Buganda

State · 1300–1894 CE · at its largest around 1700 CE

Ganda kingdom on the northern shore of Lake Victoria ruled by the Kabaka; it expanded at Bunyoro's expense from the 17th century and became a British protectorate in 1894.

On its lands while it lasted

• Speke and Grant’s expedition to the source of the Nile (1860–1863 CE): John Hanning Speke and James Grant travelled from Zanzibar to Buganda and in 1862 reached the Ripon Falls, where the Nile leaves Lake Victoria, then followed the river north to Egypt.

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