Sir Samuel White Baker (1821-1893) was a traveller and explorer. This two-volume work of 1874 is his account of a military expedition under Ismail Pasha (Ismail the Magnificent, 1830-1895), Khedive of Egypt, to suppress the slave-trade of central Africa between 1869 and 1873. Having found Egyptian citizens exploiting the population of the lawless central lands, Ismail determined to colonize and modernize the Nile basin (now southern Egypt and Sudan). He appointed Baker governor-general and major-general in the Ottoman army. Illustrated with over 50 plates and maps, and with Baker's lively observations of the country and of the society he was trying to reform, this book is a wonderful record of a lost world, and of an important stage in late Ottoman military expansion. The first volume starts with preparations for the voyage and ends with Baker having established stability in Gondokoro and about to march further south.
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22 Plates, black and white; 1 Maps
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 140 mm
Dicke: 30 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-108-03095-3 (9781108030953)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
1. Introductory; 2. English party; 3. The retreat; 4. The camp at Tewfikeeyah; 5. Exploration of the Old White Nile; 6. The start; 7. Arrival at Gondokoro; 8. Official annexation; 9. New enemies; 10. Destruction of the Shir Detachment; 11. Spirit of disaffection; 12. Vessels return to Khartoum; 13. Moral results of the hunt.
