Alexandro Buccianti Collection c1847

Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

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Napoleon Bonaparte was a general of the French Revolution (1789-1799); the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic from November 11, 1799, to May 18, 1804; Emperor of the French and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I from May 18,1804, to April 6,1814; and briefly restored as Emperor from March 20 to June 22, 1815. He conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in a disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. After his final loss to Britain and Prussia at the Battle of...

Alexandro, Buccianti., b. c1772

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Buccianti, Alexandro, b. c1772

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Alexandro, Buccianti (b.c1772) Alexandro Buccianti arrived in Egypt on 27 Jan 1795 to stay with his uncle George F. Buccianti 'who enjoyed a comfortable fortune, and honourable posts' and who was later (in 1798) acting British Consul when George Baldwin left Egypt owing to ill health. In the preface to his journal Alexandro Buccianti explains that from the arrival of Napoleon's Army onwards he kept 'precise note of all which took place' and 'in the various journeys which...