What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
, by Speke, John Hanning- ISBN: 9781438517605 | 1438517602
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 5/31/2009
It was in the year 1849 at the expiration of the Punjaub campaign under Lord Gough where I had been actively engaged as a subaltern officer in the (so-called) fighting brigade of General Sir Colin Campbell's division of the army adding my mite to the four successive victorious actions-Ramnugger Sadoolapore Chillianwallah and Guzerat-that I first conceived the idea of exploring Central Equatorial Africa.