Arctic explorations vs Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile: Which Should You Read?

Arctic explorations Elisha Kent Kane · 1856 273 pages · ≈ 5 h 03 m · Challenging

Narrative of organization and course of expedition to Smith Sound, wintering on north-west coast of Greenland, various surveys, abandonment of Advance and return to Upernavik in small boats.

Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile John Hanning Speke · 1863 424 pages · ≈ 7 h 51 m · Challenging

“My third expedition in Africa, which was avowedly for the purpose of establishing the truth of my assertion that the Victoria N'yanza, which I discovered on the 30th July 1858, would eventually prove to be the source of the Nile, may be said to have commenced on the 9th May 1859, the first day after my return to England from my second expedition, when, at the invitation of Sir. R. I. Murchison, I”

This classic book is Speke's firsthand account of his second expedition, an exciting blend of adventure, exploration, and geographic and ethnographic data. The book begins with the expedition's preparations, departure…