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Atlas This map has been uploaded by Electionworld from en.wikipedia.org to enable the Wikimedia Atlas of the World . Original uploader to en.wikipedia.org was Kenmayer, known as Kenmayer at en.wikipedia.org. Electionworld is not the creator of this map. Licensing information is below.
Description A map of Ethiopia in 1908, showing the location of the battle of Adowa, the first Italian settlement at Assab, Menelik's new capital at Addis Abeba. The border with Galla territory is based on an 1885 map and an 1890 map but is arbitrary. Abyssinia, French Somaliland, Eritrea.
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Source Created by Ken Mayer by superimposing layers over a map from the 1908 edition of Rand McNally & Co.'s Indexed Atlas of the World (Chicago, New York). http://rare-maps.com/MAPS_PIC/RAND-1908-ABYSSINIA.JPG
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(Reusing this file)		 PD-US The original map was printed in the U.S. in 1908 and is now in the public domain. I, Ken Mayer, release the recoloring into the public domain.


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The original map was printed in the U.S. in 1908 and is now in the public domain. I, Ken Mayer, release the recoloring into the public domain.

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current00:55, 1 November 2021Thumbnail for version as of 00:55, 1 November 2021348 × 472 (60 KB)Randomastwritterexpanded acquired land
23:18, 11 December 2006Thumbnail for version as of 23:18, 11 December 2006348 × 472 (39 KB)Electionworld{{ew|en|Kenmayer}} A map of Ethiopia in 1908, created by Ken Mayer by superimposing layers over a map from the 1908 edition of ''Rand McNally & Co.'s Indexed Atlas of the World'' (Chicago, New York). Shows location of battle of Adowa, the first Italian se

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