1835 HC Map of Morocco Algeria Libya Egypt Gazetteer!

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1835 Double Page Hand Colored Map of North Africa by A.H. Dufour
"Marok, Alger et Tunis; Etat de Tripoli"
Hand Colored, with Gazetteer

"Le Globe", Atlas Classique Universel de Géographie Ancienne et Moderne pour servir a l'Étude de la Géographie et de l'Histoire, dresseé par M.A.H. Dufour, et revu par M. Jomard, Membre de l'Institut, avec une statistique jointe a chaque, et rédigée d'aprés l'abrégé de géographie de M.A. Balbi

Auguste Henri Dufour (1798-1865) published a number of atlases in the early 19th century. This map comes from 'Atlas Classique Universel de Géographie Ancienne et Moderne', published in Paris 1835 by Jules Renouard, Rue de Tournon, N. 6, Paris. Engraved by Giraldon-Bovinet. Map No. 26.

This superb authentic map of North Africa (Barbary Coast) shows Marocco (Empire de Marok), Algeria (Etat d'Alger), Tunisia (Etat de Tunis), Libya (Etat de Tripoli), and Egypt. Long gazetteer inset along left border contains the most interesting description Marocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya (Tripoli): borders, area, population, mountains, rivers, religions, languages, cities, commerce, revenue, and army. See pictures for more details; click image to view larger version.

It is customary to begin the story of the French conquest of Algeria in April 1827 when the dey of Algiers angrily struck the French consul with a fly whisk. Three years later the French conquest of Algeria began. The government of the dey, temporizing in the traditional way of confronting European demands and trusting that intervention from other European powers or from Istanbul might save the day, proved no match for the French army that landed on July 5, 1830 - Husayn, the last dey of Algiers, surrendered. There were efforts to reach settlements with the two principal resistance leaders who emerged after 1830, Ahmad Bey in Constantine and a native tribal Abdelkader, in western Algeria. Ahmad Bey repulsed a French attempt on Constantine in 1836, but was driven from the city the following year. The French signed two different agreements with Abdelkader (1834 and 1837), but after the French moved through territory claimed by him later, he countered with a major attack in 1839, driving the French back to Algiers and the coast. France decided thereafter on all-out war. Led by General Thomas-Robert Bugeaud, the campaign of conquest eventually brought one-third of the total French army strength (more than 100,000 men) to Algeria and lasted until Abdelkader, using hit-and-run tactics of tribal combat, was forced to surrender in 1847.

During the French invasion of Algeria in 1830, the sultan of Morocco , Moulay (Mawlay) Abd ar-Rahman (1822-59), briefly sent troops to occupy Tlemcen (Telemsen) but withdrew them after French protests. The Algerian leader Abdelkader in 1844 took refuge from the French in Morocco. A Moroccan army was sent to the Algerian frontier; the French bombarded Tangier on August 4, 1844, and Essaouira (Mogador) on August 15. Meanwhile, on August 14, the Moroccan army had been totally defeated at Isly, near the frontier town of Oujda.

In 1830, at the time of the French invasion of Algiers, Tunisia was officially a province of the Ottoman Empire but in reality was an autonomous state. Because the principal military threat had long come from neighbouring Algeria, the reigning bey of Tunisia, Husayn, cautiously went along with assurances from the French that they had no intention of colonizing Tunisia. Tunisia's security was directly threatened in 1835, when the Ottoman Empire deposed the ruling dynasty in Libya and reestablished direct Ottoman rule. Thereafter, the vulnerable beylik of Tunis found itself surrounded by two larger powers - France and the Ottoman Empire - both of whom had designs on Tunisia.

Part of the Ottoman Empire from the early 16th century, Libya experienced autonomous rule (similar to that in Ottoman Algeria and Tunisia) under the Karamanli dynasty from 1711 to 1835. In the latter year the Ottomans took advantage of a dispute over the succession and local disorder to reestablish direct administration. For the next 77 years the area was administered by officials from Istanbul and shared in the limited modernization common to the rest of the empire.

In May 1805 a revolt broke out in Cairo against the Ottoman viceroy, Khurshid Pasha. The 'ulama' invested Muhammad 'Ali as viceroy of Egypt . In 1831 Muhammad 'Ali embarked upon the invasion of Syria. The Ottoman army was defeated near Konya in Anatolia (December 1832), and in 1833 the Sultan ceded the Syrian provinces to Muhammad 'Ali. In 1839 Ottoman forces reentered Syria but were defeated by Ibrahim at the Battle of Nizip. Muhammad 'Ali's Arabian empire (which since 1833 had extended into the Yemen) crumbled around 1840.

Engraved area is 9.3 x 15 inches on 10.7 x 16.7 inches sheet. One centerfold as issued. Original hand color; simple but decorative border. The condition is excellent. Will look great with a mat and frame.

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