English explorers John Hanning Speke (1827-1864)

English explorers John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) and James Augustus Grant (1827-1892) at Gondokoro, south Sudan, at the end of their expedition, where they were met by Samuel (1821-1893) and Florence (1841-1916) Baker. On their 1860-1863 expedition Speke and Grant mapped parts of Lake Victoria Nyanza, Africa, and Speke found the outlet of the lake into the White Nile which he named Ripon Falls. From Heroes of Britain in Peace and War by Edwin Hodder (London, circa 1880)

1821-1893 Augustus Explorers Hanning Hodder Mapped Nyanza Outlet Ripon Speke Sudan

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