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Identifier
20086342
Description
Rare map of the Lake Victoria area, from the original edition of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. The lake was first sighted by a European in 1858 when the explorer John Hanning Speke reached its southern shore while on his journey with Richard Francis Burton to explore central Africa and locate the Great Lakes. Believing he had found the source of the Nile on seeing this “vast expanse of open water” for the first time, Speke named the lake after Queen Victoria. Uncolored surrounding regions of lake, lightly blue colored lake. 19 cm. x 24 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Archival Date
1876
Collection Name
Maps of Africa
Collection Number
Acc. 2019-360
Language
English
Original Format
Maps
File Format
JPG
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License
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Subjects
Maps; Africa; Lakes