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John Hanning Speke (Bideford, 4 mai 1827 - Corsham, 15 septembre 1864) est un explorateur britannique de l'Afrique de l'Est. Il a été officier de l'armée britannique en Inde et a effectué trois voyages d'exploration en Afrique.
Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and military officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (known to locals as Nam Lolwe in Dholuo and Nnalubaale or ...
John Hanning Speke (born May 3, 1827, Bideford, Devon, England—died September 15, 1864, near Corsham, Wiltshire) was a British explorer who was the first European to reach Lake Victoria in East Africa, which he correctly identified as a source of the Nile.
Il y a 5 jours · John Hanning Speke © >Speke was an English explorer and the first European to reach Lake Victoria in east Africa, which he correctly identified as the long-sought source of the Nile. John...
John Hanning Speke fut un officier britannique de l’armée des Indes, qui, lors de voyages en Afrique, découvrit le lac Victoria et la source du Nil. Né en 1827, John Hanning Speke sert au Pendjab (région du nord de l’Inde, alors sous domination britannique) et explore l’Himalaya dans sa jeunesse.
John Hanning Speke. Explorateur britannique (Bideford, Devon, 1827-près de Corsham, Wiltshire, 1864). Officier de l'armée de l'Inde, il entreprend dans l'Himalaya et le Tibet des recherches minéralogiques et zoologiques, et accompagne Burton dans la Somalie (1854).
9 mai 2018 · John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) was an English explorer who discovered the source of the Nile River at Lake Victoria in 1862. He also participated in other expeditions in Africa and wrote two books about his travels.
