Africa history Gallery

EXPL2A-00139

Timbuktu in Africa, as drawn by Rene-Auguste Caillie, the first European visitor, 1828.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of Caillie's illustration

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1800s, 1828, 19th Century, Africa, African, Art, Caille, Caillie, City, Civilization, Commerce, French Sudan, Historic, History, Illustration, Mali, Native, Rene Auguste Caillie, Sahara, Sahara Desert, Songhai, Songhai Empire, Soudan, Sudan, Timbuctoo, Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Town, Trade, Travel, Vintage, West Africa

Cecil Rhodes and other British South Africa Company officials, 1896

Doctor Jameson, Cecil Rhodes, and J.T. Newton (left-right), administrators of the British South Africa Company, 1896.
Hand-colored haltone reproduction of a photograph

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1800s, 1896, 19th Century, Administrator, Africa, African, British, British Colony, British Empire, British South Africa Company, Cape Town, Cecil John Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Colonial, Colonial Administrator, Colonialism, Colonist, Colony, Doctor Jameson, Dr Jameson, English, Heritage, Historic, History, Imperialism, Jt Newton, South Africa, South African, Traditional, Vintage, Wealthy

Excavating the Sphinx, 1880s

Excavation of ancient Egyptian structures beneath the Sphinx in progress at Ghizeh, 1880s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1800s, 1880s, 19th Century, Africa, Ancient, Arab, Archaeological Dig, Archaeologist, Archaeology, Art, Artifact, Discover, Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptologist, Egyptology, Excavation, Expedition, Gizeh, Historic, History, Illustration, Native, Site, Sphinx, Traditional, Vintage