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He travelled in [[Egypt]], [[Nubia]], and [[Ethiopia]], collecting minerals and making observations. He was a part of the military expedition that his patron Viceroy [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt|Muhammad Ali]] sent south to conquer the [[Kingdom of Sennar]], but also marched further into [[Fazogli]] where Caillaud searched for outcroppings of [[gold]] while the commander Ismail, son of Muhammad Ali, enslaved locals and slaughtered all who resisted him. Although he failed to find any sizeable deposits of gold in the mountains along the modern [[Sudan]]-Ethiopia border, he did make a sufficiently detailed survey of the area to be published after he returned to France in 1827. |
He travelled in [[Egypt]], [[Nubia]], and [[Ethiopia]], collecting minerals and making observations. He was a part of the military expedition that his patron Viceroy [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt|Muhammad Ali]] sent south to conquer the [[Kingdom of Sennar]], but also marched further into [[Fazogli]] where Caillaud searched for outcroppings of [[gold]] while the commander Ismail, son of Muhammad Ali, enslaved locals and slaughtered all who resisted him. Although he failed to find any sizeable deposits of gold in the mountains along the modern [[Sudan]]-Ethiopia border, he did make a sufficiently detailed survey of the area to be published after he returned to France in 1827. |
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"Shortly after his return, he published Travels in the Oasis of Thebes, with never-before-seen information on the people and places of the Western Desert. His Travels to Meroë (mer-oh-ay) not only offered similarly pioneering information on the peoples and regions south of the Nile’s first cataract, but also constituted the first scientific survey of Sudanese monuments. In addition, he brought back a large corpus of correctly copied textual material that, along with objects in his newly acquired collection, helped the historian Jean-François Champollion decipher the hieroglyphic language of ancient Egypt. So esteemed were Cailliaud’s contributions to knowledge that in 1824 he was awarded the French Legion of Honor."<ref>Bednarski, Andrew and W. Benson Harer, Jr. 2013. [http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/201301/the.explorations.of.fr.d.ric.cailliaud.htm "The Explorations of Frédéric Cailliaud."] Saudi Aramco World. January-February 2013, pages 36-43.</ref> |
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He was [[curator]] of the museum at Nantes from 1836 to 1869. |
He was [[curator]] of the museum at Nantes from 1836 to 1869. |
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Frédéric Cailliaud (9 June 1787 – 1 May 1869) was a French naturalist, mineralogist and conchologist. He was born, and died, in Nantes.
He travelled in Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia, collecting minerals and making observations. He was a part of the military expedition that his patron Viceroy Muhammad Ali sent south to conquer the Kingdom of Sennar, but also marched further into Fazogli where Caillaud searched for outcroppings of gold while the commander Ismail, son of Muhammad Ali, enslaved locals and slaughtered all who resisted him. Although he failed to find any sizeable deposits of gold in the mountains along the modern Sudan-Ethiopia border, he did make a sufficiently detailed survey of the area to be published after he returned to France in 1827.
"Shortly after his return, he published Travels in the Oasis of Thebes, with never-before-seen information on the people and places of the Western Desert. His Travels to Meroë (mer-oh-ay) not only offered similarly pioneering information on the peoples and regions south of the Nile’s first cataract, but also constituted the first scientific survey of Sudanese monuments. In addition, he brought back a large corpus of correctly copied textual material that, along with objects in his newly acquired collection, helped the historian Jean-François Champollion decipher the hieroglyphic language of ancient Egypt. So esteemed were Cailliaud’s contributions to knowledge that in 1824 he was awarded the French Legion of Honor."[1]
He was curator of the museum at Nantes from 1836 to 1869.
Works
- Voyage à Meroë : au fleuve Blanc, au-delà de Fazoql dans le midi du royaume de Snnâr à Syouah tc.. 4 volumes Paris (1823–27), including an atlas
- Recherches sur les arts et métiers, les usages de la vie civile et domestique des anciens peuples de l'Égypte, de la Nubie et de l'Èthiopie. 2 volumes Paris (1822 ff.)
- Voyage à l'Oasis de Thèbes etc. 2 volumes Paris (1823)
References
- ^ Bednarski, Andrew and W. Benson Harer, Jr. 2013. "The Explorations of Frédéric Cailliaud." Saudi Aramco World. January-February 2013, pages 36-43.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Caill.
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