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Kartoum, Sudan, 1884, from The Journals of Major-General C.G. Gordon, C.B. at Kartoum

KW259860 Kartoum, Sudan, 1884, from The Journals of Major-General C.G. Gordon, C.B. at Kartoum, published by Kegan Paul Trench & Co., London, 1885 (litho) by Gordon, General Charles (1833-85) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: map made from rough sketches by General Gordon; Governor General of Sudan; failed to evacuate Khartoum before it fell to the Mahdi; killed in battle;); Ken Welsh; English, out of copyright

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AFRICA: MAP. Birds eye view of the Sudan and surrounding countries

AFRICA: MAP. Bird's eye view of the Sudan and surrounding countries. English lithograph map, 1884, of north, central, and east Africa, featuring the portraits of General Charles Gordon and Colonel Herbert Stewart, both of whom served at Khartoum

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Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) female feeding on a Spotted African lungfish (Protopterus

Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) female feeding on a Spotted African lungfish (Protopterus dolloi) in the swamps of Mabamba, Lake Victoria, Uganda.. Sequence 2/13

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