Britannia Discovering The Source of The Nile council estate Reading FC Football Team

Reading FC Football Team

24th January 1967

in a very short kilt

St Paul's Cathedral can be seen in the distance

Piccadilly (top) was designed by Sir Christopher Wren

Britannia Discovering The Source of The Nile council estate Reading FC Football Team'Britannia Discovering The Source of The Nile', 1863. Britannia says: Ah, Mr. Nilus! So I've Found You At Last! In July 1862, two British explorers, Speke and Grant, had arrived at the source of the River Nile. This discovery was formally announced at the Meeting of the Royal Geographic Society in May 1863 by the President of the Society, Sir Roderick Murchison. Here, we see Britannia, arriving at the home of Mr Nilus, pushing her way through dense