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Departure from Zanzibar

When: October 1860
Where: Zanzibar
Part of: Speke and Grant leave Zanzibar to search for the source of the Nile

Speke and Grant departed Zanzibar in October 1860 to search for the source of the Nile.

Speke and Grant left Portsmouth on 27 April 1860. They departed from Zanzibar in October 1860. The expedition left Zanzibar in October 1860, marking the start of their journey to find the source of the Nile.

Sources

John Hanning Speke Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-15
James Augustus Grant Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-15

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