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Speke appears to have had sexual relations with both of them, before handing over the youngest (whom he named 'Kahala') to another man. [12] Speke fell in love with the elder girl, 'Meri', according to his diaries (which were redacted when they were published as books later). [6]
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John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an officer in the British Indian Army who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa and who is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was in fact the first European that reached Lake Victoria and as such is the "discoverer of the source of the Nile". He is also known...
John Hanning Speke was one of seven children of William Speke, a retired army captain and a tenant at Orleigh Court, near Bideford, and Georgina Elizabeth (née Hanning) who came from a wealthy mercantile family.This William Speke inherited the Speke family home at Jordans, Ashill, Ilminster, Somerset, from his father in 1839, and this became the ho...
He married by local custom, a girl named Meri, at the court of Mutesa, near Lake Victoria, but it didn't last. (1) In 1844 he was commissioned into the British Army and posted to India, where he served under Sir Colin Campbell during the First Anglo-Sikh War. He spent his leave exploring the Himalayan Mountains and Mount Everest and once crossed in...
John Hanning Speke was a descendant of a younger branch of the Speke family of Dowlish Wake, where he was buried. John Hanning SpekeFind A Grave IndexName John Hanning SpekeEvent Type BurialEvent Date 1864Event Place Dowlish Wake, South Somerset District, Somerset, EnglandPhotograph Included YBirth Date 04 May 1827Death Date 15 Sep 1864Affiliate Re...
(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hanning_Speke#Death (2) "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVC-GSK7 : 13 December 2015), John Hanning Speke, 1864; Burial, Dowlish Wake, South Somerset District, Somerset, England, St Andrew Churchyard; citing record ID 13262340, Find a Grave, http://www.find...
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- September 15, 1864
Apr 7, 2024 · Having married his wife Margaret Laurie in 1865 and having three daughters and two sons with her, Grant retired to Nairn where he lived to 64, dying in 1892. His elder son also explored Africa before becoming an MP.
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Mountains of the Moon is a 1990 American biographical film depicting the 1857–1858 journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to Central Africa, which culminated in Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile River and led to a bitter rivalry between the two men.
Aug 9, 2024 · Less is known of Mabruki, the other caravan leader, but he was later known as Mabruki Speke, and like Bombay became one of East Africa's great caravan leaders and was also a member of the Yao tribe like Bombay.
Apr 17, 2011 · Speke and Burton had already grown tired of each others' company, but Speke's discovery now strained the relationship almost to breaking point. While Burton lounged in the comfort of his Arab friends talking about Lake Ukerewe, Speke had actually been there and discovered it.
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With Speke at his side, Burton returns to Africa to lead a grand expedition following Arab slave trade routes into the interior. They rescue escaped slave Mabruki (Delroy Lindo) from the lions. It is an epic Victorian adventure.
