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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.
James Bruce (born Dec. 14, 1730, Larbert, Stirling, Scot.—died April 27, 1794, Larbert) was an explorer who, in the course of daring travels in Ethiopia, reached the headstream of the Blue Nile, then thought to be the Nile’s main source.
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 is a multi-volume account by the Scottish traveller James Bruce (1730–94) of his journeys in the Horn of Africa, which includes an eye-witness account of Ethiopian history and culture, as well as a description of that country and the neighboring ...
Feb 18, 2020 · Like many of his wealthy contemporaries in the 18 th and 19 th centuries, Lord James Bruce of Kinnaird made the grand tour of Europe (see the companion blog to this podcast). Unlike many of them he also ventured further afield.
Nov 4, 2020 · Learn about the life and legacy of James Bruce, a Scottish adventurer who travelled to Ethiopia in the 18th century. Discover how he became a courtier, a friend of the royal family and a possible seeker of the Ark of the Covenant.
Jun 8, 2018 · James Bruce. The Scottish explorer James Bruce (1730-1794) introduced Ethiopia to the Western world and confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. He was the first modern explorer of tropical Africa. James Bruce was born on Dec. 14, 1730, near Larbert in Stirlingshire.
Born in Scotland in 1730, James Bruce of Kinnaird was an intelligent and fascinating man, described as tall, gruff and quarrelsome (Hibbert, 21). He attended Edinburgh University with the intentions of becoming a lawyer, but he decided against that career in favor of joining the East India Company.
