Search for the Nile’s Source
The Ruined Reputation of John Petherick, Nineteenth-Century Welsh Explorer
Distributed for University of Wales Press
- Contents
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List of Illustrations
Index to Persons in Narrative
Chronology
Introduction
1. From Merthyr to the Pyramids
2. Egypt and the Search for Coal
3. The Missing Years
4. Khartoum, Ivory and Slaves
5. Exploration and Trade
6. The Promise
7. The Journey
8. The Race
9. The Succour Dodge
10. A Very Public Quarrel
11. Unfinished Business
Conclusion
Notes
Appendices
Select Bibliography
Index
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