LEADER 03295nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910457166203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-30920-3 010 $a9786613309204 010 $a0-300-17827-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000057619 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24486130 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000599072 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11422209 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000599072 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10610774 035 $a(PQKB)10278399 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420745 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420745 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10506563 035 $a(OCoLC)923596506 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000057619 100 $a20110401d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExplorers of the Nile$b[electronic resource] $ethe triumph and tragedy of a great Victorian adventure /$fTim Jeal 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (592 p.) 300 $aSimultaneously published: London : Faber and Faber. 311 $a0-300-14935-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $bNothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. 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