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10.12.16 (локальном времени Вашего часового пояса)
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ЛОТ 79:

GORDON CHARLES GEORGE: (1833-1885) British Army officer, known as Chinese Gordon.

Продан за: £650
Эстимейт:
200 £ - 300 £
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A.L.S., C.G. Gordon, four pages, 8vo, Southampton, 15th March 1881, to [Carl Christian] Geigler Pasha. Gordon commences his letter stating 'You have I think a copy of the Sudan History also one of Harar History….I would be very much obliged if you could have…[them]…copied and when you have a safe chance send them to me. However, whether you be afraid to do so, mind and take care of them and do not let them be lost to the world, when you do come home, send them to Berlin Museum. Of course I would like to have the three copies myself, but I do not want you to be in any trouble about the matter.' Gordon further writes 'Gessi has written to me from Cairo where he now is. I have heard nothing more of Buchta or his photos, in fact I never do expect to me remembered and I do not fret', also sending news of another individual who 'came to dismal grief' Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Gordon (stamp torn away). VGCarl Christian Geigler (1844-1921) Governor General of the Egyptian province of Sudan.Romolo Gessi (1831-1881) Italian Soldier, Explorer of north-east Africa, especially Sudan and the Nile River.Richard Buchta (1845-1894) Austrian Explorer. In 1877 he visited Khartoum, where General Gordon facilitated his journey to Emin Pasha at Ladó, on the Upper Nile.Charles Gordon made his military reputation in China where he was placed in command of the 'Ever Victorious Army', a force of Chinese soldiers led by European officers. In the early 1860s Gordon and his men were instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion, regularly defeating much larger forces. For these accomplishments, he was given the nickname 'Chinese Gordon' and received honours from both the Emperor of China and the British. Gordon entered the service of the Khedive in 1873 (with British Government approval) and later became the Governor-General of the Sudan where he did much to suppress revolts and the slave trade.