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27701 century
27702 there
27703 was
27704 a
27705 frenzy
27706 of
27707 interest
27708 in
27709 ancient
27710 Egypt
27711 At
27712 the
27713 same
27714 time
27715 European
27716 powers
27717 sent
27718 off
27719 waves
27720 of
27721 explorations
27722 intended
27723 to
27724 map
27725 the
27726 unknown
27727 corners
27728 of
27729 the
27730 globe
27731 and
27732 extend
27733 their
27734 colonial
27735 empires
27736 Richard
27737 Burton
27738 and
27739 John
27740 Hanning
27741 Speke
27742 were
27743 sent
27744 by
27745 the
27746 Royal
27747 Geographical
27748 Society
27749 to
27750 claim
27751 the
27752 prize
27753 for
27754 England
27755 Burton
27756 spoke
27757 twentynine
27758 languages
27759 and
27760 was
27761 a
27762 decorated
27763 soldier
27764 He
27765 was
27766 also
27767 mercurial
27768 subtle
27769 and
27770 an
27771 iconoclastic
27772 atheist
27773 Speke
27774 was
27775 a
27776 young
27777 aristocrat
27778 and
27779 Army
27780 officer
27781 determined
27782 to
27783 make
27784 his
27785 mark
27786 passionate
27787 about
27788 hunting
27789 Burtons
27790 opposite
27791 in
27792 temperament
27793 and
27794 beliefs
27795 From
27796 the
27797 start
27798 the
27799 two
27800 men