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∙ 14y agohttp://www.answers.com/topic/john-hanning-speke Searching for the source of the Nile in 1858, John Hanning Speke was the first European to sight it. He named it for Queen Victoria http://www.answers.com/topic/queen-victoria You mean, Lake Victoria, I suppose. Named after a British queen, Queen Victoria of England For more information, check here- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Victoria For more information on Queen Victoria, check here- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_victoria
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∙ 12y agoby David Livingstone
by John Hanning Speke
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∙ 6y agoThe Lake was named after Queen Victoria of England.
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∙ 7y agoUkerewe or Nalubaale
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∙ 13y agoQueen Victoria (Queen of England)
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What is the name of Africa's largest lake?
Lake Victoria
What is the name of a lake in Uganda?
Lake Victoria
What is the name of the lagest fresh water lake in Africa?
== == Lake Victoria
What lake in Africa is name after a British queen?
Victoria falls
Locate and name a large lake in eastern Africa?
Lake Tanganganyika is the name of the large lake.
Name you a lake in Africa?
Lake Victoria
What name is the large lake in eastern Africa?
The name of the lake is Lake Victoria.
What is what is the large lake in Africa?
The name of the lake is Lake Victoria.
Traditional name of lake Victoria?
lake Nalubaale
What is the name of africa's largets lake?
Lake Victoria
What is the name of the large lake is eastern Africa?
Lake Victoria, also known as Victoria Nyanza
What is the name of a lake in Africa?
Victoria
