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Book/Printed MaterialMoslem Egypt and Christian Abyssinia; or, Military service under the khedive, in his provinces and beyond their borders, as experienced by the American staff. William McEntyre Dye (1831-99) was a graduate of the United States Military Academy, a former colonel in the United States Army, and a veteran of the American Civil War. In late 1873, Dye entered the service of Ismail Pasha, the khedive of Egypt and Sudan, who was recruiting, with the assistance of General William T. Sherman, American officers to serve as advisors in his…- Contributor: Dye, William McEntyre
- Date: 1880-01-01
- Resource: - 525 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialVoyage en Éthiopie, au Soudan oriental et dans la Nigritie. Ouvrage accompagné d'un atlas de planches. Atlas catalogued separately: Trémaux, Pierre. Voyages au Soudan oriental et dans l'Afrique septentriionale. [1852-58], with call number: L963,T789v, in: afri,rb. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. digital files not viewed; td12 2008-11-5- Contributor: Trémaux, P. (Pierre)
- Date: 1862-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialAbyssinia. "Appendix" (p. [92]-104): Extracts from treaties, etc. relating to Abyssinia. "Authorities": p. [105]-109.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 130 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialFirst footsteps in East Africa, or, An exploration of Harar Appendices: 1. Diary and observations made by Lieutenant Speke, when attempting to reach the Wady Nogal -- 2. Grammatical outline and vocabulary of the Harari language -- 3. Meteorological observations in the cold season of 1854-5 / by Lieutenants Herne, Stroyan, and Burton -- 5. A condensed account of an attempt to reach Harar from Ankobar / [by William Barker] Includes index.- Contributor: Burton, Isabel - Barker, William C. - Burton, Richard Francis - Speke, John Hanning
- Date: 1894-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialVoyages and travels in India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806 George Annesley, second Earl of Mountnorris (1770-1844), was a British aristocrat who, in 1802-06, undertook an extensive tour of parts of Asia and Africa. He was accompanied by Henry Salt (1780-1827), a trained artist who served as his secretary and draftsman. Mountnorris published this three-volume account of his travels upon his return to Britain, under the name Viscount Valentia, the title by which he…- Contributor: Mountnorris, George Annesley
- Date: 1809
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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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Book/Printed MaterialThe Biography of the Knight of Yemen, Obliterator of the People of Infidelity and Commotion, Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan. Sīrat fāris al-Yaman wa mubīd ahl al-kufr wa al-miḥan Sayf ibn Dhī Yazan (The biography of the Knight of Yemen, obliterator of the people of infidelity and commotion, Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan) is a popular Arab folk epic. It is loosely based on the life of Sayf Ibn Dhi Yazan, who ruled Yemen in the late sixth century. Yemen became involved in the Persian-Byzantine…- Date: 1877-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialMen and Creatures in Uganda. This book is a first-hand account of a trip taken by John Bland-Sutton (1855--1936) in 1910 from the port of Mombasa (present-day Kenya) to Uganda and back to the coast via the Rift Valley of Ethiopia and Kenya. Bland-Sutton was a distinguished British surgeon who did pioneering work in several areas of medicine. His interest in the natural sciences is reflected in his careful…- Contributor: Bland-Sutton, John, Sir
- Date: 1933-01-01
- Resource: - 260 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialWhat Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile.
What led to the discovery of the source of the Nile The British explorer John Hanning Speke (1827-64) is famed for being the first European to visit Lake Victoria and to identify it as the source of the Nile. Speke undertook three African expeditions, the first two with the great explorer Richard Burton (1821-90), like Speke an officer in the Indian Army. In early 1855 Speke accompanied Burton on a voyage from Aden to Somalia…- Contributor: Speke, John Hanning
- Date: 1864-01-01
- Resource: - 221 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialBooks 1--5 of History. Ethiopian Story. Book 8: From the Departure of the Divine Marcus. Under the influence of Italian humanism and of his book-collector tutor János Vitéz, the Archbishop of Esztergom, Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1443--1490), developed a passion for books and learning. Elected king of Hungary in 1458 at the age of 14, Matthias won great acclaim for his battles against the Ottoman Turks and his patronage of learning and science. He created the Bibliotheca Corviniana, in…- Contributor: Polybius - Heliodoros - Herodian
- Date: 1400-01-01
- Resource: - 360 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialSpeech by the His Majesty Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, at the Assembly of the League of Nations, at the Session of June--July 1936.
Discours prononcé par Sa Majesté Haylé Sélassié Ier, empereur d'Éthiopie, à l'Assemblée de la Société des Nations, à la session de juin-juillet 1936 In the early 1930s, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was determined to expand Italy's African empire by annexing Ethiopia. In December 1934, a clash, provoked by the Italians, occurred between Italian and Ethiopian armed forces at Walwal on the Ethiopian side of the frontier with Italian Somaliland. Mussolini declared the incident "an act of self-defense" and thus not subject to arbitration under international agreements. Italy…- Contributor: Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
- Date: 1936-01-01
- Resource: - 25 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialEthiopian Gospels. This Gospel book was written in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, in the early 14th century, and was once owned by the Church of Saint George in Debre Mark'os. It was written by the scribe Mäṭre Krastos in the official liturgical language of Ethiopia, Ga'az. Most notable is its prefatory image cycle, which makes references to holy places in Jerusalem, such as Golgotha and the Holy…- Contributor: Mäṭre, Krastos
- Date: 1300-01-01
- Resource: - 504 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialEthiopian Gospels. This large Ethiopian Gospel book was made in the first half of the 16th century and is written in Ga'az, the traditional liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Containing 11 full-page miniatures, six canon tables, and five elaborately ornamented ḥarägs (headpieces), this manuscript represents the golden age of what has been termed the Gunda Gunde style, named after a monastery in the district…- Date: 1500-01-01
- Resource: - 431 pages
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MapArabia. This mid-19th-century British map shows the Arabian Peninsula and neighboring parts of Africa, including Egypt, the Sudan, and Abyssinia. The traditional Greek and Roman division of Arabia into the three parts of Arabia Petraea, Arabia Deserta, and Arabia Felix is used. Qatar is shown as Catura. Also indicated are Oman, Bahrain, and the territories of Mecca and Medina. The map emphasizes the vast, empty…- Date: 1860-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapA New Map of Arabia: Divided into Its Several Regions and Districts.
A New Map of Arabia: Divided into its several regions and districts This map of Arabia, published in London in 1794, is an English translation of a map by the French cartographer and geographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782). Appointed the first geographer to the king of France in 1773, d'Anville was one of the most important mapmakers of the 18th century, known for the accuracy and scientific quality of his maps. The work presented here is…- Contributor: Anville, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon D - Niebuhr, Carsten
- Date: 1794-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapNortheast Africa and Arabia Drawn to the Scale of 1:12,500,000.
Nordost-Afrika und Arabien im Maassstabe 1:12,500,000 This map of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula is from the sixth edition (1875) of Stieler's Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde (Stieler's portable atlas of all parts of the Earth), edited by August Heinrich Petermann (1822-78) and published by the firm of Justus Perthes. The map reflects the high quality of German cartography in the latter part of the 19th century and…- Contributor: Stieler, Adolf - Petermann, A. (August Heinrich) - Kramer, A. - Kuhn, Ernst - Hanemann, Fritz
- Date: 1875-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapArabia: According To Its Modern Divisions. "Arabia According to Its Modern Divisions" shows the Arabian Peninsula with the three-part division traditionally used in European sources into Arabia Petraea, Arabia Deserta, and Arabia Felix. Deserts, seaports, and the pearl beds along the coast are indicated. Qatar is shown as Catura. Four different distance scales--Arabian miles, Turkish miles, Persian parasangs, and British miles--are provided. Published in 1794, the map was compiled and…- Contributor: Dunn, Samuel, 1794
- Date: 1794-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapNewest Map of Arabia.
Neueste Karte Von Arabien This color map in German appeared as plate 80 in Grosser Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde (Large portable atlas of all parts of the world), published by the Bibliographic Institute of Joseph Meyer (1796-1856). The map shows the Arabian Peninsula as well as neighboring parts of Africa, including Egypt, present-day Sudan, and Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia). Colored lines are used to demarcate kingdoms and…- Contributor: Radefeld, Carl Christian Franz - Meyer, Joseph
- Date: 1845-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapArabia. This map of the Arabian Peninsula appeared in the 1856 edition of the world atlas that was first published by James Wyld (1790-1836) in 1824 and in successive editions by his son, James Wyld the younger (1812-87). Political divisions are indicated by colored lines and the scale is in English miles. Cities, towns, wells, and caravan routes to Mecca are shown. An annotation on…- Date: 1856-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapMap of the Arabian Coast, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf.
Carte de la Coste d'Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse This map of the coastlines of the Arabian Peninsula and adjacent regions is by the French hydrographer and cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-72). Bellin was attached to the French Marine Office for more than 50 years and specialized in producing maritime maps. He also made most of the maps for Histoire générale des voyages: ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer…- Contributor: Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas - La Harpe, Jean-François De
- Date: 1745-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapMap of Arabia, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea; Including Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia.
Carte de l'Arabie, du Golfe Persique, et de la Mer Rouge, avec l'Egypte, la Nubie et l'Abissinie This map of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding areas was most likely created by the French cartographer and hydrologist Rigobert Bonne (1727-94). It is probably a proof copy of the map of the same title published in his Atlas des toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre (Atlas of all known land surfaces of the globe). The Arabian Peninsula is the main focus of…- Contributor: Bonne, Rigobert
- Date: 1780-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapAsia: South Western Sheet. This map showing the Arabian Peninsula, Persia (present-day Iran), Afghanistan, and Baluchistan (present-day Iran and Pakistan) was copyrighted in 1858 by J.H. Colton & Company of New York. Coloring is used to indicate borders and certain provinces or settled areas. The map shows cities, mountains, and roads, and includes some notes on topographical features. The old Qatari city of al-Zabarah is shown. The map…- Contributor: Colton, G. Woolworth (George Woolworth) - J.H. Colton & Company
- Date: 1858-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapMap Outlining the Maritime Coasts of Arabia Felix, the Meccan Shores, and also the Red Sea, the Arabian Peninsula, Hormuz, Persia, from Sinda to the Indus River, Khambhat in India and Malabar, …
Deliniantur in hac tabula, Orae maritimae Abexiae, freti Mecani ; al. Maris Rubri ; Arabiae, Ormi, Persiae, suprà Sindam usque Fluminis Indi, Cambaiae Indiae & Malabaris, Insulae Ceylon, Choromandeliae, & Orixae, fluvii Gangis, & Regni Bengalae, situs item Sinuum, Insularum, Scopulorum, Pulvinorum, Vadorum, profunditatumque, dictis oris adjacentium, cum genuinis Singulorum locorum Nominibus, prout ab expertissimis navium Gubernatoribus Lusitanicis, indigetantur Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563-1611) was a Dutchman whose contributions to cartography were of great significance in breaking the Portuguese monopoly on trade and navigation in the late 16th century and in opening up southern Asia to the Dutch and later the English. As a young man, van Linschoten spent four years in Spain learning a trade. He then made his way to Lisbon,…- Contributor: Langren, Henricus F. Ab (Henricus Florentius) - Linschoten, Jan Huygen Van
- Date: 1596-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapArabia: With the Adjacent Countries of Egypt and Nubia.
Arabia : with the adjacent countries of Egypt & Nubia William Home Lizars (1788-1859) was a Scottish engraver and painter and the son of the engraver Daniel Lizars. This map appears identical to the one engraved by Daniel, which appeared in The Edinburgh Geographical and Historical Atlas published by John Hamilton in 1831. It is plate 47 of the atlas. Relief is shown by hachures, and scale is indicated in British statute miles. The…- Contributor: Lizars, Daniel - Lizars, W.H. (William Home)
- Date: 1831-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingA Galla Woman. In 1868, The Illustrated London News commissioned the Scottish artist William Simpson (1823--99) to cover a military campaign launched by Britain against Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia) to rescue several British officials and missionaries held by the Emperor Theodore (also called Tewodros II, ruled 1855--68). The commission was Simpson's first major work for the Illustrated London News and the beginning of a long relationship with the…- Contributor: Simpson, William
- Date: 1869-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page