LEADER 03099nam 22006135 450 001 9910437626803321 005 20230810171232.0 010 $a9783030516482 010 $a3030516482 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-51648-2 035 $a(CKB)5590000000433591 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-51648-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6463391 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000433591 100 $a20210125d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Travels of Robert Lyall, 1789-1831 $eScottish Surgeon, Naturalist and British Agent to the Court of Madagascar /$fby Gwyn Campbell 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (XIX, 415 p. 49 illus., 33 illus. in color.) 311 08$a9783030516475 311 08$a3030516474 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. From Scotland to Russia -- 2. Liberty and Reform -- 3. The Madagascar Mission -- 4. Expatriate Intrigue -- 5. Science and Sorcery -- 6. Servants and Slaves -- 7. Aftermath. 330 $aThis book explores the life of Robert Lyall, surgeon, botanist, voyager, British Agent to the court of Madagascar. Born the year of the French Revolution, Lyall grew up in politically radical Paisley, Scotland, before studying medicine, in Edinburgh, Manchester, and subsequently St. Petersburg, Russia. His criticism of the Tsar and Russian aristocracy led to an abrupt departure for London where Lyall became the voice of liberalism and calls for political reform, before appointed British Resident Agent in Madagascar in 1827, representing the interests of the Tory establishment that he had hitherto so roundly castigated. However, Lyall discovered that the Malagasy crown had turned against the British alliance of 1820, his scientific pursuits alienated the local elite, and his efforts to re-establish British influence antagonized the queen, Ranavalona I, who accused Lyall of sorcery and forced him and his burgeoning family to leave for Mauritius where he died an untimely death, of malaria, in 1831. 606 $aImperialism 606 $aGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aAfrica$xHistory 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aImperialism and Colonialism 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland 606 $aAfrican History 606 $aHistory of Science 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrica$xHistory. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 14$aImperialism and Colonialism. 615 24$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aAfrican History. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 676 $a941.07092 700 $aCampbell$b Gwyn$f1952-$0290154 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910437626803321 996 $aThe travels of Robert Lyall, 1789-1831$92124647 997 $aUNINA