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1	The White Nile more books like this by Alan Moorehead The story of the Nile, from the Mountains of the Moon to the Mediterranean. The tale starts with Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke setting out to find the sources of the Nile. It continues with Baker of the Nile and his wife struggling with malaria, and of the famous greeting between Stanley and Livingstone. The book examines the results of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.98! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Blue Nile more books like this by Alan Moorehead An account of the course of the Blue Nile from the Ethiopian Highlands, through the Sudan and Egupt to the sea. The book contains an historical narrative which starts in the eighteenth century and ends in 1869. The period was dominated by four men: James Bruce, the Scot who journeyed to the supposed source of the Blue Nile, and stayed in warring ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.68! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff more books like this by Rosemary Mahoney, M.A. When Rosemary Mahoney, in 1998, took a solo trip down the Nile in a seven-foot rowboat, she discovered modern Egypt for herself. As a rower, she faced crocodiles and testy river currents; as a female, she confronted deeply-held beliefs about foreign women while cautiously remaining open to genuine friendship; and, as a traveler, she experienced ... see all copies from $4.89! new only from $7.81! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Mystery of the Nile: The Epic Story of the First Descent of the World's Deadliest River more books like this by Richard Bangs, Pasquale Scaturro A thrilling account of the greatest historical expedition of our time, this work highlights the first-ever complete descent of the Nile River in 2004. 16-page color insert. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Nile: The Life Story of a River more books like this by Emil Ludwig see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	An Egyptian Journal more books like this by Sir William Golding William Golding's interest in ancient Egypt has previously been expressed in two essays, and in the novella "The Scorpion God". This account covers his journey down the Nile in today's Egypt. He recalls his trip honestly and humorously, and shares his feelings about Egypt past and present. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources more books like this by Sir Samuel White Baker The quantity of ivory in camp was so large that we required 700 porters to carry both tusks and provisions, for the five days' march through uninhabited country. Kamrasi came to see us before we parted; he had provided the requisite porters. We were to start on the following day; he arrived with the Blissett rifle that had been given him by Speke. ... see all copies from $19.13! new only from $19.13! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs more books like this by Sir Samuel White Baker This being a concise summary of the Nile system, I shall describe twelve months' exploration, during which I examined every individual river that is tributary to the Nile from Abyssinia, including the Atbara, Settite, Royan, Salaam, Angrab, Rahad, Dinder, and the Blue Nile. The interest attached to these portions of Africa differs entirely from ... see all copies from $14.65! new only from $14.65! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile more books like this by John Hanning Speke Classic account of great explorer's second journey (1859-1860) to confirm Lake Victoria as source of the Nile. Exciting blend of adventure, exploration, geographic, ethnographic data. 70 illustrations. 2 maps. see all copies from $12.49! new only from $43.05! \| first editions
10	Blue Nile: Ethiopia's River of Magic and Mystery more books like this by Virginia Morell Sacred, mysterious, powerful, the Blue Nile has carved a deep channel through human history. From its source in the wild Ethiopian highlands, this river passes through some of the most untamed country on Earth as it rushes toward its desert rendezvous with the White Nile in Sudan. More than one adventurer has perished in the Blue Nile Corge, whose ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Kayaks Down the Nile more books like this see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Adrift on the Nile more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz A novel, first published in Arabic in 1966, by the 1988 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. A group of disaffected middle-class Cairenes venture out for a drive which sets off a chain of events that destroys their easy camaraderie and exposes the frailty of human relationships. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.02! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Genesis of the Pharaohs more books like this by Toby A Wilkinson Generations of scholars, tourists and armchair travellers have been intrigued by the puzzle of ancient Egypt's origins. Now, in the light of Toby Wilkinson's dramatic new discoveries, the genesis of the pharaohs is at last coming into focus. But the picture that emerges is not what we imagined. The ancestors of the pyramid-builders were not ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.00! \| first editions
14	Kayaks Down the Nile more books like this by John Goddard see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
15	My African Journey more books like this by Winston S. Churchill Originally published in 1908, this book describes the story of Churchill's trip to East Africa in 1907 when he was Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, accompanied by his Private Secretary, Eddie Marsh, and an uncle by marriage, Colonel Gordon Wilson. The party sailed from Malta in the cruiser "Venus" and arrived at Mombasa on 28th October. ... see all copies from $11.94! new only from $350.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
16	A Thousand Miles Up the Nile more books like this by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards Amelia Edwards was born in London in 1831, the daughter of an army officer. This book describes a 1000 mile journey up the Nile she undertook in 1873. Although the trip was initially undertaken to escape the rain in Europe, Edwards was no vacuous tourist; her lively account of Ancient Egypt's great antiquities made this book a bestseller of its ... see all copies from $19.49! new only from $70.54! \| first editions
17	Lovers on the Nile: The Incredible African Journeys of Sam and Florence Baker more books like this by Richard Seymour Hall see all copies from $1.99! new only from $74.87! \| first editions
18 view cover	Africa: Mother of Western Civilization more books like this by Yosef Ben-Jochannan In lecture/essay format, Dr. Ben identifies and corrects myths about the inferiority and primitiveness of the indigenous African peoples and their descendants. Order Africa Mother of Western Civilization here. see all copies from $17.28! new only from $29.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Journey to the Source of the Nile more books like this by Christopher Ondaatje Long fascinated with historical exploration, Ondaatje set out in 1996 to retrace explorer Richard Francis Burton's 1856 expedition to discover the source of the Nile River. Here he writes about his trek across the Serengeti Plains. 161 color photos. 20 maps. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Nile more books like this by Robert O Collins The Nile is the longest river in the world. In its route from the Lake Plateau of East Africa to the Mediterranean, the Nile flows for more than 4000 miles through nine countries: Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda, the Sudan and Egypt. The river begins in volcanoes and mountains with glacial snows and ends in arid deserts. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Discovery of the Nile more books like this by Gianni Guadalupi Through archival illustrations, contemporary paintings, prints and maps, Guadalupi tells the history of the exploration of the river and the explorers such as Livingstone, Stanley and Schweinfurth. The book also describes the campaigns mounted along its banks from the ancient Egyptians to the Napoleonic conquests to the slave and ivory trades. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $73.69! \| first editions
22	Black Folk Here and There: An Essay in History and Anthropology more books like this by St Clair Drake see all copies from $2.29! new only from $97.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
23	Riding the Desert Trail more books like this by Bettina Selby Bettina Selby decided to travel the 4500 mile length of the Nile valley by herself, from the Mediterranean Sea to the great lakes of Central Africa. She designed a special, bright-red "all terrain" bicycle, which took her from the pyramids, the great temples of Luxor and the Valley of the Kings to the Nubian Desert, from Cairo and the hospitality ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.15! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Quest for the Secret Nile: Victorian Exploration in Equatorial Africa 1857-1900 more books like this by Guy Yeoman This gripping account, illustrated with many prize-winning photographs, traces the tribulations and achievements of the men who walked in the footsteps of Herodotus and carried away the prize: the discovery of the sources of the Nile. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.63! \| first editions
25 view cover	Vintage Egypt more books like this by Alain Blottiere A Bugatti at the foot of the Pyramids, a local sailboat transformed into a sumptuous yacht, a few tourists in white suits and Panama hats...these are the images of a voyage in Eygpt under the last kings, Fuad and Farouk, between 1917 and 1952. Writers such as Rudyard Kipling and Andre Gide testify to the fascination of Egypt's "golden years" where ... see all copies from $66.08!

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