Travels to discover the source of the Nile : in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. In six volumes / by James Bruce of Kinnaird, Esq. F.R.S.
Imprint
Dublin : Printed [by William Sleater,] for P. Wogan, L. White..., and R. White, MDCCXC-MDCCXCI [1790-1791]
Vol. 6 has full and half t.p.: Select specimens of natural history collected in travels to discover the source of the Nile, in Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia.
Vols 1 and 6 are dated 1790; vols. 2-5, 1791.
Includes index and appendix, v. 6.
Contains 52 plates and 3 folded maps.
Vol. 3 printed by William Porter, v. 5 by Graisberry and Campbell, and v. 6 by Zachariah Jackson.
Volume 4
Original document: Book.
Summary
This 18th-century account describes a journey beginning at the Nile Delta and continuing to the headwaters of the Blue Nile.