speke

• Nome próprio referente a John Hanning Speke, explorador britânico que, junto com Sir Richard Burton, foi um dos primeiros europeus a explorar o Lago Tanganica; também descobriu e nomeou o Lago Vitória.

A proper noun referring to John Hanning Speke, an English explorer who, alongside Sir Richard Burton, was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered and named Lake Victoria.

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   John Hanning Speke, an English explorer who, with Sir Richard Burton, was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it.

   Explorador inglês

   • Speke's expedition to the African Great Lakes was a major achievement in Victorian exploration.
   • He and Burton had a famous dispute over the source of the Nile.
   • Speke named Lake Victoria after the British monarch.