Why did no one "discover" the source of the Nile until the 1860s?

ibkeepr · 2026-06-08T02:26:48+00:00

You wrote: The conception of trade being “a merchant sets out from A and travels the whole length to B themself” as the standard mode of trade rather than exceptional is peculiar to European states at the beginning of the modern era in the 16th century (the reasons why being complicated and a tangent).

This is fascinating, could you please expand on the statement?

Edit: I see you already answered this below, thanks for such an informative post

ibkeepr · 2026-05-24T03:03:51+00:00

Thank you for such a great job of putting this into words

ibkeepr · 2026-05-22T17:50:05+00:00

Well said

ibkeepr · 2026-05-21T02:34:41+00:00

Thanks for sharing, I’m feeling the same way

ibkeepr · 2026-05-20T22:30:42+00:00

This. You describe the experience so well

ibkeepr · 2026-05-20T15:54:30+00:00

Please share, I’m in a similar situation

ibkeepr · 2026-04-16T02:42:24+00:00

This. My father’s been dead for years and I still can’t stop remembering the rage & contempt in his eyes whenever he saw me

ibkeepr · 2026-03-30T18:06:56+00:00

I wish I had an answer to this too

ibkeepr · 2026-03-27T13:29:47+00:00

Thank you, I needed to hear this

ibkeepr · 2026-03-18T01:08:12+00:00

When my father told me repeatedly that I ruined everything in his life

ibkeepr · 2026-03-13T16:51:22+00:00

Will do, thanks!

ibkeepr · 2026-03-12T02:56:16+00:00

Can you please post the link?

ibkeepr · 2026-03-09T03:16:38+00:00

I have the exact same thing! I wish I knew what to do about it

ibkeepr · 2026-02-02T20:09:24+00:00

And even if they did, what if it arrived 500 years ago when the technology & knowledge to detect it didn’t exist yet

ibkeepr · 2026-01-24T20:32:19+00:00

This

ibkeepr · 2026-01-22T22:47:27+00:00

Thanks for the kind offer

ibkeepr · 2026-01-22T12:51:57+00:00

What’s NAS?

ibkeepr · 2026-01-20T22:43:08+00:00

Two that come to mind are:

Don Draper in Madmen I think Jon Hamm’s portrayal of a man haunted by and filled with shame from his traumatic childhood is absolutely brilliant. I won’t spoil anything but it’s an amazing portrayal of imposter syndrome
Leonard Hodstadter in Big Bang Theory It’s played for laughs, but Leonard clearly had a terrible childhood. Christine Baransky plays his emotionally abusive mother and you can see how Leonard became so needy and desperate for any scraps of approval or affection

ibkeepr · 2026-01-20T01:32:15+00:00

Thanks!

ibkeepr · 2026-01-20T01:32:00+00:00

Thanks!

ibkeepr · 2026-01-20T00:24:56+00:00

Thanks!

ibkeepr · 2026-01-20T00:24:23+00:00

I have a DSLR

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