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The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad? - Looking at the Evidence (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad? - Looking at the Evidence (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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This is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton
and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's
claim (which was accurate) to have discovered the source of the
Nile in the course of their joint expedition to central Africa in
the 1850s. The controversy ended with Speke's shocking death of a
gunshot wound, probably accidental, on the eve of a debate by the
two men in 1864. In the large literature generated by the
controversy, Burton (the better known of the two) has usually had
the upper hand. Speke has sometimes been called a cad. On the basis
of new evidence and a careful reading of dueling texts by the two
men, this study concludes that the case against Speke remains
unproven - and that the entire narrative, as it has become
ingrained, is an example of the uncertainty to which historical
narratives are subject.
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