Library - Selected African Holdings

Library - Selected African Holdings

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Selected items with African Origination


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2022 English

Black and white photograph of a section of the wall of the temple at Dendera, Egypt. 1857. Dendera, or Dendara, was an important site from predynastic times on and is …


2022 English

Black and white photograph of the smaller of two temples on the site. 1857. Erment or Armant, known in ancient times as Hermonthis, is a site southwest of modern-day Luxor. …


2022 English

Black and white photograph showing the colossal statues flanking the entrance to the temple. 1857. Francis Frith, the photographer, was a world-wide traveler. He made a series of trips to …


2022 English

Black and white stereograph slide, #T 233 from Tour of the World, vol 5 and 6. Text on the back of the slide reads, "We are standing with our backs …


1899 English

1:5,600,000 Relief shown by contours and tints.


1897 Italian

1:15,000,000 Relief shown by hachured contour lines.


1897 French

1:21,000,000 Greenwich and Paris meridians.


1897 English

1:500,000 Title in upper margin: Madagascar.


1896 German

1:5,000,000 Relief shown by contours


1896 German

1:5,000,000 Relief shown by contours and spot heights.