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The explorer of the Upper Nile River who discovered Lake Albert was Sir Samuel White Baker. His wife Florence was of Hungarian ancestry. He bought her in a slave market in Ottoman occupied eastern Europe. She was his Arabic translator during his explorations. Queen Victoria refused to invite her to court.


33 posted on 02/29/2024 8:10:22 PM PST by Hiddigeigei (.)
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Florence Baker
34 posted on 02/29/2024 8:15:47 PM PST by Hiddigeigei (.)
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