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File:Map of Africa from Encyclopaedia Britannica 1890.jpg

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English: Map of Africa from Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1890.
Don't remove border - old map.
Date before 1890
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1890
Author Unknown
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English: Map of Africa 1890
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