John Speke at Lake Victoria, AfricaAfrica explorer John Henning Speke, with Lake Victoria in background. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Queen of Uganda receiving British explorers Speke and GrantJohn Speke introduces James Grant to the Queen of Uganda. Hand-colored woodcut from Spekes Journal, 1864
Uganda natives, as described by John H. Speke, 1860sNatives near the residence of Ugandas King Mtesas uncle. Hand-colored woodcut from Spekes Journal, 1864
Mutesa I, King of Uganda, as described by John Henning Speke. Hand-colored woodcut from Spekes Journal, 1864
Speke entertained by the King of Uganda, 1861King Mutesa I of Uganda reviewing his troops, a woodcut from Spekes journal, 1864. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration