The Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt, Esq.: Volume 2 - His Britannic Majesty's Late Consul General in Egypt (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
Release date:	May 2014
First published:	March 2014
Authors:	John James Halls
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	456
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-07468-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > History > African history > General
LSN:	1-108-07468-5
Barcode:	9781108074681

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