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"This is the first publication of the only pictorial record of the British Expedition to Egypt in 1800, in which Napoleon was defeated by Nelson and the British Army. Napoleon had, with his army, a civilian group known as the Savants, learned French men from number of disciplines, mathematicians, geologists, botanists, who were to measure and describe the proposed Colony of Egypt for the French. The landing of the British Army at Aboukir Bay, and then the British Navy, under Nelson at the Battle of the Nile, spoiled Napoleon's plans for the East and for Egypt. This work will appeal to students of the Napoleonic Wars and also to a wider audience interested in this aspect of the British in Egypt. The ""Egyptian Album"" is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada."

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"""... a valuable resource that provides a fascinating example of the imperial vision. Woolford's daily, selective (often suggested by Lord Dalhousie) visual representations of the British expedition constitute a discrete historical memorial to the British perspective of the imperial engagement."" - Prof. Carman Miller McGill University ""... opens upon the parallel paths left by two travellers and participants in the life and discovery of new and exotic material realities now made available for all those interested in the visual and social archives of Canada."" - Prof. John Fleming University of Toronto"""

... a valuable resource that provides a fascinating example of the imperial vision. Woolford's daily, selective (often suggested by Lord Dalhousie) visual representations of the British expedition constitute a discrete historical memorial to the British perspective of the imperial engagement. - Prof. Carman Miller McGill University ... opens upon the parallel paths left by two travellers and participants in the life and discovery of new and exotic material realities now made available for all those interested in the visual and social archives of Canada. - Prof. John Fleming University of Toronto

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