Finding the Source of the Nile River

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  @chakraborty1989 · 4 years ago

  The fact that Diogenes was indeed right, and Ptolemy wasn't betrayed by believing his tale is truly heartwarming.

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• AL

  @alexrossouw7702 · 5 years ago

  Stanley also uttered the most British statement ever: "Dr Livingstone I presume", after finding him missing in the middle Africa.

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• XA

  @xavierkmuneku · 4 years ago

  David Livingstone died from dysentery and malaria on 1 May 1873, at the age of 60, in Chief Chitambo's Village in North Rhodesia (now Zambia). His heart is buried in Africa, under a Mvula tree (now the site of the Livingstone Memorial), but his remains are buried at Westminster Abbey.

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• ET

  @ethanomcbride · 4 years ago

  “Ptolemy was the Atlas Pro of his time”<br>This dude has ZERO trouble with his self esteem

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• EA

  @earlgreykin · 4 years ago

  I climbed Mt.Stanley with my girlfriend, now wife, back in 1982. I&apos;ve just been through my collection of diaries and letters to confirm this. In the same century it was first climbed. This is a little more encouragement to produce something of my two years traveling in Africa then (and the rest). Thank you Atlas Pro, I appreciate your work.

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• _R

  @_RM99 · 5 years ago

  We already know James May was the one that found it though

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• JA

  @janMelantu · 5 years ago

  “He got the attention of King Leopold II” nothing good ever comes from getting Leopold 2’s attention

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• OW

  @OwlRTA · 4 years ago

  The fact that the Mountains of the Moon existed after all when it seemed like an urban legend was quite the twist I didn&apos;t expect. Usually with these &quot;guesses&quot; of what the unknown is is usually wrong, and when Ptolemy pushed the theory of the Mountains of the Moon being the source of the Nile, I thought it would be like his Geocentric model.

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• CA

  @Callaxes · 4 years ago

  Casting WonderWhy as David Livingstone was a genius move.

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• AD

  @adamk4775 · 4 years ago

  Have you ever thought about how amazing it is that people hundreds or even thousands of years ago drew such accurate maps of the world without satellite imagrie. <br>Well, they had a few misses here and there but the shape of the continents and countries in maps closer to the modern era is really similar to what we can see on google earth.

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• VA

  @vattentaelt · 5 years ago

  Ptolemy was the atlas pro of his time, brilliantly grandstanding, I love it

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• AL

  @algernon5177 · 5 years ago (edited)

  This channel has been growing ever since. The fact he started showing his face might entail more in the future. For a geography nerd, this channel is a gold mine &lt;3

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