Explorers of the Nile : The Triumph and the Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure

Englisch

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014

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Print version: Explorers of the Nile : The Triumph and the Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure

978-0-300-14935-7

978-0-300-17827-2 : 40.63 (1U)

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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Plates""; ""Maps""; ""Introduction""; ""PART 1 Solving the Mystery""; ""1 Blood in God�s River""; ""2 A Great Misalliance""; ""3 A Rush of Men Like a Stormy Wind""; ""4 About a Rotten Person""; ""5 Everything Was to be Risked for This Prize""; ""6 Promises and Lies""; ""7 A Blackguard Business""; ""8 Our Adventurous Friend""; ""9 As Refulgent as the Sun""; ""10 An Arrow into the Heart""; ""11 Nothing Could Surpass It!""; ""12 The Nile is Settled""; ""13 A Hero�s Aberrations""; ""14 Death in the Afternoon""; ""15 The Doctor�s Dilemma""

""16 The Glory of Our Prize""""17 A Trumpet Blown Loudly""; ""18 Almost in Sight of the End""; ""19 Never to Give Up the Search Until I Find Livingstone""; ""20 The Doctor�s Obedient and Devoted Servitor""; ""21 Threshing Out the Beaten Straw""; ""22 Nothing Earthly Will Make Me Give Up My Work""; ""23 Where Will You Be? Dead or Still Seeking the Nile?""; ""24 The Unknown Half of Africa Lies Before Me""; ""PART 2 The Consequences""; ""25 Shepherds of the World?""; ""26 Creating Equatoria""; ""27 An Unheard of Deed of Blood""; ""28 Pretensions on the Congo""

""29 An Arabian Princess and a German Battle Squadron""""30 �Saving� Emin Pasha and Uganda""; ""31 The Prime Minister�s Protectorate""; ""32 To Die for the Mahdi�s Cause""; ""33 Equatoria and the Tragedy of Southern Sudan""; ""34 A Sin not Theirs: The Tragedy of Northern Uganda""; ""CODA: Lacking the Wand of an Enchanter""; ""APPENDIX: Fifty Years of Books on the Search for the Nile�s Source""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Sources""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""

""T""""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

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*Africa, East ; History ; 19th century ; British ; Africa, Central ; History ; 19th century ; British ; Africa, East ; History ; 19th century ; Explorers ; Africa, Central ; Explorers ; Africa, East ; Explorers ; Great Britain ; Nile River ; Discovery and exploration ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: DT117.J43 2011eb

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 916;

Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Plates -- Maps -- Introduction -- PART 1 Solving the Mystery -- 1 Blood in God's River -- 2 A Great Misalliance -- 3 A Rush of Men Like a Stormy Wind -- 4 About a Rotten Person -- 5 Everything Was to be Risked for This Prize -- 6 Promises and Lies -- 7 A Blackguard Business -- 8 Our Adventurous Friend -- 9 As Refulgent as the Sun -- 10 An Arrow into the Heart -- 11 Nothing Could Surpass It! -- 12 The Nile is Settled -- 13 A Hero's Aberrations -- 14 Death in the Afternoon -- 15 The Doctor's Dilemma -- 16 The Glory of Our Prize -- 17 A Trumpet Blown Loudly -- 18 Almost in Sight of the End -- 19 Never to Give Up the Search Until I Find Livingstone -- 20 The Doctor's Obedient and Devoted Servitor -- 21 Threshing Out the Beaten Straw -- 22 Nothing Earthly Will Make Me Give Up My Work -- 23 Where Will You Be? Dead or Still Seeking the Nile? -- 24 The Unknown Half of Africa Lies Before Me -- PART 2 The Consequences -- 25 Shepherds of the World? -- 26 Creating Equatoria -- 27 An Unheard of Deed of Blood -- 28 Pretensions on the Congo -- 29 An Arabian Princess and a German Battle Squadron -- 30 'Saving' Emin Pasha and Uganda -- 31 The Prime Minister's Protectorate -- 32 To Die for the Mahdi's Cause -- 33 Equatoria and the Tragedy of Southern Sudan -- 34 A Sin not Theirs: The Tragedy of Northern Uganda -- CODA: Lacking the Wand of an Enchanter -- APPENDIX: Fifty Years of Books on the Search for the Nile's Source -- Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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