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Indri Debono was the first white man in recorded history to have discovered the fountainhead - the source of the Nile! He never bothered to record this exceptional discovery and we only know of it through the memoirs of Speke; the man credited with the feat. In 1862 Indri reached the Ripon and Murchison Falls, the outlets of Lake Victoria. Indri Debono (or Andrea) was from Malta.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.56.128.188 ( talk) 18:41, 18 October 2003 (UTC)
Are you sure about this? Rippon Falls used to be the outlet of the Nile from Lake Victoria, before it was drowned out by the Owen Falls Dam, but Murchison Falls isn't - it's on the White Nile but several hundred miles further downstream. SidneyStratton#
hi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.87.59.132 ( talk) 17:40, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Can anybody add a section on Speke's racial theories? I don't know anything about them, although I expect they may be unsavory, but they seem to have had an influence on colonial governance policies and thus modern events (e.g. genocide in Rwanda) and are probably worth discussing. 68.17.245.254 18:04, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
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In which regiment was he commissioned? Valetude ( talk) 16:39, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
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08:28, 6 July 2018 (UTC)"Local Church Missionary Society records indicate that Speke fathered a daughter whilst staying at the court of Muteesa I the Kabaka"
What records - and which society? You don't mean there was a Missionary Society keeping written records while Speke was there, do you?
Also:
"Speke fell in love with the elder girl, 'Meri', according to his diaries"
I have perused the book and I fail to see the basis for such a statement, unless where he says that he preferred to restrain the girl with "bonds of love" rather than with iron chains as suggested by the local Queen... any help?— Preceding
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Unsure how to add two references regarding Speke's death where it says 'citation needed'. I'm reading the book 'River of the Gods' and the author has that very same paragraph and two notes of reference but I don't know how to add them as they are from the London Times 1864. Kerby50 ( talk) 17:31, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
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Indri Debono was the first white man in recorded history to have discovered the fountainhead - the source of the Nile! He never bothered to record this exceptional discovery and we only know of it through the memoirs of Speke; the man credited with the feat. In 1862 Indri reached the Ripon and Murchison Falls, the outlets of Lake Victoria. Indri Debono (or Andrea) was from Malta.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.56.128.188 ( talk) 18:41, 18 October 2003 (UTC)
Are you sure about this? Rippon Falls used to be the outlet of the Nile from Lake Victoria, before it was drowned out by the Owen Falls Dam, but Murchison Falls isn't - it's on the White Nile but several hundred miles further downstream. SidneyStratton#
hi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.87.59.132 ( talk) 17:40, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
Can anybody add a section on Speke's racial theories? I don't know anything about them, although I expect they may be unsavory, but they seem to have had an influence on colonial governance policies and thus modern events (e.g. genocide in Rwanda) and are probably worth discussing. 68.17.245.254 18:04, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
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File:JH Speke.jpg, has been nominated for deletion at
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In which regiment was he commissioned? Valetude ( talk) 16:39, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
{{
cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires |journal=
(
help) - maybe someone with more military history knowledge can check if there is something else to consider. The dates in the article are now as given in the secondary sources.
Shyamal (
talk)
08:28, 6 July 2018 (UTC)"Local Church Missionary Society records indicate that Speke fathered a daughter whilst staying at the court of Muteesa I the Kabaka"
What records - and which society? You don't mean there was a Missionary Society keeping written records while Speke was there, do you?
Also:
"Speke fell in love with the elder girl, 'Meri', according to his diaries"
I have perused the book and I fail to see the basis for such a statement, unless where he says that he preferred to restrain the girl with "bonds of love" rather than with iron chains as suggested by the local Queen... any help?— Preceding
unsigned comment added by
2.34.77.130 (
talk)
18:15, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
Unsure how to add two references regarding Speke's death where it says 'citation needed'. I'm reading the book 'River of the Gods' and the author has that very same paragraph and two notes of reference but I don't know how to add them as they are from the London Times 1864. Kerby50 ( talk) 17:31, 14 June 2022 (UTC)