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Speke ( / ˈspiːk /) is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is 8 miles (12.9 km) southeast of the city centre. Located near the widest part of the River Mersey, it is bordered by the suburbs of Garston and Hunts Cross, and nearby to Halewood, Hale Village, and Widnes. The rural area of Oglet borders its south. History.
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Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864)...
- John Hanning Speke
Speke has always been a large township on the banks of the Mersey. Speke village itself never grew in size like the inner suburbs of Everton and Toxteth, but the large expanses of flat land attracted industry in the 20th Century, and large housing estates and industrial complexes grew up here.
John Hanning Speke. The Source of the Nile. In 1858 they became the first Europeans to reach Lake Tanganyika, and on the return journey to the east African coast, while Burton was laid up with illness, Speke discovered a vast lake which he named after Queen Victoria.
Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and military officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (known to locals as Nam Lolwe in Dholuo and Nnalubaale or Ukerewe in Luganda).
John Hanning Speke © >Speke was an English explorer and the first European to reach Lake Victoria in east Africa, which he correctly identified as the long-sought source of the Nile. John...
Apr 30, 2024 · John Hanning Speke (born May 3, 1827, Bideford, Devon, England—died September 15, 1864, near Corsham, Wiltshire) was a British explorer who was the first European to reach Lake Victoria in East Africa, which he correctly identified as a source of the Nile.
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May 9, 2018 · An English explorer of Africa, John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) solved the riddle of the Nile River by discovering its source during the course of an epic journey to and through the Great Lakes region of eastern Africa.
