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MapAddis 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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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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