Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure

沒有什麼能比19世紀中期探索者探索白尼羅河的源頭更多了。在1856年至1876年間，六位男性和一位非凡的女性接受了挑戰。 Richard Burton，John Hanning Speke，James Augustus Grant，Samuel Baker，Florence von Sass，David Livingstone和Henry Morton Stanley表現出極大的勇氣和韌性，在激烈的競爭中冒著生命危險和聲譽。獲獎作家蒂姆·傑爾（Tim Jeal）進行了一項引人入勝的新研究，為未經繪製的“黑暗大陸”，其叢林剝奪以及探險家的勇氣和惡意策略提供了生動的畫面。

在向東非和中非地區發起的多次襲擊中，旅行者經過幾乎難以穿越的地形，遭受肉食性潰瘍、癱瘓、瘧疾、深矛傷，甚至死亡的蹂躪。他們發現了坦噶尼喀湖和維多利亞湖，成為第一批遇到Buganda and Bunyoro王國的白人。Jeal用真實的細節編織故事，並探討了尼羅河搜索的悲慘意外遺留問題，這仍然給烏干達和蘇丹人民留下了長長的陰影。

Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in the fierce competition. Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped "Dark Continent," its jungle deprivations, and the courage—as well as malicious tactics—of the explorers.

On multiple forays launched into east and central Africa, the travelers passed through almost impenetrable terrain and suffered the ravages of flesh-eating ulcers, paralysis, malaria, deep spear wounds, and even death. They discovered Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria and became the first white people to encounter the kingdoms of Buganda and Bunyoro. Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan.

  Tim Jeal (Autor)

Publisher:Yale University Press 

ISBN:    978-0300149357 

原價   US 32.50 台幣價 NT$1080