Title

Portrait of John Hanning Speke, British explorer, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Portrait of John Hanning Speke, British explorer, 19th century. In 1858, Speke (1827-1864) and Richard Burton became the first Europeans to discover Lake Tanganyika. Speke then set out alone and arrived at an even larger lake, that he called Lake Victoria. He believed that the lake represented the source of the Nile, a claim that was disputed by Burton amongst others. Speke died from a gunshot wound from his own gun while hunting on the day he was due to debate the Nile claim with Burton in front of members of the Royal Geographical Society.
Historica Graphica Collection

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D59_186

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55,6Mb (3,5Mb) / 12,6in x 17,2in / 3768 x 5158 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa England people male man men discovery country body lake exploration guy continent British beard geography English location Victorian century Britain explorer bearded concept B&W MONOCHROME 19th century Lake Victoria black & white black and white B W nineteenth century geographical feature Lake Tanganyika TGN the body John Hanning Speke engraving portrait Unknown Victoria Nyanza Historica Graphica Collection Speke John Hanning engraving portrait