Five Weeks in a Balloon Chapter 4

In which the intrepid traveller recounts the valiant efforts of many explorers who, driven by curiosity and resolve, have endeavoured to chart the vast and mysterious interior of Africa, from the sources of the Nile to the great lakes and kingdoms beyond the deserts and seas. We trace the arduous journeys of such men as Dr. Barth, Lieutenants Burton and Speke, and others, whose reports and hardships mark the slow unveiling of a continent still largely uncharted by European eyes.