Gungunta, Djibouti: a caravan of camels traversing a rocky valley along a stream, bearing goods, accompanied by armed men. Coloured lithograph by L. Rottmann after J.M. Bernatz.

  • Bernatz, Johann Martin, 1802-1878.
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[1852-1855]
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3015901i
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About 16 miles WSW of Lake Assal, approaching the later border between Djibouti and Ethiopia--Kirk, op. cit., pp. 223-224

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[London] : [F.G. Moon] ; [Munich] : [The author], [1852-1855]

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 35 x 27 cm

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Valley of Gungunta. J.M. Bernatz del. Leop. Rottmann lith Signed on the stone within the image "Leop. Rottmann lith Bernatz del." Bears number: XIII

References note

Not in: J.R. Abbey, Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860, vol. I, London, 1957, though mentioned on p. 258, under no. 291 (W.C. Harris, The highlands of Aethiopia, 1844)
R. Kirk, 'Report on the route from Tajurra to Ankóbar, travelled by the Mission to Shwá, under charge of Captain W. C. Harris, Engineers, 1841 (close of the dry season)', Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1842, 12: 221-238

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Wellcome Collection 3015901i

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