9788121245982 - eight years in ceylon (2 Ergebnisse)
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Language: English. About the Book:-Nearly twenty years ago, when settled in the island of Ceylon, the author wrote this book. The lapse of this interval of time has produced many important changes; Ceylon has progressed, and is become one of our most prosperous colonies. It was reprint of the original ed…ition of 1874. The colony has been blessed with good government, and under the able administration of energetic governors, railways have opened up the interior; excellent roads have cut through the dense jungles, connecting distant points of the island with the capital; ancient tanks have in several districts been repaired, and the system of artificial irrigation has been successfully renewed. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future. About the Author:-Sir Samuel White Baker, KCB, FRS, FRGS was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He also held the titles of Pasha and Major-General in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. He served as the Governor-General of the Equatorial Nile Basin (today's South Sudan and Northern Uganda) between April 1869 and August 1873, which he established as the Province of Equatoria. He is mostly remembered as the first European to visit Lake Albert, as an explorer of the Nile and interior of central Africa, and for his exploits as a big game hunter in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Baker wrote a considerable number of books and published articles. He was a friend of King Edward VII, who as Prince of Wales, visited Baker with Queen Alexandra in Egypt. Other friendships were with explorers Henry Morton Stanley, Roderick Murchison, John H. Speke and James A. Grant, with the ruler of Egypt Pasha Ismail The Magnificent, Major-General Charles George Gordon and Maharaja Duleep Singh. The Title 'Eight Years In Ceylon written/authored/edited by Samuel W. Baker', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121245982 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 404 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol: 404.
