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colonial competition around an East African lake
By Pascal James Imperato
"Quest for the Jade Sea" was published by Westview Press in 1998 - Boulder, Co, it has 332 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Quest for the Jade Sea” Metadata:
- Title: Quest for the Jade Sea
- Author: Pascal James Imperato
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 332
- Publisher: Westview Press
- Publish Date: 1998
- Publish Location: Boulder, Co
“Quest for the Jade Sea” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Foreign relations - Politics and government - Discovery and exploration - European - HISTORY - European Discovery and exploration - Kolonialismus - Diplomatic relations - Africa, colonization - Africa, east, history - Religions
- Places: ➤ Ethiopia - Great Britain - Rudolf, Lake, Region (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: ➤ xvi, 332 p.,[12] p. of plates., maps. ;
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL345944M - OL1813108W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 38258160
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 98004983
- ISBN-10: 0813327911
- All ISBNs: 0813327911
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The last of the major African lakes to be visited by European travelers in the late nineteenth century, Lake Rudolf lies in the eastern arm of the great Rift Valley in present-day northern Kenya, near the Ethiopian border. Also known as Lake Turkana, Lake Rudolf is a large salt water body one hundred and fifty-five miles long and twenty miles wide; it has long been called the Jade Sea. Quest for the Jade Sea examines the fascinating story of colonial competition around this remote lake. Pascal James Imperato's account yields important insights into European colonial policies in East Africa in the late nineteenth century and how these policies came into conflict with a powerful indigenous and independent African state, Ethiopia, which itself was engaged in imperial expansion. As well as examining the political and diplomatic aspects of colonial competition for Lake Rudolf, Quest for the Jade Sea focuses on the expeditions that traveled there. Many of these were the field expressions of colonial policy; others were undertaken in the interest of scientific and geographical discovery. Whatever the impetus, their success required courage and much suffering on the part of those who led them. Whether as willing agents of larger colonial designs, soldiers intent on promoting their military careers, or explorers who wished to advance scientific knowledge, expedition leaders left behind not only fascinating chronicles of their experiences and discoveries, but also parts of the larger story of colonial competition around an East African lake.
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