ETHIOPIA 3. Views in Abyssinia, lithographed in the Topographical Department of the...

ETHIOPIA 3. Views in Abyssinia, lithographed in the Topographical Department of the War Office, l867.

Album containing 1 map and 12 views, with accompanying text, of places in Abyssinia.

1) 'General Map of Abyssinia'. Scale: 1 inch to 100 miles. Compass indicator. Printed, coloured. Dimensions: 27 cm x 42 cm.

2) 'Pass of Taranta'.

3) 'Mountains of Tigre from Dixan'.

4) 'View of the Church of Hannes on the way to Axum.'

5) 'View of the Church of Atebi.'

6) 'View from the Ras's - House at Antalo'.

7) 'View of the Valley of Aouadi and of the Desert of Adal at the foot of the Mountains of Ifat.'

8) 'Review of Debra Berhan'.

9) 'View of the Mountain of Devra Damo'.

10) 'View of the Mountains of Samen and the River Tacazze.'

11) 'View of the banks of the Tacazze.'

12) 'View in the neighbourhood of the River Tacazze.'

12) 'Sketch of a scene half way down the pass of Atbara.'

Topics

International

Army

Maps and plans

Armed Forces (General Administration)

Africa

Lithographs include various sketches by Henry Salt (1780-1827; Consul-General in Egypt 1815-1827), who in 1802 was sent to explore India, Abyssinia, and other places, by George, Viscount Valentia, (later Lord Mountnorris). Salt's sketches were published in Valentia's Voyages and Travels (1809), and Salt's own Voyage to Abyssinia (1814). Lithographs also include sketches made by the French Scientific Commission, under the command of Lt. Lefebvre, sent by the French Government to Abyssinia in 1839.