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John Hanning Speke (1827-1864)

John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) born at Bideford, Devon, England. Officer in the British Indian Army and explorer of Africa. Accompanied Richard Burton's expedition (1855-1858), sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society, when he discovered Lake Victoria Nyanza. On a subsequent expedition of 1860-1862 he discovered the exit from the lake into the White Nile which he named Ripon Falls. Engraving from "Heroes of Britain in Peace and War" by Edwin Hodder (London, c1880). (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images).
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Title: John Hanning Speke (1827-1864)
Caption: John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) born at Bideford, Devon, England. Officer in the British Indian Army and explorer of Africa. Accompanied Richard Burton's expedition (1855-1858), sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society, when he discovered Lake Victoria Nyanza. On a subsequent expedition of 1860-1862 he discovered the exit from the lake into the White Nile which he named Ripon Falls. Engraving from "Heroes of Britain in Peace and War" by Edwin Hodder (London, c1880). (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
Category: UIG HISTORY
Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Images \ UIG
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Image size: 4330 × 4843 px | 60.0 MB
Print size: 36.7 × 41.0 cm | 1704.7 × 1906.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • BEARD • BRITISH CULTURE • BRITISH INDIAN ARMY • CIVIL SERVANT • DISCOVERER • DISCOVERY • EDWIN HODDER • ENGRAVED IMAGE • EXPLORER • HEAD AND SHOULDERS • HEROES OF BRITAIN IN PEACE AND WAR • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HISTORY. • ILLUSTRATION AND PAINTING • LOOKING AT CAMERA • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OFFICER • OFFICERS • OFFICIAL • ONE MATURE MAN ONLY • ONE PERSON • PORTAIT • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • RESEARCHER (MALE) • RESEARCHER • SPEKE, JOHN HANNING • UIG HISTORY • VERTICAL LINES • VERTICAL • XIX CENTURY