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AFRICA 88 Rare Map Of The Advance Of The Relief Column Sent To Rescue Gordon VERNER, M.M. 'SKETCH OF THE COUNTRY ABOUT METEMNEH. [key] [scale bars].' 'MM Verner Captain Rifle Brigade.' 'Wilh. Greve, Berlin - London.' 'Feb.y 1885.' London: Wilhelm Greve, 1885; lithograph, border: 229 x 345 widest: 231 x 345mm, in original outline colour. A good example. Detailed map of the country around Metemneh, in the Sudan, about ninety five miles north of Khartoum, on the Nile, scene of heavy fighting between the British and forces of the Mahdi. General Garnet Wolseley held the majority of his force near Gubat, outside Metemneh, which was held by the Mahdi's forces, but sent a forward party, commanded by Sir Charles Wilson, to race to Khartoum on river steam boats. This force arrived t<strong>here</strong> on 28th January, only to find Khartoum had fallen two days earlier. Attempting the return journey, two of the three steamers were sunk, although their crews were later rescued. The Army remained at Gubat in February, while the general and politicians decided what to do next. £300 89 Unusual Map Of Abyssinia From This Little Known Newspaper LIVERPOOL JOURNAL. 'MAP OF ABYSSINIA [rule] PRESENTED WITH THE LIVERPOOL JOURNAL [rule] SEPTEMBER 14 1867. [rule].' 'DAILY POST STEAM POWER LITHO. WORKS.' Liverpool: Liverpool Journal. September, 1867; lithograph, border: 260 x 333 widest: 262 x 333mm, in black and white. A good example. Uncommon map of Abyssinia (modern Ethiopia) prepared in anticipation of the British invasion of that country. Tewodros II, emperor of Ethiopia, had imprisoned the British envoy and other Europeans. To punish him, an expedition was assembled under the command of Sir Robert Napier. On 9th April 1868, on the plateau outside Magdala, Napier defeated the Ethiopian Imperial Army and four days later stormed Magdala, Tewodros's fortress capital, bringing the war to a successful conclusion. £300 90 Uncommon Plan Of The British And Dutch Attack On Algiers POCOCK, William Innes. 'PLAN of the Town and Mole of ALGIERS and it's VICINITY, WITH THE DISPOSITION OF THE British And Netherland Fleets; AUG.T 27: 1816.' 'Drawn by L.t W.I. Pocock.' 'Mutlow sc. 3 York St.r' 'Published for the Proprietor, by Mess.rs Cadell & Davies, Strand, May 15, 1817.' London: Thomas Cadell Jr. & William Davies, May 15, 1817; copperplate engraving, border: 226 x 340 widest: 234 x 340 platemark: 282 x 385mm, with original colour highlights. On Whatman paper, watermarked 1816. A good example. Throughout the early modern period, the city of Algiers proved a thorn in the side of Christian Europe. In the nineteenth century, it was a centre of the pirate slave trade; so, in August 1816 a joint Anglo-Dutch fleet was sent to remonstrate with the Bey of Algiers, and to secure the release of the British consul, who had been detained, and Christian slaves held t<strong>here</strong>. On the 27th, the fleet bombarded Algiers, forcing the Bey to release some 3,000 slaves, including over 1,000 Christians, pay restitution and promise to desist from the slave trade, a promise that lasted only for about as long as it took for the allied fleet to disappear over the horizon. £300 68
91 Scarce Map Of Sierra Leone WYLD, James Sr. 'MAP OF PART OF THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA EXTENDING FROM THE ISLES OF LOSS TO SHERBORO ISLANDS. PARTICULARLY EXHIBITING THE DISCOVERIES LATELY MADE TO THE N. E. OF SIERRA LEONE BY SURGEON O'BEIRNE AND MAJOR LAING. Compiled from the Original Documents in the Colonial Office. [rule] London Published by Ja. Wyld, Geographer to Her Majesty --- Charing Cross, East. 1843.' London: James Wyld Jr., 1843; copperplate engraving, map, widest: 650 x 897 border: 647 x 930 platemark: 661 x 961mm, in original colour. The lower section of the map, trimmed off, and rejoined with tape, by the publisher, to fold into a contemporary composite atlas. One short tear into the printed area, otherwise a fine example. Scarce large format map of Sierra Leone, West Africa, drawn by James Wyld Sr. from various contemporary accounts, including Alexander Gordon Laing's 'Travels in the Timanee, Kooranko, and Soolima Countries, in Western Africa ...' (London, 1825) and Brian O'Beirne's account of his exploration of much of the length of the River Gambia, and through the interior. This state not recorded on COPAC, which notes only two examples of the map, in any state. £380 92 HARRIS, Philip. 'BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF THE GOLD COAST, SHOWING THE BRITISH SETTLEMENTS, THE TERRITORY UNDER BRITISH PROTECTION, AND THE ASHANTEE COUNTRY COMPILED FROM THE LATEST GOVERNMENT SURVEYS. [rule] PUBLISHED BY POOLE & HARRIS, 23 KING S.T WEST.M.ST.R. ENT. STA . HALL.' 'PHILIP HARRIS.' 'CATLING, PRINTER, KING S.T' (2.ND EDITION, REVISED.) London: Catling for Poole & Harris, [ca. 1873]; lithograph, in full original colour. This map was probably published in 1873, in anticipation of Sir Garnet Wolsely’s attack on the Ashantee (Asanti) Kingdom in West Africa. After the Dutch ceded their West African possessions to the British in 1872, the British and Ashantee came into increasing territorial conflict. In 1873, the Ashantee King, Coffee Calcallee, determined to attack the British base at Cape Coast Castle. The timely arrival, in June, of a contingent of Royal Marines helped the heavily out-numbered garrison to hold out, until a large expeditionary force from England, commanded by Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley, arrived in October. Wolseley drove back the Ashantee Army, and pursued it into the interior; finally, in February 1874, he captured the Ashantee capita Kumasi (Coomassie), ending the war. £400 69 AFRICA
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