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Africa, Samuel Baker Big Game Hunting,19th Century

Driving the prairie with fire. Samuel White Baker (June 8, 1821 - December 30, 1893) was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He is mostly remembered as the discoverer of Lake Albert, as an explorer of the Nile and interior of central Africa, and for his exploits as a big game hunter in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. He was proud of his British heritage and was an advocate of the virtues of his nation, and a fighter against slavery. Baker never received the acclamation granted to other British explorer.  Ismailia by Samuel White Baker, 1874 (cropped and cleaned).
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Africa, Samuel Baker Big Game Hunting,19th Century
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Driving the prairie with fire. Samuel White Baker (June 8, 1821 - December 30, 1893) was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He is mostly remembered as the discoverer of Lake Albert, as an explorer of the Nile and interior of central Africa, and for his exploits as a big game hunter in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. He was proud of his British heritage and was an advocate of the virtues of his nation, and a fighter against slavery. Baker never received the acclamation granted to other British explorer. Ismailia by Samuel White Baker, 1874 (cropped and cleaned).
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