The 18th Century Search for the Blue Nile

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Axum Obelisk.jpg
Photograph of the Stone Obelisk located in the Ethiopian city of Axum.

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Bruce Travels Cover.jpg
Title Page for James Bruce's Travel Narrative

Cartoon.pdf
1791 Cartoon mocking the credibility of James Bruce's Travel Narrative

Gondar City.jpg
A picture of a historic section of Gondar, Ethiopia.

Massawa.JPG
Photograph of the historic port of Massawa

Palmyra.jpg
Photograph of historical ruins in the city of Palmyra

African Clay House.jpg
An example of a clay house with a thatched, cone-shaped roof, similar to that described by James Bruce. Photographed in Benin in West Africa

Cairo.jpg
An image of a painting of Cairo, Egypt during the 19th century

Cook Africa.JPG
A map of Africa from James Cook's travel atlas

Nile Map 1868.JPG
Map of East Africa and the Nile River from Sir Samuel W. Baker's "The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia"
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