Search for the Nile's source : the ruined reputation of John Petherick, nineteenth-century Welsh explorer / John Humphries.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Humphries, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petherick, John, 1813-1882.

Petherick, John.

Explorers--Wales.

Explorers.

Nile River--Discovery and exploration.

Nile River.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, John Humphries questions whether John Petherick was a slave trader or a victim of conspiracy on the Nile.

Contents:

List of Illustrations; Index to Persons in Narrative; Chronology; Introduction; From Merthyr to the Pyramids; Egypt and the Search for Coal; The Missing Years; Khartoum, Ivory and Slaves; Exploration and Trade; The Promise; The Journey; The Race; The Succour Dodge; Very Public Quarrel; Unfinished Business; Conclusion; Notes; Appendices; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 11, 2013).

ISBN:

0-7083-2678-1