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Auction: 12013 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 1169

Gold Coast Ashanti Wars Newspaper Illustrations and Articles Nineteen pages from "The Graphic" dated between January 6 1873 and May 1 1915 dealing with 1873 Elmina War against the Ashantis and Elminas, the Germans in the Cameroons and the 1914-18 War in the Cameroons, and the Benin disaster of 1897; and twenty-seven pages from "The Illustrated London News" dated between December 15 1888 and November 30 1901 dealing with the period after the campaign of 1873-74, the 1895-96 Ashanti Expedition, the 1897 punitive expedition to Benin, and Nigerian Campaigns including that of 1892 against the Jebus. A fascinating historical lot Estimate £ 150-180

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