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Napoleon’s campaign in Egypt (1798)
On the Age of Revolutions map as “Egypt: the Pyramids & the Nile”
Jul–Aug 1798 — Bonaparte won in the desert’s shadow, but ten days later Nelson burned his fleet at Aboukir Bay, leaving the army stranded. The general nevertheless sailed home to seize power.
When Jul–Aug 1798 Type Battle site Chapter Rise of Napoleon (chapter 6 of Age of Revolutions)Atlas The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848 BATTLE SITE · THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS, 1775–1848 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical geography · Treaty between Prussia and France, Tilsit,9 July 1807 · Fondation Napoléon: The Duchy of Warsaw
Source details Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Selected, combined, reprojected and corrected by Maps of History as described per layer.. CC BY4.0 Made with Natural Earth; present coastlines support physical clipping, not historical political boundaries.. Public domain Treaty of Tilsit articles II, VII–XV: restored Prussian territories, cessions and Duchy of Warsaw.. Historical treaty evidence; no modern map copied Fondation Napoléon;1807 foundation and 1809 territorial enlargement.. Historical evidence citation; no map copied Annual source outlines can combine imperial claims with areas of control. The labels identify the historical role selected, while dates finer than the source interval are made explicit in these details.
Source political names are checked against military-control extents. Record 10792 is treated as continental Prussia, and temporary French campaign extensions are distinguished from treaty-state territory.
Displayed map state e 07 at 1807.55; chapter framing 1807.55. Where finer geometry is unavailable, monthly states use annual source references.
proxy: 1809 footprint for the 1807 settlement · proxy: 1809–1810 initial-size source for 1807 · proxy: 1809–1813 source used for the post-Tilsit 1807 settlement · reconstruction: July 1807 treaty-state reconstruction · vector: 1709–1808 · vector: 1721–1813 · vector: 1763–1808 · vector: 1769–1841 · vector: 1772–1810 · vector: 1775–1810 · vector: 1788–1808 · vector: 1788–1810 · vector: 1792–1829 · vector: 1796–1829 · vector: 1796–1835 · vector: 1800–1813 · vector: 1800–1814 · vector: 1800–1819 · vector: 1800–1821 · vector: 1803–1808 · vector: 1803–1810 · vector: 1803–1889 · vector: 1805–1808 · vector: 1805–1810 · vector: 1805–1813 · vector: 1805–1819 · vector: 1806–1808 · vector: 1806–1810 · vector: 1806–1813 · vector: 1807–1808 · vector: 1807–1810 · vector: 1807–1813
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