"The original map of Massaua in 1888" Topic
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paperbattles  | 19 Oct 2026 10:43 a.m. PST |
From a rare and original 1937 volume I have recently acquired: The History of Italian Military Cartography in Africa, 1885–1937, featuring 61 historical maps.
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| Greylegion | 19 Oct 2026 10:52 a.m. PST |
I thought I saw a post on this a week or two, back. I remember this map. Fantastic find. |
| paperbattles | 19 Oct 2026 3:09 p.m. PST |
there are some similar. This is taken from the original |
 Grelber | 19 Oct 2026 3:31 p.m. PST |
It looks like a fortified base area with port facilities to support an advance inland. Well planned out. Are there railroad lines heading inland? I think the French put in a railroad in French Somaliland for the Ethiopian trade. Was there to be a competing Italian railroad? Grelber |
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