James Bruce (14 December 1730 – 27 April 1794) was a Scottish traveller and travel writer who spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia, where he traced the origins of the Blue Nile.
Read more about James Bruce: Youth, To North Africa, The Nile and Ethiopia, His Claim, His Return, Legacy, Biographies, Editions of His Book
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