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Baker, Sir Samuel White

Baker, Sir Samuel White ( 1821 – 93 )
British explorer who traced the Nile tributaries in Ethiopia ( 1861 – 62 ). In 1864 , despite the opposition of Arab slave traders, he located the Nile source in Lake Albert Nyanza.

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