Ismailïa

A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt

By:

Samuel White Baker

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Ismailia 2 Volume Set

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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. In the second volume Baker continues the story of his mixed military successes in the south, and assesses his achievements in Africa.

Release date NZ

May 11th, 2011

Author

Samuel White Baker

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

30 Plates, black and white; 1 Maps

Pages

658

Series

Ismailia 2 Volume Set

Dimensions

37x216x140

ISBN-13

9781108030960

Product ID

10394011

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