GONDOKORO  , a See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government station and trading-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• BANK

bank of the upper See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile, in 40 54' N., 310 43' E . It is the headquarters of the See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

Province of the (See also:

• BRITISH

British) See also:

• UGANDA

Uganda See also:

• PROTECTORATE

protectorate, is 1070 M. by See also:

• RIVER

river S. of See also:

• KHARTUM

Khartum and 350 M . N.N.W. in a See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• LINE

line of Entebbe on See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria See also:

• NYANZA (from the ancient Bantu root word anza, a river or lake)

Nyanza . The station, which is very unhealthy, is at the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of a cliff 25 ft. above the river-level . Besides houses for the See also:

• CIVIL

civil and military authorities and the lines for the troops, there are a few huts inhabited by See also:

• BARI
• BARI (anc. Barium)

Bari, the natives of this See also:

• PART

part of the Nile . The importance of Gondokoro lies in the fact that it is within a few See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles of the limit of navigability of the Nile from Khartum up stream . From this point the See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to Uganda is continued overland . Gondokoro was first visited by Europeans in 1841-1841, when expeditions sent out by Mehemet See also:

• ALI

Ali, See also:

• PASHA

pasha of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, ascended the Nile as far as the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the rapids above Gondokoro . It soon became an See also:

• IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
• IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

ivory and slave-trading centre . In 1851 an See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• MISSION

mission was established here, but it was abandoned in 1859 . It was at Gondokoro that J . H .

See also:

• SPEKE, HUGH (1656-c. 1724)
• SPEKE, JOHN HANNING (1827-1864)

Speke and J . A . See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant, descending the Nile after their See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of its source, met, on the 15th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1863, Mr (afterwards See also:

• SIR

Sir) See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• BAKER, VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] (1827-1887)

Baker and his wife who were journeying up the river . In 1871 Baker, then See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the See also:

• EQUATORIAL

equatorial provinces of Egypt, established a military See also:

• POST

post at Gondokoro which he named See also:

• ISMAILIA

Ismailia, after the then See also:

• KHEDIVE

khedive . Baker made this post his headquarters, but See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel (afterwards General) C . G . See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon, who succeeded him in 1874, abandoned the station on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of its unhealthy site, removing to Lado . Gondokoro, however, remained a trading-station . It See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the Mandists in 1885 . After the destruction of the Mandist See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in 1898 Gondokoro was occupied by British troops and has since formed the northernmost post on the Nile of the Uganda protectorate (see See also:

• SUDAN (Arabic Bilad-es-Sudan, country of the blacks)

SUDAN; NILE; and UGANDA) .