Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

Richard Burton and John Speke were the main characters in the movie.
They were sent to Africa to discover the source of the nile river. They went and did find it. The lake was named Lake Victoria , After the queen of England. Richard and jhon were also trying conquer Africa, Many men before tried but no one could ever succeed, Due to 2 main reasons. One that the people(Tribes)of Africa would kill them and two that many explorers would die of melaria , a disease caused by misquito bites. But now it was different because the cure for malaria was discovered and machine guns were invented, so they can protect themselves from the African tribes.