"Mountians of the Moon"

The film "Mountians of the Moon" is based on two english explorers, Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke. They go on a expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. During there jorney there friendship grows. The scary part is that they were the only white men there. Sadly they were attacked and many of there men died. The cause was also illness and other diseases likr maleria. Many of there men betrayed them and ran away with there stuff. It was harder for them to survive without there belongings. They had to face many different situtions. In the movie they had to try to make peace with a tribe by offering them silk but they were just fascinated by his hair. The source of the Nile, Lake Victoria, was named after the British Queen. They thought if they discovered they have the right to name it so they did. Europeans had technological advanteges because they had weapons.The europeans had the ability to go through Africa with no problem because they had the power of machine guns. The africans had two choices wheather to let them pass through or get killed. At the point the Africans really didn't have a choice, the only way they could protect themselves was with spears and wooden shields. Basically the eurpoeans were in luck because without doing anything they were able to conquer.