Charles Chaillé-Long

Charles Chaillé - Long ( born July 2, 1842 in Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland, † 1917) was an American traveler Africa and member of the Egyptian army.

Chaillé - Long participated on the part of the Northern states at the American Civil War and entered 1870 as a Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff in the Egyptian army. In 1874, he was the expedition Charles George Gordon allocated and sent from there to King Mutesa I. in Uganda, came to the Ukerewesee and returned to Gondokoro. He discovered the Longsee ( Ibrahim Pasha Lake) between the orifice from Lake Victoria and Magungo.

After a short stay in Khartoum Long ran through 1875 the Bahr el Ghazal region and reached the area of Makraka - Niam Niam. He traveled both times on horseback, whereby the evil reputation of the tsetse fly has been significantly weakened.

In 1877 he returned back to the U.S., earned a degree from Columbia Law School in New York and was 1887-1889 General in Korea. At that time he also led a scientific expedition to Jeju -do.

Works

• Central Africa. Naked truths of naked people. In 1876.
• Egypt, Africa and Africans. In 1878.
• Three prophets: Chinese Gordon, Mohammed - Ahmed Arabi Pasha. In 1884.