• Bold cartographic cover of Incidents on a Journey Through Nubia to Darfoor by F. Sidney Ensor
  • Original route map from Dongola to El Fasher
  • Original nineteenth-century map of El Fasher
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F. Sidney Ensor

Incidents on a Journey Through Nubia to Darfoor

Incidents on a Journey Through Nubia to Darfoor

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“Darfoor is an oasis, or rather a cluster of oases, in the south-eastern part of the great desert of Sahara. The country was annexed to the Egyptian dominions at the close of the year 1874; and, in the following year, owing to reports of its extraordinary fertility, it was decided by Ismael Pasha, then Khedive of Egypt, that a survey should be made for a proposed line of railway to El Fasher, or Tendelti, its capital town.”

“It was along this newly acquired ‘Wady Milkh,’ or Inalienable Valley, that the surveys and levels for the proposed line of railway, on which I was engaged, were to be made.”

A remarkable survey journey from the Nubian Nile toward Darfur—restored as a clean, mapped EPUB.

In the 1870s, civil engineer F. Sidney Ensor joined a survey for a proposed railway from Old Dongola through the Wadi al-Milk to El Fasher. His 1881 narrative records the route, desert travel, wells, markets, caravan logistics and encounters across Nubia, Kordofan and Darfur.

This Nile Book Store edition includes:
the complete English text; two large original maps, including the route from Dongola to El Fasher; the original decorative chapter artwork; a navigable table of contents; and a new Sudan-specific cover.

Map preview: The product gallery shows the two genuine large maps reproduced from the public-domain source edition. The book contains maps and decorative artwork, not narrative scene illustrations.

Historical context: This nineteenth-century European account reflects the terminology and assumptions of its era. Some descriptions may now be considered dated or offensive. It is presented unabridged for historical and research value.

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Author: F. Sidney Ensor · First published: 1881

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