Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 4 (of 5) by James Bruce
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"Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 4 (of 5)" by James Bruce is a multi-volume travel account published in 1790. This Scottish explorer's chronicle of his journeys through Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa was met with widespread disbelief upon publication. Bruce described exotic customs, traced the Blue Nile, and witnessed Ethiopian court life—but his vivid accounts were ridiculed as exaggerated nonsense. Later explorers would confirm much of what
he reported, vindicating a traveler whose truthful observations seemed too extraordinary to believe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bruce, James, 1730-1794 |
|---|---|
| Title |
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 4 (of 5) In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travels_to_Discover_the_Source_of_the_Nile |
| Credits |
Produced by Chris Curnow, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa |
| Subject | Nile River |
| Subject | Ethiopia -- Description and travel |
| Subject | Egypt -- Description and travel |
| Subject | Natural history -- Ethiopia |
| Subject | Ethiopia -- History |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 56502 |
| Release Date | Feb 5, 2018 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 556 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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