Speke, JH (English spelling) SpekeJH

Japanese: Speke,J.H.(英語表記)SpekeJH
Speke, JH (English spelling) SpekeJH

...D. Livingstone also played a pioneering role in the exploration of the Nile and Congo river systems. Lake Victoria, the source of the Nile, was discovered by John Hanning Speke in 1862, and the Congo River system was discovered by H. Stanley's voyage down the entire course in 1876-77. All explorers made sure to report on the people and society of the lands they explored, which became the basis for Europeans' understanding of Africans.

From Uganda

...In the 18th century, trade routes to the Indian Ocean coast were opened, and Arab merchants arrived. In the mid-19th century, Europeans were eager to explore the source of the Nile, and in 1862, two Englishmen, JH Speke and JA Grant, became the first whites to enter Buganda. In response to a call for Christian evangelism in a newspaper article by Stanley, who visited the area next, missionaries arrived in Buganda one after another in the late 1970s and began missionary work. As a result, a religious war broke out between Muslims and Christians during the reign of King Mwanga in the late 1980s, with the latter gaining the upper hand. ...

From the Nile

…The southernmost point reached by the expedition was Gondokoro, about 500 km downstream of Lake Victoria. Instead of going up the Nile, it was British explorers RF Burton and John Speke (1827-64) who decided to go inland from the East African coast. They discovered Lake Tanganyika in February 1858. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Speke, JH" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…またD.リビングストンはナイル川とコンゴ川の水系調査に先駆的役割を果たした。ナイルの水源ビクトリア湖は62年スピークJohn Hanning Spekeによって発見され,コンゴ川の水系は76‐77年のH.スタンリーの全コース下航によって明らかとなった。探検家はいずれも探検地の人間と社会について報告することを忘れず,それがヨーロッパ人のアフリカ人認識の基礎となった。…

【ウガンダ】より

…18世紀にはインド洋沿岸との通商路が開かれ,アラブ商人が到来した。 19世紀中ごろ,ヨーロッパでナイル川の源をつきとめるための探検熱が高まり,イギリス人のスピークJ.H.SpekeとグラントJ.A.Grantの2人が1862年に白人として初めてブガンダ王国に入った。ついで訪れたスタンリーの新聞記事によるキリスト教伝道のよびかけに応じ,70年代末に宣教師が相ついでブガンダに到着,布教活動を始めたため,80年代末のムワンガ王の時代にイスラム教徒とキリスト教徒の間に宗教戦争が起こって後者が優位に立った。…

【ナイル[川]】より

…隊の達した最南地点はゴンドコロで,ビクトリア湖の下流約500kmの地点であった。ナイル川をさかのぼるのではなしに,東アフリカ海岸から内陸に入るというコースを取ったのはイギリスの探検家R.F.バートンとスピークJohn Speke(1827‐64)である。彼らは58年2月タンガニーカ湖を発見した。…

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