The book examines the results of their discoveries: An incredible cast of characters is. The white nile tells the story of the search for the fabled source of the nile river and the subsequent opening up of the african interior.

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An historical account of the series of explorations into darkest africa which resulted in the discovery of the source of the nile river and opened this highway from.

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