Postcard Collections
1972 postcard honoring Vttorio Bottego.
Price: $30.00
Note from Wikipedia: Vittorio Bottego (1860-1897) was an Italian army officer and one of the first Western explorers of Jubaland and southern Ethiopia, where he led two expeditions. He was the first European explorer to follow the course of the lower Omo River to its confluence with Lake Turkana and to reach Lake Abaya, which he renamed Lake Margherita after Queen Margherita of Savoy wife of King Humbert I of Italy.
14 postcards of types and views of Abyssinia. Shown are a Galla chief, indigenous quarter of Addis Abeba, an Abyssinian warrior, a local remedy for a headache, queen Taitou, drawing water, an Abyssnian princess and her slaves, an indigenous family, Beni-Amer types, Dunkali dancers, Dunkali women, female Galla.
Price: $420.00