILE34m
- 11CHAPTER X MISSIONARIES AND SNOW-MOUNTAINS6m
- 12CHAPTER XI BURTON AND SPEKE16m
- 13CHAPTER XII SPEKE AND THE NILE QUEST42m
- 14CHAPTER XIII SPEKE IN UGANDA16m
- 15CHAPTER XIV FROM VICTORIA NYANZA TO ALEXANDRIA24m
- 16CHAPTER XV SAMUEL BAKER AND THE ALBERT NYANZA31m
- 17CHAPTER XVI ALEXANDRINE TINNE AND THEODOR VON HEUGLIN14m
- 18CHAPTER XVII SCHWEINFURTH AND THE BASIN OF THE BAHR-AL-GHAZAL26m
- 19CHAPTER XVIII SCHWEINFURTH’S ACHIEVEMENTS AND DESCRIPTIONS11m
- 20CHAPTER XIX STANLEY CONFIRMS SPEKE11m
- 21CHAPTER XX GORDON AND HIS LIEUTENANTS.—JUNKER AND THE NILE-CONGO WATER-PARTING28m
- 22CHAPTER XXI JOSEPH THOMSON, MT. ELGON, AND KAVIRONDO BAY6m
- 23CHAPTER XXII EMIN PASHA15m
- 24CHAPTER XXIII STANLEY DISCOVERS THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON AND LAKE ALBERT EDWARD.—THE END OF EMIN10m
- 25CHAPTER XXIV GERMAN EXPLORERS DETERMINE THE SOUTHERN LIMITS OF THE NILE BASIN6m
- 26CHAPTER XXV GEOGRAPHICAL WORK IN THE UGANDA PROTECTORATE12m
- 27CHAPTER XXVI THE EASTERN BASIN OF THE NILE30m
- 28CHAPTER XXVII CONCLUSION11m
- 29CHAPTER XXVIII THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE NILE BASIN32m
- 30APPENDIX II BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS REFERRED TO OR CONSULTED IN THE COMPILATION OF THIS BOOK13m
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