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James Bruce
Born
(1730-12-14)14 December 1730
Kinnaird, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Died
27 April 1794(1794-04-27) (aged 63)
Stirlingshire, Scotland
Occupations
Traveller
travel writer
Known for
Traced the origins of the Blue Nile
Notable work
Travels (1790)
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.
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