The 18th Century Search for the Blue Nile

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Image of the battle where James Cook died

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Title Page for James Bruce's Travel Narrative

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

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A map of Africa from James Cook's travel atlas

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

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Photograph of the historic port of Massawa

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Portrait of British explorer James Cook

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Images of people of the Sandwich Islands from James Cook's travel narrative

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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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