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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this book, Thomson presents his findings on the source of the Nile River, one of the great mysteries of geography and natural history. He describes his travels throughout Africa, his encounters with local peoples, and his scientific observations of the river and its environs. Thomson's groundbreaking work laid the foundation for future research into the Nile and its role in African ecology and culture. This book is a seminal work of African exploration and scientific discovery.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this book, Thomson presents his findings on the source of the Nile River, one of the great mysteries of geography and natural history. He describes his travels throughout Africa, his encounters with local peoples, and his scientific observations of the river and its environs. Thomson's groundbreaking work laid the foundation for future research into the Nile and its role in African ecology and culture. This book is a seminal work of African exploration and scientific discovery.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Octavo, 455 pages; blue embossed publisher's cloth with the tag of Remnant & Edmonds of London at rear pastedown, unopened, untrimmed, repaired tear at top of spine, inked name on title-page, light dampstain on fore-edge of the top cover. Note: publisher's cloth binding tag at rear from Remnant & Edmonds. Lepsius was the foremost Prussian Egyptologist. His three-year expedition to Giza in 1842 established him as the Father of the scientific discipline of Egyptology. He was also a prominent scholar in African languages. This is a translation of his Briefe aus Aegypten, Aethiopien und der Halbinsel des Sinai. His 12-volume work on the pyramids, DENKMALER AUS AEGYPTEN UND AETHIOPIEN, especially remains essential. Chromolithograph of Mount Barkal (Nubia), folding map of the Nile River, and a monochromatic plate. chromolithograph of Mount Barkal (Nubia), folding map of the Nile River, and a monochromatic plate (illustrator). …

Very good. Original linen stable. Folds into original linen binder with paper label. Size 34.5 x 25.5 Inches. This is James Wyld's c. 1885 large-format folding map of the Nile River between Aswan and Khartoum - essentially southern Egypt and Sudan. Produced during the early stages of the Mahdist War (1881 - 1899) and in the wake of the Nile Expedition, it is dedicated by Wyld to Lord General Garnet Wolseley, the leader of the expedition and one of the most decorated British military officers of the era. A Closer Look The map covers the Nile River Delta from the First Cataract near Aswan (Assouan) to Khartoum, where the White Nile (Bahr al Abyad) and Blue Nile (Bahr al-Azraq) converge. A high level of detail is maintained throughout, including hundreds of settlements and historical ruins along the river and throughout the river delta, cataracts of the Nile, railway and telegraph lines, dry and seasonal riverbeds, caravan routes, wells, areas of elevation, and more. A wide range of supplementary information is included, such as the distance from Cairo to Aswan by rail and steamer, the ability (or lack thereof) of different types of boats to traverse the cataracts at different times (High Nile and Low Nile), railways that allow travelers to avert the cataracts, information on wells and sources of fresh water, and the camel breeding district of Wady el Kab managed by Kababish nomads. Blue numbers indicate the elevation of the river in feet above sea level, reaching a maximum of 1,188 at Khartoum. A small legend appears at the bottom towards the right, and Wyld's dedication to Wolseley is at the top left. An inset map at the right towards the top indicates the area covered by the map within the wider context of northeastern Africa. A second inset focuses on the area around the port of Suakin (Suakim), which strongly suggests that the map was printed in the late stages of or after the Nile Expedition, roughly in the second half of 1885. The Mahdist War This map is undated and only obliquely mentions conflict, but it was produced in the context of the Mahdist War, a massive religiously-inspired uprising against the rule of the British-backed Khedivate of Egypt beginning in 1881. The conflict was initially only one of many in the orbit of Britain's global empire, but it captured the public's imagination in 1884, when the charismatic adventurer-soldier Charles Gordon, acting beyond his orders from the British government, decided to defend Khartoum in a months-long siege, prompting the organization of a relief expedition. Charles George Gordon (1833 - 1885) was one of the more colorful and storied British imperial adventurers of the 19th century. Born to a family with a long line of British military service, he attended a military academy and then served in the Royal Engineers during the Crimean War with great distinction. Already at a young age, Gordon had a reputation for pluckiness and for disregarding orders, which would ultimately be his undoing. Finding peacetime life uninteresting, Gordon volunteered to fight in China during the Second Opium War (1856-1860), which he arrived too late to participate in, instead finding work in Shanghai leading a multinational group of mercenaries known as the Ever Victorious Army against the rebels of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He gained a reputation for honesty and effectiveness, imposing strict discipline on his mercenary force that was otherwise prone to plunder, rape, and corruption. Gordon was highly decorated by the Tongzhi Emperor and was praised by the foreign community in China, earning him the nickname 'Chinese Gordon.' At the same time, his frankness, such as criticizing Chinese officials to their faces and refusing monetary rewards from the emperor, was seen as uncouth and impudent. After his service to the emperor in China, Gordon found employment with the Egyptian Khedive government, which appointed him as governor of their southern Equatoria province, over which they had only nom.…