| 单词 | Victoria Nyanza |
| 例句 | On reaching Nairobi, the men would take the train to Kisumu, and reach their homes in Uganda by steamer across the Victoria Nyanza. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Whilst curate in charge at Hurstpierpoint, his thoughts were turned by the murder of two missionaries on the shores of Victoria Nyanza to mission work. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z We arrived here yesterday on the fifty-fifth day from Victoria Nyanza and the one hundred and eighty-eighth day from the Albert Nyanza. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z As already indicated, the southern half of Victoria Nyanza and the eastern shores, in whole or in part, of Lakes Kivu, Tanganyika and Nyasa, are in German territory. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z In the region of the Victoria Nyanza there are no Sunningdales to be found, but the royal course of nine holes is considered a creditable thing. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z Only the medusa, which is found in Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria Nyanza and the R. Niger, has been found and it is doubtful whether a hydroid generation exists. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z Then, filled with the idea of opening a new route to Uganda, he set out and reached a spot near Victoria Nyanza in safety. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Between it and the Victoria Nyanza is an unknown region. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Of inland river systems there are four—one draining to Victoria Nyanza, another to Tanganyika, a third to Nyasa and a fourth to Rukwa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z Leaving Bagamoyo, November 17, 1874, Stanley reached Lake Victoria Nyanza in March, 1875, his journey of seven hundred and twenty miles being marked by pestilential fevers, struggles through thorny jungles, and scant food and water. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z Evidence has now been produced of the presence of a belated Hottentot or Hottentot-Bushman group as far north as the Kwa-Kokue district, between Kilimanjaro and Victoria Nyanza. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Just southwest of the Galla country, between the snowy peaks of Kenia and Kilimanjaro and the eastern shores of Victoria Nyanza, is a wide plateau section. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The Victoria Nyanza he computed to contain twenty-one thousand five hundred square miles, and to be nine thousand one hundred and sixty-eight feet above the sea level. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z In the northern part of the colony the Victoria Nyanza is the dominant physical feature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z The return journey, made as far as Lake Victoria Nyanza over unknown ground, resulted in the discovery of Mount Ruwenzori, a snow-clad peak under the Equator, estimated to be seventeen thousand feet high. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z It receives the Victoria Nile from the Victoria Nyanza, and the White Nile issues from its northern extremity. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide He reached the Nile about one hundred and fifty miles from Victoria Nyanza, and about sixty miles from the lake he was seeking. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z He did not lose a single man with it on his long journey from the sea to the Victoria Nyanza. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z The chief gold and iron deposits are near Victoria Nyanza. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z Compared with Niagara, Victoria Nyanza, or the great cataract at Yosemite, the falls of Schaffhausen depict no great splendour of aspect, though they are tumultuous and unqualifiedly picturesque. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine On Victoria Nyanza this disease depopulates whole villages. In Desert and Wilderness Next day, after crossing more of those abominable rush drains, while in sight of the Victoria Nyanza, we ascended the most beautiful hills, covered with verdure of all descriptions. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Following the river as it flowed eastward into the Victoria Nyanza, he found he entered another lake, thirteen miles long and some eight miles broad. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Of these the Masai and Wakuafi are found in the region between Victoria Nyanza and Kilimanjaro. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z Some minor successes, chiefly naval, were obtained by the British during the month of March, when they occupied Shirati on Lake Victoria Nyanza and established there a base for armed steamers. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources The "sudds," or the Nilotic obstructions of growing water plants, were cleared so that the young couple could in a comfortable steamer reach not only Fashoda but the great Lake Victoria Nyanza. In Desert and Wilderness Speke, his companion, continued the journey, and reached the lake, which he named Victoria Nyanza. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Stanley sent the following letter home to the young man's father, describing his sickness and death: "Kagehyi, on the Victoria Nyanza, "March 4th, 1875. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z British steamers on Victoria Nyanza maintain communication between the German stations and the take terminus of the Uganda railway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z Insect pests like the tsetse fly swarm around Lake Victoria Nyanza, while different fevers of peculiarly malignant varieties lie in wait to attack the European. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources The general direction of the expedition was at first nearly westerly, then turning to the north it was aimed for Victoria Nyanza. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The extent is believed to be not far from that of Victoria Nyanza, which covers an area of not less than thirty thousand square miles. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z At Uvuma, an independent country and the largest on the Victoria Nyanza, the hostility took a more determined form. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Yet in the most archaic Bantu dialects to the north of the Victoria Nyanza it is nowhere found in the form of Pa-. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Their magnitude, however, appears likely to be rivalled geographically by the lakes lately discovered in Central Africa, the Victoria Nyanza and the Albert Nyanza. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Six weeks were now consumed in a voyage around Victoria Nyanza. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History I saw that Old Father Nile, without any doubt, rises in the Victoria Nyanza. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Its altitude is three thousand seven hundred and seventy-five feet above the sea and but a few feet above Victoria Nyanza. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z It includes the district of Busoga on the north-east and all the archipelagoes and inhabited islands of the Victoria Nyanza even as far east as Bukerebe, except those islands near the north-east coast. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Three wires are strung on the same line of poles for five hundred and eighty-four miles between the Indian Ocean and Victoria Nyanza, where the monkeys give very complicated performances. Chatterbox, 1906 The course of march from Albert Edward Nyanza was nearly in a direct line to the Uzinja country, on the southwest shore of the Victoria Nyanza. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The natives had given Speke very graphic accounts of the Nile's westward course, after leaving Victoria Nyanza, till at length its waters fell into a large lake. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z One lady, seventy-five years of age, the old mother of the Valkiel, died in this manner in North Msukuma, south of Victoria Nyanza. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Congo, a few patches of quasi-Hottentot, Hamitic and Nilotic peoples between Victoria Nyanza and the Zanzibar coast, and the Bushmen and Hottentots of south-west Africa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" This could all be done over British territory, with the part over Lakes Victoria Nyanza and Tanganyika covered by hydroplanes. Opportunities in Aviation When he showed his map of Tanganyika and Victoria Nyanza to the President of the Royal Geographical Society in London, Sir Roderick Murchison was delighted. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Lake Victoria Nyanza he found to be nearly four thousand feet above sea level, or nearly two thousand feet above the altitude of Lake Tanganyika. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The queen of one of the islands in the Victoria Nyanza is a descendent of them. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z The minor operations along the Anglo-German frontier include the attack on Shirati—a German post on the southeast shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza—on Jan. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 In a bayou in the south-eastern corner of the Victoria Nyanza was the station of Ingonya, a brown scab on the face of the green earth. Witch-Doctors Here, indeed, was the Victoria Nyanza, "which a dazzling sun transformed into silver," discovered by Speke sixteen years before, and supposed to be the source of the Nile. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole These "seem to have an east and west direction, separating the wide basins of the Congo and Zambesi Rivers, and the mountains to the westward of Lakes Albert and Victoria Nyanza and Tanganyika." The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The next day continuing their course, they at last sailed into the bay, which forms the northeastern extremity of the Victoria Nyanza. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Meanwhile, the man to whom it was addressed was wandering from the upper Nile to Victoria Nyanza and beyond—where mail routes run out and end. The Tyranny of Weakness On the 16th they reached the Kitangule River, which falls into the Victoria Nyanza. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley To their intense surprise they found the missionaries had run three lakes into one, and the three lakes were Lake Nyassa, Tanganyika, and Victoria Nyanza. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole In 1889, a great lake lying three hundred miles northeast of the Victoria Nyanza was discovered. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z We confess there is something about this journey from the Victoria Nyanza to the Albert that we do not understand. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z We found them only in a short stretch of five or six miles, although they doubtless are found all the way down the Nzoia River to Victoria Nyanza. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country One of them was to return to Unyanyembe to enlist men to sail down the Victoria Nyanza in Stanley’s boats, for the purpose of meeting Sir Samuel Baker; but this, with several others, was dismissed. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley They had come from the Victoria Nyanza from which the Nile springs. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole On the old maps the Nyassa and the more northern lakes, Victoria Nyanza and Tanganyika, are given with a good deal of accuracy. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z But they moved off gayly over the swelling pasture-lands of Uganda, striking northwest toward the lake, which Stanley hoped to explore, as he had the Victoria Nyanza. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z You can find it on the map of the dark continent, standing all alone, just a little bit north of Victoria Nyanza, and surrounded by names that one has never heard of before. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country This is the place, to the southward of Victoria Nyanza, where Captains Burton, Speke, and Grant remained for a considerable time at different periods during their expeditions. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley The Victoria Nyanza had no connection with the Tanganyika. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole It was Speke's desire to proceed northward and then to the east, for the purpose of reaching the point where the Nile was supposed to flow out from Victoria Nyanza. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Much shorter was the route to Mombasa on the east coast, so Gordon advised the Khedive to occupy Mombasa and open a road to the Victoria Nyanza. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People A few days after I heard of this piece of good luck I was traveling across Victoria Nyanza on one of the little steamers that ply the lake. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country They proved to be Grant and Speke, who had just come from the Victoria Nyanza. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley The way to Victoria Nyanza lay through what is now known as German East Africa. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole "I had now seen quite enough to satisfy myself that the White Nile, which issues from Victoria Nyanza at the Ripon Falls, is the true or parent Nile." The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It hung as it were on a long string, the Nile, and from the largest lake, the Victoria Nyanza, the distance to Cairo in a straight line was nearly 2200 miles. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People We disembarked, or "detrained," as they say down there, at a little station on the railroad called Londiani, eight miles south of the equator and about eighty miles from Victoria Nyanza. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country To this magnificent lake Speke gave the name of Victoria Nyanza. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Evidence has been produced of the presence of a belated Hottentot or Hottentot-Bushman group as far north as the district between Kilimanjaro and Victoria Nyanza. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Here was the river which links the Albert to the Victoria Nyanza. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Colonel Patterson had been ordered for service on the Uganda Railway, which runs from Mombasa north-westwards through British East Africa to the great lake Victoria Nyanza, the largest source-lake of the Nile. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People There is a complete blank in the distribution of this last between the districts to the south of the Zambezi and those of East Africa between Victoria Nyanza and the Indian Ocean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The travellers’ great object was to reach the spot where the Nile was supposed to flow out of the Victoria Nyanza, and proceed down the stream in boats. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley They discovered Lake Tanganyika in February 1858, and Speke, pushing on during Burton's illness and acting on indications supplied by him, lighted upon Victoria Nyanza. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" This small or northern end lies about two hundred miles southwest of Victoria Nyanza Lake. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z He did not succeed in reaching the Victoria Nyanza, for the ruler of the country between the lakes had resolved to oppose with all his power any intruder, were he white man or Arab. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Naivasha and Kisumu, which adjoin the Victoria Nyanza, formed at first the eastern province of Uganda, but were transferred to the East Africa protectorate on the 1st of April 1902. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Victoria Nyanza, so called after Queen Victoria, had been discovered some years before. Stories That Words Tell Us These men had found the source of the Nile in the Victoria Nyanza. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 Rushing from the Lake Victoria Nyanza like a mountain torrent, it finally loses its impetuosity, and runs over extensive flats. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Gordon's scheme to connect the Victoria Nyanza with Mombasa on the coast has been carried out, and a railway has been constructed through British East Africa. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Jackson had been sent by the company in the same year to Victoria Nyanza, but with instructions to avoid Uganda. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The first of these, or the true Nile, has its source in Lake Victoria Nyanza, and the second rises in Abyssinia. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 When Speke discovered Victoria Nyanza in 1858, he at once concluded that therein lay the sources of the Nile. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi From here several routes lead northward to the countries surrounding Victoria Nyanza. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z He made first for the Victoria Nyanza, and circumnavigated the whole lake. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People In the same year a scheme was drawn up for assisting the immigration of British Indians to the regions adjacent to the coast and to Victoria Nyanza, districts not suitable for settlement by Europeans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Okara is the name by which Victoria Nyanza is known on the eastern side, and an arm of it, called Kavirondo, is about forty miles broad. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 Simultaneously, and in coördination with their advance, strong British columns were moving southward to the west of Victoria Nyanza. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. The southern boundary line runs in a northwest direction to the intersection of the Victoria Nyanza with the first parallel of north latitude. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The main movement, however, was eastward, skirting the Congo forests and passing down by the Victoria Nyanza and Lake Tanganyika. The Negro The country bordering Victoria Nyanza is typically tropical; the rainfall exceeds 60 in. in the year, and this region is quite unsuitable to Europeans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" In association with Captain Burton, Speke came much nearer to the "coy fountains," than at the Victoria Nyanza, but they all turned their backs on them. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 It is impossible to compute accurately the numbers of deaths from this disease—in the region of Victoria Nyanza alone the estimates extend to hundreds of thousands. Disease and Its Causes To the same effect, among the Wanyamwesi, south of the Victoria Nyanza, the children of a slave wife inherit, to the exclusion of children born of a legal wife. Sex and Society In the east it reaches below the Victoria Nyanza. The Negro Crocodiles are common in the larger rivers and in Victoria Nyanza. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The prosperity of British East Africa was greatly enhanced by the opening of a railway, 580 miles long, from Mombasa to Victoria Nyanza in 1902. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Grant and Speke, returning from Lake Victoria Nyanza, meet Baker coming up the Nile. 1861-62. The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known From Victoria Nyanza to the coast the river measures about 3400 m. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Crossing the waters of the Victoria Nyanza we come to Uganda, a region which has been entertainingly described by Speke. Primitive Love and Love-Stories Agriculture and other Industries.—In the coast region and by the shores of Victoria Nyanza the products are tropical, and cultivation is mainly in the hands of the natives or of Indian immigrants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" In this journey Thomson discovered two snow-capped mountains, Kilimanjaro and Kenia, and made known the resources of the country as far inland as the Victoria Nyanza. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) On their return Speke parted from Burton and took a route more to the north, from which he saw another great lake, which afterwards turned out to be the Victoria Nyanza. The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known In certain tribes we saw near Lake Victoria Nyanza, and on the upper White Nile, both men and women were practically naked. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The purely political events of the European continent dwindled to mere insignificance in the eyes of men who were making plans for steamboat lines on Victoria Nyanza or for railroads through the interior of Shantung. The Story of Mankind It had also been anticipated, in reliance on certain assurances of Prince Bismarck, emphasized by Lord Salisbury, that German enterprise in the interior of the country would be confined to the south of Victoria Nyanza. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" From the northern spurs of that mountain the dividing line ran in a north-westerly direction towards the Victoria Nyanza. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Lakes of the broad type are of moderate depth, the deepest sounding in Victoria Nyanza being under 50 fathoms. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Even apart from its size, the Victoria Nyanza is the most important among the enormous lakes of Central Africa. Freeland A Social Anticipation The present condition of the country between Mount Kilimanjaro and the Victoria Nyanza shows quite as great a mixture of species. The Naturalist on the Thames The German forces were greatly superior to those of the British in East Africa, and the Uganda railway from Mombasa to Lake Victoria Nyanza running parallel with the frontier was a tempting object of attack. A Short History of the Great War The gain of that part secured unimpeded access from the coast to the northern half of Lake Victoria Nyanza. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) In the region north-west of Victoria Nyanza the greatest additions to geographical knowledge were made by H. M. Stanley in his last expedition, undertaken for the relief of Emin Pasha. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 To the south-west stretched the sea-like expanse of the Victoria Nyanza, bounded only by the horizon. Freeland A Social Anticipation It exhibited the Victoria Nyanza of Speke, the Bangweolo of Livingstone, and the Upper Congo of Stanley, all obsolete for practical purposes years before this map was printed. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents Karungu was also besieged on Lake Victoria Nyanza, but relieved by a couple of British vessels; the invaders of Northern Rhodesia were beaten back; and a naval force bombarded Dar-es-Salaam and destroyed the wireless installation. A Short History of the Great War He first made clear the shape and extent of Victoria Nyanza; he tracked the chief feeder of that vast reservoir; and he proved that Lake Tanganyika drained into the River Congo. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) A further discovery was that of a large bay, hitherto unsuspected, forming the south-west corner of the Victoria Nyanza. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 When the shores of the Victoria Nyanza no longer contained anything unknown, our pathfinders penetrated the primitive forests of the hilly districts between Lakes Mutanzige and Albert Nyanza. Freeland A Social Anticipation One day a man stood on the north shore of Victoria Nyanza, and looking south he saw land. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents No small part of the north-western province of Ruanda had been lost as well: the Belgians had occupied Kigali and the British had driven the Germans from their shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza. A Short History of the Great War Others liked to wander from place to place, but the Baganda chose to settle down on the shores of the great Lake Victoria Nyanza, and to stay there always. People of Africa Pasha, accompanied by Dr F. Stuhlmann, made his way south of Victoria Nyanza to the western Nile lakes, visiting for the first time the southern and western shores of Albert Edward. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Notwithstanding all this, these dissolute plundering earls form the finest nation of the whole district east of the Victoria Nyanza--brave, strong, ingenuous, intelligent, and, when they are once won, trustworthy. Freeland A Social Anticipation Why," said the writer, "I have stood on the north shore of the Victoria Nyanza and looked south and seen the southern shore. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents I now come to Victoria Nyanza; and about this I want to ask you some questions—viz. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II The chief spirit they feared and to whom they offered sacrifice was the spirit of their lake, Victoria Nyanza. People of Africa A small vessel was launched on Victoria Nyanza 1896 by a British mercantile firm, and a British government steamer made its first trip in November 1900. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 In the meantime, in the north-west, among our Kavirondo friends on the north shore of the Victoria Nyanza, events of another kind were preparing. Freeland A Social Anticipation The brutal German, whose crimes made the Akikuyu hostile to all whites, marked his path with blood from the Indian Ocean to Victoria Nyanza. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents With permission to descend "Murchison Creek," and to view "Lake Victoria Nyanza," Colonel Long, after a march of three hours, took boat. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 In this chapter we shall read about some of the people who live on the eastern side on the shores of the largest of all the lakes—the one called Victoria Nyanza. People of Africa In British East Africa a survey for a railway from Mombasa to Victoria Nyanza was made in 1892. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The Andorobbo are a race of hunters who, without settled residence, are to be met with throughout the whole of the enormous region between the Victoria Nyanza and the Zanzibar coast. Freeland A Social Anticipation He had traded for skins in some barbarous district near the shore of Victoria Nyanza, and knew half a dozen Bantu languages. The Eye of Zeitoon It wilfully misrepresents Dr. Livingstone in the matter of the so-called Victoria Nyanza. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 He had assured himself long ago that our party was at the bottom of Victoria Nyanza. The Ivory Trail In British East Africa a road connecting Mombasa with Victoria Nyanza was completed in 1897, but has since been in great measure superseded by the railway. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The chief command was not given to one of the officers present, but to a young engineer named Arago, living at Ripon as head of the Victoria Nyanza Building Association. Freeland A Social Anticipation On his return to Kazeh he at once declared that the Victoria Nyanza and its affluents were the head waters of the Nile, and that consequently he had discovered them. The Life of Sir Richard Burton On the return journey from Entebbe, Jinja, a port on the north side of the Victoria Nyanza, is usually called at. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures Before us was the pass through which the railway threaded over the wide high table-land before dipping downward to Victoria Nyanza. The Ivory Trail These peoples, from the Victoria Nyanza to the Zambezi, may conveniently be termed the ``Eastern Bantu.'' The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The powers of the khedives steadily increased, and in 1874-75 Ismail Pasha greatly extended the Egyptian territory, annexing the Soudan as far as Darfur, and finally to the shores of the lately discovered Victoria Nyanza. A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict He was convinced, he said, that the Victoria Nyanza was the source of the Nile, and he wished to set the matter at rest once and for every by visiting its northern shores. The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thus Mukasa, the god of the Victoria Nyanza lake, who was propitiated by the Baganda every time they undertook a long voyage, had virgins provided for him to serve as his wives. The Golden Bough You see, there's no railway beyond Victoria Nyanza. The Ivory Trail The movement continued as far as the Victoria Nyanza. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Burton's illness prevented him accompanying Speke on the latter's visit to the lake now known as Victoria Nyanza. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile The railroad took them to Lake Victoria Nyanza, but they stopped at many places on the way, and made long excursions into the country. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography Five hundred and eighty miles of track unite Mombasa and Victoria Nyanza. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening You two fellows may as well go by way of British East Africa to Muanza on Victoria Nyanza, and on from there to the Congo border by way of Ujiji. The Ivory Trail As I understand it," said Monty, "slaves came mostly from the Congo side of Lake Victoria Nyanza. The Ivory Trail |
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