Title

Captain James Augustus Grant, Scottish explorer, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Captain James Augustus Grant, Scottish explorer, 19th century. Grant (1827-1887) joined the Indian Army in 1846, seeing action in both the Sikh War and the Indian Mutiny. In 1860-1863 he accompanied John Hanning Speke on his expedition to Africa to locate the source of the Nile. Grant published his account of the journey in his book A Walk Across Africa, released in 1864.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1843

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D59_209

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,6Mb (3,9Mb) / 11,5in x 17,0in / 3456 x 5113 (300dpi)

Keywords

river Africa people male man men discovery country exploration guy continent British geography color colour Nile Scotland war location SCOTTISH Victorian century Britain soldiers soldier explorer concept river nile 19th century the Nile nineteenth century Scots geographical feature James Augustus Grant lithograph portrait Unknown Grant Historica Graphica Collection John Hanning James Augustus John Hanning Speke Speke John Hanning Speke lithograph portrait