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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Samuel White Baker
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(1821–93, kt 1866) Explorer, big-game hunter and discoverer in 1864 of Lake Albert as one of the sources of the *Nile. His colourful adventures, described in his own books, were made even more dramatic by the fact that he was accompanied by his extremely courageous Hungarian wife, Florence.
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