biography
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Bruce, James
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nickname the Abyssinian
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1730–94)
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| biography:
| Explorer, born in Larbert, Falkirk, C Scotland, UK. He became consul-general in Algiers (1763–5), and in 1768 journeyed to Abyssinia by the Nile, Aswan, the Red Sea, and Massowah. In 1770 he reached the source of the Abbai, or headstream of the Blue Nile. His Travels to Discover the Sources of the Nile was published in 1790. |
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