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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14 December 1730 Kinnaird, Stirlingshire
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Died |
27 April 1794 (aged 63)
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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