The 18th Century Search for the Blue Nile

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Cooks Narrative Sandwich Islands.JPG
Images of people of the Sandwich Islands from James Cook's travel narrative

Prester_John_map.jpg
Map of the Kingdom of Prester John

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Image of the battle where James Cook died

Cook Abyssinia.JPG
An image of a map of Abyssinia from James Cook's travel atlas

Cook Africa and Europe.JPG
Image of a map of Europe and 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"

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

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

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
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