Finding the Source of the Nile River

We already know James May was the one that found it though

The fact that Diogenes was indeed right, and Ptolemy wasn't betrayed by believing his tale is truly heartwarming.

The fact that the Mountains of the Moon existed after all when it seemed like an urban legend was quite the twist I didn't expect. Usually with these "guesses" of what the unknown is is usually wrong, and when Ptolemy pushed the theory of the Mountains of the Moon being the source of the Nile, I thought it would be like his Geocentric model.

David Livingstone died from dysentery and malaria on 1 May 1873, at the age of 60, in Chief Chitambo's Village in North Rhodesia (now Zambia). His heart is buried in Africa, under a Mvula tree (now the site of the Livingstone Memorial), but his remains are buried at Westminster Abbey.

Stanley also uttered the most British statement ever: "Dr Livingstone I presume", after finding him missing in the middle Africa.

“He got the attention of King Leopold II” nothing good ever comes from getting Leopold 2’s attention

I climbed Mt.Stanley with my girlfriend, now wife, back in 1982. I've just been through my collection of diaries and letters to confirm this. In the same century it was first climbed. This is a little more encouragement to produce something of my two years traveling in Africa then (and the rest). Thank you Atlas Pro, I appreciate your work.

Have you ever thought about how amazing it is that people hundreds or even thousands of years ago drew such accurate maps of the world without satellite imagrie. Well, they had a few misses here and there but the shape of the continents and countries in maps closer to the modern era is really similar to what we can see on google earth.

I remember when Caelan hadn't even shown his face, now he's got a whole set for himself. My baby boy is becoming a man 🥲 Seriously, love how much you've grown the channel over the years. Keep up the good work.

This channel has been growing ever since. The fact he started showing his face might entail more in the future. For a geography nerd, this channel is a gold mine <3

Casting WonderWhy as David Livingstone was a genius move.

Contributions to the Nile are from all over the area. In Burundi, for example, tourists are guided to the source of the Nile and there is no question about the fact that the water eventually will reach the Nile.

Ptolemy was the atlas pro of his time, brilliantly grandstanding, I love it

15:10 he didn't claim it for Belgium and by extension himself, he claimed it for himself and by extension Belgium. It was only made actually Belgium's rather than simply his personal property a while later where even by the standards of the Belgians, who were probably the most brutal colonizers in the scramble for Africa, he was going too far and treating people too horribly. And honestly the fact that they had this line is in a way kind of worse than if they didn't. It's not just that they were so racist they convinced themselves Africans weren't even people, they just had so little care (or so much contempt) for these fellow human beings they were willing to treat them so brutally

Yo I absolutely loved this video. The topic, stories, info, and how you presented them were great. I think this is my favorite since your Ice Age series and that's saying something. I'd definitely enjoy more videos in this sort of style, with some more classic Atlas Pro style vids continuing as well. Great job and I loom forward to the next journey!

Honestly, this is the kind of story I have been missing from youtube for some time, at least on the geological side of things. Keep it up!!

Hey man, Im currently studying Geoscience in college along with a lot of biology/ecology modules and your videos have been fantastic at helping me with my work and for helping me learn more!

I found this channel about a week ago, and now I'm just binging everything. this is some top quality stuff!

Caelan, you are an incredible story-teller. I'm always really impressed by how you script it all out, and the lesson of this video took me by surprise. I'm sharing this with the many faculty at my college interested in climate change. Thanks for your great work!

Very much enjoyed this thorough video, and would very much love more like this. Maybe even a whole series about each continent’s longest and/or largest rivers and tributaries. Thank you for the constant content as always!!