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Blue Nile River (Ethiopia and Sudan)
River originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia that is a tributary of the Nile River
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Luigi Balugani's drawings of African plants : from the collection made by James Bruce of Kinnaird on his travels to discover the source of the Nile 1767-1773 / by Paul Hulton, F. Nigel Hepper, Ib Friis.
Paul Hope Hulton
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Date: 1991
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James Bruce of Kinnaird, having reached a fountain at Gisha (Abyssinia) regarded as the source of the Nile, uses a coconut to drink the water to the health of King George III and Empress Catherine the Great. Engraving by J. Gillray, 1793, after R.M. Paye.
Paye, Richard Morton, 1750-1821.
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Date: March 1793
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Reference: 667946i
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