81. The Life Story Of Sir. Burton Francis (18211890), British explorer, linguist, and In the company of john HanningSpeke, another Englishman seeking african adventures, Burton http://www.empereur.com/burton.html

The Life Story of Sir. Burton Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1821-1890), British explorer, linguist, and student of Asian cultures, one of the most famous mid-19th century European explorers of Africa. He is also known for his definitive translation of stories known under the title Arabian Nights and for his valuable travel literature on western Asia, Africa, and South America. Burton was born in Torquay, England, to an English army officer and his wealthy wife, the latter rumored to be descended from the French Bourbon kings. He was reared in France, England, and Italy and educated haphazardly along the way by tutors until he entered Trinity College, University of Oxford, in 1840. A headstrong young man, Burton preferred to study subjects that interested him-such as Arabic, philosophy, and mysticism-rather than the subjects in the standard curriculum. He was expelled from Oxford in 1842. II.TRAVELS IN ASIA AND ARABIA Deeply interested in Asian life and languages, Burton joined the army of the English East India Company in 1842 and served in Sind (what is now southern Pakistan) for seven years. During this time he traveled in Pakistan and western India, mixed with local people (sometimes passing as Asian in bazaars), and became increasingly familiar with local customs and proficient in several local languages as well as Persian and Arabic. These experiences set the stage for Burton’s pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of Mecca in 1853, which he made in the disguise of an Afghan physician. Burton became one of the first non-Muslims to enter Mecca. He sketched the central shrine, the Kaaba, and participated in all the rituals associated with the pilgrimage without being detected. These travels-which Burton described vividly in Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah (1855)-brought him fame throughout Europe.

82. In Search Of The Source Of The Nile History's Discovery Tours and the explorer's Club. Richard Burton and john HanningSpeke gathered forces here in Stanley, during his first african expedition in http://www.galenfrysinger.com/in_search_of_the_source_of_the_nile.htm

I was a participant in the tour In Search of the Source of the Nile Retracing the steps of the famous explorers from London to Zanzibar, and Tanzania to Uganda. American Museum of Natural History's Discovery Tours and the Explorer's Club Sept 4-23, 2001 David Livingstone It seems incomprehensible that it was so difficult to establish the source of the Nile but the river system is so complex geologically that even today its maze of physical features and geologic activity continue to be disputed and reinterpreted. Imagine how difficult the same system would be to explore in the 1800's without the benefit of technology and facility of transportation! Why was it so important anyway to discover the source? Was this legendary goal merely a conceit, was it a necessity, or was there some hidden agenda involved with its discovery? There were many speculations about the Nile and some of the greatest explorers in the history of the world competed for the prize of finding its headwaters – Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, Stanley Baker, Henry Morton Stanley, James Augustus Grant and Dr. David Livingstone. Together, all of them contributed to the solution of the puzzle.

83. Alexandrine Pieternella Francoise Tinne to Gondokoro, Sudan, where she was supposed to meet the British explorer john HanningSpeke. In 1869, Alexandrine picked up her african explorations again. http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/100import/tinne.html

Alexandrine Pieternella Francoise Tinne Alexandrine Pieternella Francoise Tinne was born in The Hague, Netherlands (Holland), on October 17, 1835. She was a Dutch explorer of northern Africa, but it was strange to have a female explorer going to different continents at that time. She wanted to map the White Nile in Sudan, Africa, as her goal. In 1861, she went on her first expedition on the Nile with her aunt and mother. She traveled to Gondokoro, Sudan, where she was supposed to meet the British explorer John Hanning Speke. However, he never showed and she went to find the Nile's source by herself. She went west near the Gazelle River (Bahr al-Ghazal) and the Sobat River, investigating near Lake Chad, especially the Nile Basin. Sadly, her mother and aunt and a few others died of fever during her expedition. In 1863, Alexandrine made her expedition to the upper Nile again. She entered a region called the Azande near the northeastern basin of the Congo River. But, after this expedition, she lived in Cairo, Egypt, until 1867. In 1869, Alexandrine picked up her African explorations again. She wanted to be the first woman to traverse the Sahara Desert. She was waiting for an Arab caravan to take her southward when she was sidetracked and decided to go with guides to see the Tuareg tribes and their nomadic tendencies. Near Ghat, Libya, on August 1, 1869, she was robbed and murdered by those Tuareg guides in the desert of Libya on route from Tripoli to Lake Chad. She had been about to visit those Tuareg tribesmen that killed her.

84. Best Of The West the heart of the entire african Continent of his legs, but his underling john Hanningspeke, continued without speke, who was inexperienced and dyslexic was no http://www.magicalkenya.com/default.nsf/features1/2AF87F2649B838F043256B49004496

85. Hollywood.com Celebrity Biography - Iain Glen Glen also gave a wellreceived performance as 19th Century african explorer JohnHanning speke, searching for the source of the Nile, in Bob Rafelson's http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/bio/celeb/1672794

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86. Conference Follow Up: Speakers: Hartford His father, who worked for the african Wildlife Foundation, named him after JohnHanning speke, the British explorer who discovered the source of the Nile. http://www.zeff.com/followup/speakers_hartford.html

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87. KARAFUU HOTEL Burton Richard (explorer) In the XIX century, Inland led by Richard Burton and JohnHanning speke arrived. that school is skuli, from african English school http://www.karafuuhotel.com/ennotizie1.html

88. Jim's Real Detroit-Mountains Of The Moon Sir Richard Francis Burton and john hanning speke to find see many of the wondrousAfrican landscapes, cultures publisher Oliphant, who convinces speke to steal http://www.thomasvideo.com/realdetroit/real-mountains-moon.html

Suggested Viewing from Jim's Real Detroit Column MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON Five Easy Pieces (1970) and The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), both of which feature fine introspective performances by Jack Nicholson and an excellent supporting ensemble cast. Five Easy Pieces Since the exploring business is no piece of cake, the two must face many trials before reaching their goal. We get to see a spear chucked through Burton's face. At one point he gets malaria and is nursed (and caressed) through this delirium by Speke, in a very loving manner. Speke himself has a problem with a beetle that decides to take up residence in his ear and attempts to dispatch the critter with a technique that most family practitioners would frown upon. Despite all they have gone through (and the fact that the two have become great friends), when the explorers return to England, Speke is easily coerced into taking total credit for their discovery, after Burton insists that more information should be gathered (through another expedition). Burton is convincingly portrayed by Partrick Bergin as the larger-than-life character that he w Archives Comments or Questions?

89. Movie Review: Mountains Of The Moon By Mark Leeper about Sir Richard Francis Burton and john hanning speke, two very On the other hand,john speke was a petty man Burton and Iain Glen as speke, both relatively http://www.allmovieportal.com/m/1989_Mountains_of_the_Moon6.html

HOME DVD POSTER CELEBRITY ... Amazon.com 100 Hot DVDs movie reviews A B C D ... Z movie by genre action/adventure animation art/foreign comedy ... western movie by actors/actress By Actor/Actress movie by reviewer By Reviewer celebrity Photo Galleries Fan Sites summary REVIEW dvd vhs Mountains of the Moon a movie review by: Mark Leeper Capsule review: The story of one of the great expeditions of historyand of the controversy that surrounded itis brought to the screen spectacularly and intelligently. While the film takes a few liberties with the facts, I found it a better adventure tale than THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER and give or take a fact or two, it is all a true story. Rating: +3. The Nile River came like a miracle out of the desert, the last place you would expect a great river, to bring life to the great Egyptian civilization. That civilization was a major world poweroften *the* major world powerfor 3500 years, and it was totally dependent on the enigmatic Nile, the only major river that flows south to north. Even today the Nile means life or death to countries in its path. Not surprisingly, when Europeans came to Africa they

90. The New New Thing By Michael Lewis, Book Review Burton (the 19th century explorer/adventurer) by hardship, he succeeded with JohnHanning speke in discovering of folklore Neapolitan, african, and Hindu http://www.samizdat.com/isyn/newnew.html

The New New Thing by Michael Lewis a book review by Richard Seltzer, seltzer@samizdat.com www.samizdat.com If you pick up The New New Thing , don't expect it to help you understand how the Internet business environment works, or how to create a successful Internet startup. For that kind of insight read books like The Cluetrain Manifesto by Christopher Locke, Rick Levine, David Weinberger, and Doc Searls, The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond, and even High Stakes, No Prisoners by Charles Ferguson. The New New Thing is really an old old kind of book, with more in common with biographies of 19th century adventurers and soldiers of fortune than with books about Internet startups and the new economy. This is a good read, a quick read, a book that lovers of celebrity biographies will enjoy. But the same could be said for The Devil Drives: a Life of Sir Richard Burton (the 19th century explorer/adventurer) by Fawn Brodie. "In a world where there seemed to be very little left to be discovered, he sought out the few remaining mysteries. He penetrated the sacred cities of Mecca and Medina at great risk and wrote detailed descriptions. He was the first European to explore the forbidden Moslem city of Harar in Somaliland, which promised death to any infidel. Then he turned to the mystery that had fired the curiosity of Alexander, Caesar, and Napoleon, 'the greatest geographical secret after the discovery of America,' the source of the white Nile. Enduring great hardship, he succeeded with John Hanning Speke in discovering Lake Tanganyika, but just missed Lake Victoria, a failure that embroiled him in controversy and tragedy."

91. Powell's Books - Used, New, And Out Of Print out in 1996 to retrace explorer Richard Francis not until 1858, when john HanningSpeke discovered Lake http://www.powells.com/subsection/AfricaEastAfrica.html

Technical Books Kids' Books eBooks more search options ... Adobe eBook Reader Africa African American Studies Agriculture American Studies Americana ... view all sections... East Africa There are 54 books in this aisle. Browse the aisle by Title by Author by Price See recently arrived used books in this aisle. Featured Titles in Africa -East Africa: Page 1 of 1 Sale Hardcover List Price $27.50 The Shadow of Kilimanjaro: On Foot Across East Africa by Rick Ridgeway Review "Ridgeway, whose new book, 'The Shadow of Kilimanjaro', is an account of his trip, broaches a variety of subjects as he and his companions make their way through an area rich with animals and echoing with the exploits of earlier travelersBritish empire... read more about this title check for other copies Used Hardcover List Price $24.95 Dangerous Beauty: Life and Death in Africa: True Stories from a Safari Guide by Mark C Ross Synopsis This fascinating and first-hand perspective on the perils and wonder of East Africa is related by one of the world's most experienced safari guides. Ross relates how in 1999 in Uganda, he witnessed the deaths of two of his clients and six other tourists...

92. SPEKE, HUGH telescope http://73.1911encyclopedia.org/S/SP/SPEKE_HUGH.htm

document.write(""); SPEKE, HUGH telescope. The prisms are necessarily compound, and usually consist of flint glass with compensating prisms of crown. In all cases where compound prisms are used, the angles must be accurately calculated. Amid in 1860 devised such an instrument; an improved form by Jannsen was made up of two flint and three crown prisms, and in Browning’s form there are three flint and four crown. Sorby and, later, Abbe, designed instruments on the same principle to be used in connexion with the microscope. By suitably replacing the ocular of the observing telescope in an angular vision spectroscope by a photographic camera, it is possible to photograph spectra; such instr~uments are termed spectrographs. In grating’ spectroscopes both plane and concave gratings are employed in connexion with a collimator and observing telescope. AUTi10R1TIES.—The standard work is H. Kayser, Handbuch der Spectrosco pie (1900—191o, vol. v.). See also J. Landauer, Spectrum Analysis (Eng. trans. by J. B. Tingle, 1898); E. C. C. Baly, Spectroscopy (1905). For spectra see A. Hagerbach and H. Konin

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