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MapCarta 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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MapCarta dimostrativa della Colonia Eritrea e delle regioni adiacenti alla scala di 1:250,000 "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
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