Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914The partition of Africa was one of the most spectacular episodes in modern history. For Europeans, Africa was still an unknown continent in 1880. Thirty years later almost all of it was under European control. This race for colonies went hand in hand with a host of thrilling exploits and dramatic conflicts, of which Stanley's exploration of the Congo and Gordon's death in Khartoum are just two examples. |
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... Nile , just above its confluence with the Sobat . It had been founded in 1855 as an Egyptian antislavery control station among the Shilluks and was , in Queen Victoria's words , " so miserable and small ... NILE STRATEGY Egypt and the Nile.
... Nile some time before . He had even visited Egypt on his honeymoon , and in 1880 he had had his mind con- centrated upon the Nile for good by General Gordon . The Congo was not enough for His Majesty ; he thought it too " prosaic . " The ...
... Nile and on 10 July , at 1700 hours , he was in Fashoda . Marchand had gained his objective , and yet he was not the first French- man to reach the Nile , nor even the first Frenchman to hoist the tricolor there . For the French had ...
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Divide and Rule: The Partition of Africa, 1880-1914 H. L. Wesseling,H. W. Wesseling No preview available - 1996 |