An edition of Travels to discover the source of the Nile (1790)

Travels to discover the source of the Nile

in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. In six volumes

by James Bruce

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An edition of Travels to discover the source of the Nile (1790)

Travels to discover the source of the Nile

in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. In six volumes

by James Bruce

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Experiences of the Scottish explorer who rediscovered the source of the Nile on November 4, 1770.

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1790

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Printed [by William Sleater,] for P. Wogan, L. White..., and R. White

Language

English

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01 Travels to discover the source of the Nile. 1964, Horizon Press in English	bbbb Read Listen Locate
02 Travels to discover the source of the Nile: in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773 1813, Aarchibald Constable and Company in English - 3d ed. enl., to which is prefixed, a life of the author.	bbbb Read Listen Locate
03 Travels between the years 1765 and 1773 through part of Africa, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia into Abyssinia to discover the source of the Nile ; comprehending an interesting narrative of the author's adventures in Abyssinia ... 1812, Albion Press in English	bbbb Read Listen Locate
04 Travels, between the years 1765 and 1773, through part of Africa, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia, into Abyssinia, to discover the source of the Nile: comprehending an interesting narrative of the author's adventures in Abyssinia, and a circumstantial account of the manners, customs, government, religion, history &c &c of that country : being the substance of the original work 1812, Albion Press; published by J. and J. Cundee in English	bbbb Read Listen Locate
05 Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 1804, printed by James Ballantyne, for Archibald Constable and Co... [et al] in English - 2nd ed / corrected and enlarged.	bbbb Read Listen Locate
06 Travels to discover the source of the Nile: in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. 1790, Printed by J. Ruthven, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London in English	bbbb Read Listen Locate
07 Travels to discover the source of the Nile: in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 1790, Printed by William Sleater, for P. Wogan, L. White, P. Byrne, W. Porter, W. Sleater, J. Jones, J. Moore, B. Dornin, C. Lewis, W. Jones, G. Draper, J. Milliken, and R. White in English	bbbb Read Listen Locate
08 Travels to discover the source of the Nile: in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. In six volumes 1790, Printed [by William Sleater,] for P. Wogan, L. White..., and R. White in English	aaaa Read Listen Locate
09 Travels to discover the source of the Nile: in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. 1790, Printed by J. Ruthven, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London	bbbb Read Listen Locate
10 Travels to discover the source of the Nile: in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. In six volumes 1790, Printed [by William Sleater,] for P. Wogan, L. White..., and R. White in English	bbbb Read Listen Locate

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Vol. 6 has full and half t.p.: Select specimens of natural history collected in travels to discover the source of the Nile, in Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia.

Vols 1 and 6 are dated 1790; vols. 2-5, 1791.

Includes index and appendix, v. 6.

Contains 52 plates and 3 folded maps.

Vol. 3 printed by William Porter, v. 5 by Graisberry and Campbell, and v. 6 by Zachariah Jackson.

John Adams Library incomplete: v. 1 has been lost.

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.

ESTC, N27890

Also available on microfilm. Woodbridge, CT : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Gale Group, 2000. 1 reel ; 35mm. Unit 317. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 11078, no. 01).

Also available on microfilm. Woodbridge, CT : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Gale Group, 2000. 1 reel ; 35mm. Unit 317. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 11079, no. 01).

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.

Published in: Dublin
Other Titles: Select specimens of natural history collected in travels to discover the source of the Nile, in Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia, Bruce's travels

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Travels to discover the source of the Nile

in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. In six volumes

by James Bruce