THE RARE NILE CAMPAIGN 1884-5 PAIR AWARDED TO E. A. FLOYER, INSPECTOR GENERAL OF EGYPTIAN TELEGRAPHS, A SCHOLAR, EXPLORER AND SCIENTIST, WHO ACCOMPANIED KITCHENER ON HIS MISSION TO SEE THE MUDIR OF DONGOLA, AND SUBSEQUENT DISGUISED FORAYS FROM DEBBA. KNOWN TO GENERAL GORDON, HE CORRESPONDED WITH HIM AT KHARTOUM, AND ALSO HEAVILY CONTRIBUTED TO SIR REGINALD WINGATE’S HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGNS

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, UNDATED REVERSE, CLASP, THE NILE 1884-85 ‘INSP: GENL OF TELEGRS E. A. FLOYER.’; KHEDIVE’S STAR, DATED 1884-6, UNNAMED AS ISSUED.

Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer, the British telegraph engineer and explorer, was born on 4 July 1852, at Marshchapel, Lincolnshire, eldest surviving son of the Rev. Ayscoghe Floyer by his wife Louisa Sara, daughter of the Hon. Frederick John Shore of the Bengal Civil Service. After education at Charterhouse from 1865 until 1869, Floyer served for seven years in the Indian telegraph service, being stationed on the coast of the Persian Gulf. On receiving his long leave, in January 1876, he started for the unexplored interior of Baluchistan. His journeys there occupied him until May 1877, and his observations and surveys earned him a reputation as a bold and intelligent explorer. His results were published in ‘Unexplored Baluchistan’ (1882), with illustrations and map. The narrative describes a journey of exploration from Jask to Kirman via Anguhran. There are appendices on dialects of Western Baluchistan and on plants collected.

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Condition GVF and rare. Sold with extensive copied research, and several photographic images of the recipient. Ex Noonans 2023.