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The Abyssinian Expedition: a sketch in the town of Adigerat, 1868. Creator: Unknown.

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The Abyssinian Expedition: a sketch in the town of Adigerat, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by 'Count Seckendorff, a distinguished officer of the Guards in the Prussian Army, who accompanies the headquarters of this expedition...[showing] a portion of the town or village. The walled-in building on the hill is the church; the view shows also a few of the mud and stone huts which compose the village. This place, Adigerat, is about 120 miles from the seacoast at Zulla'. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM24A35_017

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Droits gérés

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27,9Mo (1,9Mo) / 32,7cm x 21,4cm / 3862 x 2522 (300dpi)

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