La signalisation maritime en Tunisie (1881-1920) ou les phares de la présence coloniale
Two years after the landing of French troops in Tunisia, in 1883, the Plenipotentiary Paul Cambon appoints an Inspector General of Roads at the head of the Directorate of Civil engineering. While the Navy engineers are in charge of measuring the bathymetry of the coast and draw the first accurate ma...
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| description | Two years after the landing of French troops in Tunisia, in 1883, the Plenipotentiary Paul Cambon appoints an Inspector General of Roads at the head of the Directorate of Civil engineering. While the Navy engineers are in charge of measuring the bathymetry of the coast and draw the first accurate maps of the region, civil engineers survey the shoreline to determine the best locations for building beaconing facilities on the coasts of Tunisia. Fifteen years later, work is nearing completion after lighting the two fires of Ras Turgoness and Ras Tina at the top of two concrete towers, the first of the kind built in the world. Such an early success is remarkable in many respects, and the factors that made it possible have to be considered. It has to be stressed that nor the Bey’s services, nor the Ottoman power have never been consulted. Not a native sailor has been questioned, no local maritime authority has been sought to prepare this general plan for lighting and beaconing the Tunisian coast, one of the Major Works undertaken by the Imperial Republic. |
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| spellingShingle | Jean-Christophe Fichou La signalisation maritime en Tunisie (1881-1920) ou les phares de la présence coloniale Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée Navigation hydrographic reconnaissance sea beaconing lighthouses colonization |
| title | La signalisation maritime en Tunisie (1881-1920) ou les phares de la présence coloniale |
| title_full | La signalisation maritime en Tunisie (1881-1920) ou les phares de la présence coloniale |
| title_fullStr | La signalisation maritime en Tunisie (1881-1920) ou les phares de la présence coloniale |
| title_full_unstemmed | La signalisation maritime en Tunisie (1881-1920) ou les phares de la présence coloniale |
| title_short | La signalisation maritime en Tunisie (1881-1920) ou les phares de la présence coloniale |
| title_sort | la signalisation maritime en tunisie 1881 1920 ou les phares de la presence coloniale |
| topic | Navigation hydrographic reconnaissance sea beaconing lighthouses colonization |
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