Today he gives the answer...
When I asked about the identity of the species depicted above, I actually didn’t know what it was. I initially thought it was an early depiction of the jungle cat (Felis chaus).
However, the image comes from James Bruce’s Travels to Discover the Souce of the Nile (1790).
The Scottish explorer James Bruce actually did discover the source of Blue Nile, which are the springs at Gish Abay in central Ethiopia. Contrary to the title of his work, he was not the first European to discover the source of the Blue Nile. He was, however, the first British person to trace its source.
And that’s all that matters, right?
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