Appendix I — The Roll of Fame of Those Who Started on the Nile Quest in Modern Days
| Name. | Nationality. |
| Francisco Alvarez | Portuguese. |
| Pedro Paez | ″ |
| Jeronimo Lobo | ″ |
| Richard Pococke | British (English). |
| James Bruce | ″ (Scottish). |
| William Browne | ″ (English). |
| Johann Ludwig Burckhardt | Swiss. |
| Frederic Cailliaud | French. |
| Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds | Belgian. |
| Prokesch von Osten | German. |
| Eduard Rüppell | German. |
| Selim Bimbashi | Turk. |
| Thibaut | French. |
| D’Arnaud | ″ |
| Ferdinand Werne | German. |
| Brun-Rollet | French. |
| Ignatz Knoblecher | Austrian. |
| Antoine Thomson d’Abbadie | French-Irish. |
| Arnaud d’Abbadie | ”” |
| Mansfield Parkyns | British (English). |
| Charles T. Beke | ″ ″ |
| De Malzac | French. |
| John Petherick | British (Welsh). |
| Alfred Peney | French. |
| Lejean | ″ |
| Werner Munzinger | Swiss. |
| Theodor von Heuglin | German (Würtemberger). |
| Alexandrine Tinne | Dutch. |
| JOHN HANNING SPEKE | British (English). |
| James Augustus Grant | ″ (Scottish). |
| Samuel White Baker | ″ (English). |
| Florence Baker | Hungarian. |
| Giovanni Miani | Italian (Venetian). |
| GEORG SCHWEINFURTH | Russo-German. |
| Piaggia | Italian. |
| C. Chaillé-Long | United States. |
| Édouard Linant de Bellefonds | Belgian. |
| Charles George Gordon | British (English). |
| HENRY MORETON STANLEY | British (Welsh). |
| Wilhelm Junker | Russo-German. |
| C. T. Wilson | British (English). |
| R. W. Felkin | ″ (Scottish). |
| Romolo Gessi | Italian (Levantine). |
| C. M. Watson | British (English). |
| Mason (Bey) | United States. |
| Johann Maria Schuver | Dutch. |
| Ernest Marno | Austrian. |
| Emin (Eduard Schnitzer) | German (Silesia). |
| Joseph Thomson | British (Scottish). |
| Frederick Dealtry Lugard | ″ (English). |
| Seymour Vandeleur | ″ (Irish). |
| G. F. Scott-Elliot | ″ (Scottish). |
| Franz Stuhlmann | German. |
| Oscar Baumann | ″ |
| Vittorio Bottego | Italian. |
| James R. Lennox Macdonald | British (Scottish). |
| A. H. Dyé | French. |
| J. B. Marchand | ″ |
| De Bonchamps | French. |
| M. S. Wellby | British (English). |
| H. H. Austin | ”” |
| R. G. T. Bright | ”” |
| C. W. Hobley | ”” |
| Ewart Grogan | ”” |
| J. E. S. Moore | ”” |
| Malcolm Fergusson | ″ (Scottish). |
| Lionel Dècle | French. |
| Donaldson Smith | United States. |
| Malcolm Peake | British (Scottish). |
| Weld Blundell | ″ (English). |
| Benjamin Whitehouse | ”” |
| G. W. Gwynn | ″ (Welsh). |
| Charles Delmé Radcliffe | ″ (English). |
| Oscar Neumann | German. |
| H. H. Wilson | British (English). |
| E. A. Stanton | British (English). |
| William Garstin | British (Irish). |
This Roll includes those only who added definitely and markedly to the map of the Nile basin, not those who travelled through these countries for other than geographical purposes. It comprises: 34 British (21 English, 8 Scots, 3 Welsh, and 2 Irish); 10 Germans, 13 French, 4 Italians, 3 Portuguese, 2 Dutch, 2 Belgians, 2 Americans, 2 Swiss, 3 Austro-Hungarians, 1 Turk.