Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Hanning Speke NPG x14795

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Disdéri

After an eventful military career, Speke joined Richard Burton on expeditions to Somalia (1854-55) and the uncharted region of the east African lakes (1856-59). He was the first European to see Lake Victoria, which he christened in honour of Queen Victoria, and conceived the idea that the lake was the source of the Nile. His theory was rejected by Burton and a bitter public dispute ensued. On a second expedition (1860 -63), Speke visited the Ripon Falls. However, critics remained unconvinced because Speke... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.