Collection Items

  • Map
    Hans Meyer's Ostafrika-Expedition 1911 Relief shown by form lines and spot heights. Published as a supplement to Mitteilungen aus den deutschen Schutzgebieten, Ergänzungsheft no. 6, 1913. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Moisel, Max - Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn - Sprigade, Paul
    • Date: 1911-01-01
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    Mission de Bonchamps de Djibouti au Nil Blanc, d'apres les tr...
    Mission de Bonchamps
    Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Title from index map. Prime meridian: Paris. Geographic coverage complete in 14 sheets. Includes index map 29 x 45 cm. LC copy imperfect: Sheets 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, and 14 wanting. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Gentil, A. - France. Service Géographique Des Colonies
    • Date: 1897-01-01
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    Addis Ababa region, Ethiopio Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Title supplied by cataloger. Geographic coverage complete in 4 sheets. Includes index diagram. LC copy imperfect: Sheet one wanting. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Italian East Africa. Comando Superiore Forze Armate. Ufficio Superiore Topocartografico
    • Date: 1937-01-01
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    Carta topografica della Colonia Eritrea alla scala di 1:100,000
    Title in lower right margin of each sheet: Carta della Colonia Eritrea | Carta della Colonia Eritrea
    "This set of 34 topographic maps was made in the early 20th century by the Italian armed forces. Italy, a relative latecomer to the scramble by the European powers for African colonies, took control of coastal areas of present-day Eritrea in 1885. The Treaty of Wichale (Uccialli) of 1889 concluded with Emperor Menelik of Ethiopia, gave Italy sovereignty over the territory that the Italians...
    • Contributor: United States. Army Map Service - Istituto Geografico Militare (Italy)
    • Date: 1909-01-01
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    Carta della Colonia Eritrea. Relief shown by shading, hachures, form lines, and spot heights. Title in upper left margin of each sheet. Geographic coverage complete in 36 sheets. Each sheet includes diagram of adjoining sheets. Some sheets include diagram indicating sources of compilation. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Each sheet embossed with the seal of the Istituto geografico militare in...
    • Contributor: Istituto Geografico Militare (Italy)
    • Date: 1889-01-01
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    Carta dimostrativa della Colonia Eritrea e delle regioni adia... "Italy, a relative latecomer to the scramble by the European powers for African colonies, took control of coastal areas of present-day Eritrea in 1885. The Treaty of Wichale (Uccialli) of 1889, concluded with Emperor Menelik of Ethiopia, gave Italy sovereignty over the territory that the Italians called Eritrea, a name derived from Mare Erythraeum, the Roman designation for the Red Sea. The Italian government...
    • Contributor: Istituto Geografico Militare (Italy)
    • Date: 1896-01-01
  • Map
    Carta della colonia Eritrea Relief shown by hachures, form lines, and spot heights. Geographic features in Italian. Reprinted from various editions originally published by the Istituto geografico militare, Italy. Index to adjoining sheets on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers. Field Survey Coy., 514th - Istituto Geografico Militare (Italy)
    • Date: 1941-01-01
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    Carta della colonia Eritrea Relief shown by hachures, form lines, and spot heights. Includes various editions of some sheets. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Istituto Geografico Militare (Italy)
    • Date: 1909-01-01
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    Somaliland Protectorate, 1:125,000 (approx) Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes index to adjoining sheets. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section - Great Britain. Directorate of Colonial Surveys
    • Date: 1952-01-01
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    Somaliland 1:250,000. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Geographic coverage complete in 17 sheets. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Accompanied by manual A.M.S. index (24 x 36 cm.). Includes index to adjoining sheets. LC copy imperfect: Sheets 1 and 3 wanting.
    • Contributor: Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section
    • Date: 1934-01-01
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    Somaliland 1:250,000. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Includes index to adjoining sheets. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section
    • Date: 1952-01-01
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    Die Deutschen und Britischen Schutzgebiete und Interessenspha... Covers Tanzania, Ruanda, and Burundi and portions of Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and Malawi. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. In upper left margin: Westliches Blatt. In upper right margin: Oestliches Blatt. Title printed in the top margin of the western sheet and the eastern sheet. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster...
    • Contributor: Kraatz, Leopold - Sprigade, Paul - Dietrich Reimer Verlag (Berlin, Germany) - Kiepert, Richard
    • Date: 1890-01-01
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    German East Africa. Covers eastern Tanzania near Tanga and the Kenya border. Relief shown by contours, form lines, and spot heights. Taken from German maps. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index diagram.
    • Contributor: Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section
    • Date: 1915-01-01