Back جيمس بروس Arabic جيمس بروس ARZ James Bruce AVK Джеймс Брус Bulgarian James Bruce Catalan James Bruce Czech James Bruce German James Bruce Esperanto James Bruce de Kinnaird Spanish James Bruce Basque
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James Bruce | |
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| Born | 14 December 1730 Kinnaird, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
| Died | 27 April 1794 (aged 63) Stirlingshire, Scotland |
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| Known for | Traced the origins of the Blue Nile |
| Notable work | Travels (1790) |
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.