Search for the Nile's Source : the ruined reputation of John Petherick, nineteenth-century Welsh Explorer.
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TextPublication details: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (194 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780708326787
- 0708326781
- 9781783161041
- 1783161043
- Petherick, John, 1813-1882
- Petherick, John, 1813-1882
- Explorers -- Nile River -- History -- 19th century
- British -- Nile River -- History -- 19th century
- Sudan -- Description and travel
- Nile River -- Description and travel
- Explorateurs -- Nil (Fleuve) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Britanniques -- Nil (Fleuve) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Nil (Fleuve) -- Descriptions et voyages
- SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography
- TRAVEL -- Budget
- TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks
- TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
- TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Adventurers & Explorers
- British
- Explorers
- Travel
- Nile River
- Sudan
- 1800-1899
- 910.92
- F592
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Print version record.
List of Illustrations; Index to Persons in Narrative; Chronology; Introduction; From Merthyr to the Pyramids; Egypt and the Search for Coal; The Missing Years; Khartoum, Ivory and Slaves; Exploration and Trade; The Promise; The Journey; The Race; The Succour Dodge; Very Public Quarrel; Unfinished Business; Conclusion; Notes; Appendices; Select Bibliography; Index.
In this book, John Humphries questions whether John Petherick was a slave trader or a victim of conspiracy on the Nile.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added to collection customer.56279.3