The 18th Century Search for the Blue Nile

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Catesby's Fieldfare.jpg

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This drawing reveals the different types of humans, as perceived by eighteenth century viewers.

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Image of the top part of Bruce's opening page to the flora section of volume six.

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A portrait of Sir Francis Bacon

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Engraving of Georges-Louis Leclerc De Buffon

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Bruce's plate of Geshe el Aube

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A portion of the map of Lake Tana specifically showing where Bruce mapped the source of the Nile, taken from Bruce's Travels

Catesby's GoatSucker.jpg

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Bruce's plate of a Golden Eagle

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A picture of a historic section of Gondar, Ethiopia.
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