Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile vs The cannibal islands: Which Should You Read?

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…

The cannibal islands Robert Michael Ballantyne · 1850 ★★★★☆ 3.8 68 pages · ≈ 1 h 16 m · Challenging

“More than a hundred years ago, there lived a man who dwelt in a mud cottage in the county of York; his name was Cook.”

Travel back with author R. M. Ballantyne to the late eighteenth century and join Captain James Cook on his scientific expeditions to such exotic places as Tierra del Fuego, the islands of Tahiti and New Zealand, and the…