[DOC] [TLE] John Hanning Speke - Wikipedia [PAR] John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827  15 September 1864) was an officer in the 
British Indian Army who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa, he is most 
associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European 
that reached Lake Victoria. .... It was this lake that eventually proved to be the 
source of the River Nile. [DOC] [TLE] John Hanning Speke | British explorer | Britannica.com [PAR] British explorer who was the first European to reach Lake Victoria in East ... 
Speke's conclusion about the lake as a Nile source was rejected by Burton ... On 
a second expedition (1860), he and James Grant mapped a portion of Lake 
Victoria. ... Nile River explorers James A. Grant, John Hanning Speke, Samuel 
White Baker... [DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - Historic Figures: John Hanning Speke (1827 - 1864) [PAR] 19th century explorer, discovered the source of the Nile. ... John Hanning Speke 
was born on 4 May 1827 in Bideford in Devon. ... the expedition, honoured Speke 
for his exploits and commissioned a second expedition in 1860 to resolve the 
dispute. Speke and Captain James Grant mapped a portion of Lake Victoria. In 
July... [DOC] [TLE] John Hanning Speke - Sir Richard Francis Burton [PAR] Speke supposed that Lake Victoria, which he discovered and named, while off ... 
Speke later returned to lead his own expedition, 1860-3, accompanied by ... 
SPEKE, JOHN HANNING (18271864), African explorer and discoverer of the 
source .... but was obliged to abandon the river owing to the hostility of the 
natives, and... [DOC] [TLE] The Nile's Source Discovered | History Today [PAR] John Hanning Speke discovered the source of the Nile on August 3rd, 1858. ... 
He named it Lake Victoria and believed, correctly, that it was the source of the 
Nile. ... The expedition left the coast in September 1860 but there were difficulties 
... have, which enabled doubters to question whether 'his' river really was the Nile
. [DOC] [TLE] Speke Monument - Safari Yako [PAR] John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827  15 September 1864) was an officer in the 
British Indian ... the search for the source of the Nile and the discovery and 
naming of Lake Victoria. ... The locals told of a vast river at the northen tip of the 
Lake Nalubaale ... Speke concluded that this must therefore be the Source of the 
Nile and... [DOC] [TLE] Into Africa: The Search for the Source of the Nile | Angus Carroll's Blog [PAR] Jun 10, 2010 ... The source of the River Nile  without a doubt the greatest of Africa's ... It is not 
known with any certainty how he came to this conclusion because his sources 
are lost in the mists of antiquity. .... John Hanning Speke and Sir Richard Francis 
Burton. ... There Speke discovered Lake Victoria, which he declared... [DOC] [TLE] Magic Safaris - National park - The Victoria River Nile [PAR] The river leaves the north end of Lake Albert as the Albert Nile, flows through ... 
The source of the Nile was discovered in the 1860s by John Hanning Speke, ... 
Speke's conclusion about the lake as a Nile source was rejected by Burton and... [DOC] [TLE] John Hanning Speke -- Britannica Academic [PAR] Speke's conclusion about the lake as a Nile source was rejected by Burton ... On 
a second expedition (1860), he and James Grant mapped a portion of Lake 
Victoria. ... The party then tried to follow the river's course, but an outbreak of 
tribal... [DOC] [TLE] Map of the Month | The Map House [PAR] Sep 29, 2016 ... To explorers, the discovery of the fabled source of the Nile was equal in ... For 
this enterprise, Burton recruited John Hanning Speke, a fellow .... Finally, with all 
these arrangements in place, the expedition set out from Zanzibar in late 1860. ... 
After all, he had located the mouth of the river at Lake Victoria and... [DOC] [TLE] John Hanning Speke - JStor [PAR] any doubt rises in the Victoria N'Yanza, and

Question: In the 1860s John Hanning Speke concluded that Lake Victoria was the source of this river
Answer: the Nile