#414 | The Quest To Find The Origin of T...

It's an amazing story of exploration, near-death experiences, and the most almighty feud.

In part one of our mini-series on The Quest To Find The Origin of the River Nile, we'll be telling the story of the first major expedition by British explorers, Sir Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke.

• Introduction to the search for the Nile's origin.
• Meet British explorers Burton and Speke on their mission.
• Challenges of Nile Exploration
• Burton's belief in Lake Tanganyika as the Nile's source.
• Speke's argument for Lake Victoria as the Nile's source.
• Intense Rivalry and Feud between Burton and Speke.
• Tragic Turn of Events: Speke's tragic death before the Nile's source could be confirmed.
• Unsolved Mystery: the Nile's true origin.

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