- British, Description and travel, Discovery and exploration, Early works to 1800
Experiences of the Scottish explorer who rediscovered the source of the Nile on November 4, 1770.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- James Bruce
- First published
- 1790
- Pages
- 354
- Publisher
- Albion Press, James Cundee, printed for the editor; and sold by all the booksellers in town and country
- Editions
- 42
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9782845865013
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About James Bruce · 1730–1794
Scottish explorer
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