Ismailïa: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt (Cambridge ... - Travel and Exploration) (Volume 1) by Samuel White Baker - 2011-05-11

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Paperback / softback. New. The detailed account of a military expedition ordered by Ismail Pasha, Ottoman ruler of Egypt, to suppress the slave trade of Central Africa between 1869 and 1873. The first volume starts with preparations for the voyage and ends with Baker having established stability in Gondokoro and about to march south.

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ISBN: 9781108030953
Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (May 11, 2011)
2 Volume set, Paperback, Vol 1 447 pages, Vol 2 588 pages
Sir Samuel White Baker (1821-1893) was a traveler 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… Read More