| LC control no. | n 50043379 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bruce, James, 1730-1794 |
| Associated country | Scotland Ethiopia Sudan |
| Birth date | 17301214 |
| Death date | 179404 |
| Field of activity | Discoveries in geography |
| Affiliation | Royal Society (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Explorers |
| Found in | Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 & 1773, 1804-1805: t.p. (James Bruce of Kinnaird, Esq., F.R.S.) Il signore delle sorgenti, c2002: t.p. (James Bruce (1730- 1794)) p. 29 (b. Dec. 14, 1730 at County Stirling, Scotland) p. 289 (d. April 26, 1794) Wikipedia, viewed 3 March 2023 (James Bruce of Kinnaird (14 December 1730 - 27 April 1794) was a Scottish traveller and travel writer who confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. He spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia and in 1770 became the first European to trace the origins of the Blue Nile from Egypt and Sudan.) |
| Associated language | eng |
 |  |  |
View this record in: MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
