{"id":8083,"date":"2023-01-31T19:28:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T19:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/?p=8083"},"modified":"2023-02-20T18:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T18:03:57","slug":"narrative-of-the-euphrates-expedition-carried-on-by-order-of-the-british-government-during-the-years-1835-1836-and-1837-historical-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2023\/01\/31\/narrative-of-the-euphrates-expedition-carried-on-by-order-of-the-british-government-during-the-years-1835-1836-and-1837-historical-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition: carried on by order of the British government during the years 1835, 1836 and 1837 by Captain Francis Rawdon Chesney: Historical Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition\u2019, is a very detailed account of the navigation of the Euphrates by steamship, from Birecik to the Persian Gulf, a total distance of 1400 kilometres. In charge of the expedition was Captain Francis Rawdon Chesney whose goal was to establish a shorter, more direct overland route to India. <\/p>\n

His adventures also involved 22 days crossing the Arabian desert and a descent down the Euphrates by raft. <\/p>\n

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Capt. Chesneys Raft, in 1830, p.70 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Diyar Bekr p. 186<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The expedition\u2019s progress downstream was slow, arduous, and not without tragedy. Disaster struck when a tornado sank the smaller steamship `Tigris’ at a cost of 22 lives. \u201cFrom the moment of striking the bank until the \u201cTigris\u201d went down, it scarcely exceeded eight minutes , whilst the operation of sinking itself did not consume more than three minutes; indeed the gale was so very violent, that I doubt whether the most powerful vessel, such as a frigate, could have resisted unless she was already secured to the bank; and for this, in our case, there was little or no time, as it was barely possible, in the position of our consort, to make fast and save the vessel.\u201d p.178<\/p>\n

It is a rich and very colourful account of human endurance.<\/p>\n

This book is held in the Historical Collection for reference purposes only and can be consulted within the library. This item can be reserved via the library catalogue Discover<\/a> . You will need to sign in and then fill in the form under the heading “Get It”. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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