Search for the Nile's Source - The Ruined Reputation of John Petherick, Nineteenth-Century Welsh Explorer - John Humphries

Yn y cofiant hwn i John Petherick, mae John Humphries yn ystyried y cwestiwn a oedd y fforiwr a'r peiriannydd Cymreig o'r bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg yn fasnachwr caethweision ai peidio, neu a ddylai dderbyn clod am ei gyfraniad at yr ymgyrch i ddarganfod tarddiad yr afon Nîl.

English Description: In this book, John Humphries questions whether John Petherick was a slave trader or a victim of conspiracy on the Nile. The source of the Nile had long eluded and tormented explorers, and John Hanning Speke's discovery of Lake Victoria in 1858 elevated him to the pantheon of heroes of African exploration, alongside Livingstone and Stanley.

ISBN: 9780708326732

Awdur/Author: John Humphries

Cyhoeddwr/Publisher: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press

Dyddiad Cyhoeddi/Publication Date: 2013-08-27

Tudalennau/Pages: 192

Iaith/Language: EN

Argaeledd/Availability: Available

Cyfnod Allweddol/Key Stage: X