Film Lesson "Mountains of the Moon"

Mountains of the Moon was based on the explorations of Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke. They went to Africa in order to explore the Nile river and to find the source of the river as well. They went for Queen Victoria and the british empire. The first trip to Africa ended up being a mistake because the tribe that owned the land that burton and Speke were resting on, attacked them. Burton received a spear to the face that went through his cheeks. Speke was hit by a spear on both legs. The African tribe killed all of the African workers that were hired by Burton and Speke. Everytime a tribe saw the explorers they stopped and they were scarred because they had never seen a white man before, they touched there face and there hair to see if they were real. The explorers named the source of the Nile, lake Victoria. In honor of the queen. The Europeans had the advantage of having guns, This way they could defend them selves from the Africans that tried to attack them. Europeans easily conquered Africa because they had guns, especially the strength of machine guns. Machine guns were much more effective then the spears that the Afircans used.