John Hanning Speke

John Hanning Speke, an army officer who had served in the Anglo-Sikh Wars of the 1840s, was fair, reserved and careful.

To the Source Judith Flanders 2011

Optional destinations include the Speke Memorial (John Hanning Speke found the source of the Nile, then got nervous about taking part in a debate regarding his discovery and, while hunting, managed to open a huge hole in his side with a shotgun), several buildings linked to Sir Walter Raleigh (beheaded) and various localities dedicated to people who came to extremely nasty ends.

A Guide to (Aargh! Chop!) Merrie England Joe Queenan 2011

And, like Sam, Burton was leaving behind a conflict, in his case a nasty row with his erstwhile exploring partner John Hanning Speke over which man had actually discovered the headwaters of the Nile at Lake Victoria.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

(Soundbite of insects and animals) THOMPKINS: The creepy crawlies you're listening to now are probably descendants of the ones that bit the Shinola out of John Hanning Speke and the other explorers who came looking for the source of the Nile.

Mystery On The Nile: Just Whose River Is It? 2010

(Soundbite of insects and animals) THOMPKINS: The creepy crawlies you're listening to now are probably descendants of the ones that bit the Shinola out of John Hanning Speke and the other explorers who came looking for the source of the Nile.

Mystery On The Nile: Just Whose River Is It? 2010

(Soundbite of insects and animals) THOMPKINS: The creepy crawlies you're listening to now are probably descendants of the ones that bit the Shinola out of John Hanning Speke and the other explorers who came looking for the source of the Nile.

Mystery On The Nile: Just Whose River Is It? 2010

And, like Sam, Burton was leaving behind a conflict, in his case a nasty row with his erstwhile exploring partner John Hanning Speke over which man had actually discovered the headwaters of the Nile at Lake Victoria.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

(Soundbite of insects and animals) THOMPKINS: The creepy crawlies you're listening to now are probably descendants of the ones that bit the Shinola out of John Hanning Speke and the other explorers who came looking for the source of the Nile.

Mystery On The Nile: Just Whose River Is It? 2010

The first European to see the lake was the British explorer John Hanning Speke in 1858.

Lake Victoria 2009

His first mission: to investigate the sexual assaults committed by a weird apparition known as Spring Heeled Jack; to find out why chimney sweeps are being kidnapped by half-man, half-dog creatures; and to discover the whereabouts of his badly injured ex-friend and new enemy, John Hanning Speke.

Introducing Burton & Swinburne Lou Anders 2009