EthioMap
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Project's heads
- Eloi Ficquet, EHESS, Paris
- Wolbert Smidt, Mekelle University (Ethiopia), Forschungszentrum Gotha der Universität Erfurt
Description
Taken from the project's page, accessed 2025-12-08:
The ETHIOMAP website combines on-line visualization and indexation tools to explore and study a collection of historical maps of north-east African territories. If places found within today’s boundaries of Ethiopia are topographically central in the collection, hence the project’s name, other places related to neighbouring countries are also part of the work. The scope of the research is limited to maps published between 1790 and 1944. deemed important for they represent either scientific advances or historical turning points.