The Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt, Esq. : His Britannic Majesty's Late Consul General in Egypt
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
ISBN-10
1108074685
ISBN-13
9781108074681
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 8th, 2014
Print length
456 Pages
Weight
586 grams
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21.50 x 14.00 x 2.90 cms
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African historyAfrican history
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This two-volume biography of the traveller and antiquary Henry Salt (1780–1827) was published in 1834. Volume 2 describes Salt's later career in Egypt, as a diplomat and especially as a pioneering archaeologist, as well as his negotiations over the future of his own spectacular collection of Egyptian artefacts.
The traveller and antiquary Henry Salt (1780–1827) hoped to become a portrait painter, but recognised his own limitations, and instead entered the employment of Viscount Valentia, embarking with him on an eastern tour in 1802. In 1805, Valentia sent him on a mission to improve relations with the rulers of Abyssinia. After a second expedition, this time on behalf of the British government, in which he made observations and collections of the local flora and fauna, he was appointed consul-general to Egypt, and in his spare time carried out excavations at Thebes and Abu Simbel. This two-volume work was published in 1834 by Salt's close friend, the painter J. J. Halls (1776–1853). Volume 2 describes Salt's later career in Egypt, as a diplomat and especially as a pioneering archaeologist, as well as his negotiations over the future of his own spectacular collection of Egyptian artefacts.
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