Speke’s history of his first two African expeditions, written after his famous Journal: the journey into Somaliland with Richard Burton, and the march inland to Lake Tanganyika, where he struck north alone and reached the great lake he named Victoria. He tells his side of the partnership that turned into a bitter quarrel.
The prequel to Speke’s Nile journal, essential for anyone following the Burton–Speke controversy. Download the free EPUB.