Image:UpperNubiaAndAbyssinia1891map.jpg

[edit] Summary

This map, "Upper Nubia and Habesh (Abyssinia)," depicts a portion of East Africa some time around the year 1891. The depicted area includes part or all of the present-day countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.

Note that Abyssinia in the late 19th century only partially corresponds with modern Ethiopia. Addis Ababa and Adama (a.k.a. Nazareth) are not even shown, and may not have existed as such when this map was being developed. (Addis Ababa was founded in 1886.) For comparison's sake, both of these cities lie in the approximate center of modern Ethiopia, but on this map they would be shown near the southern border of the yellow-shaded area. (Addis Ababa lies within a few miles of the point marked "Gara Gorfu," which I believe is a mountain.)

This map was evidently removed from an atlas. I do not have any details about the original book, except that it was published in 1891. Based on the information in the map (see previous paragraph), the date of publication may be even older than 1891.

Unfortunately the map is to large for me to have scanned it all at once. I scanned it twice, and pasted the two portions together. This is why part of the map is of a slightly different shade than the other.

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