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Capt. von Tiedemann, German Military Attaché, 1898

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/5

Scope and Contents

78 x 78 mm. A view showing Captain Adolf von Tiedemann (1865-1915) standing at the bottom of a flight of steps (at Aswan ?). Tiedemann was an officer with Peters' Emin Pasha Expedition and served as an observer during the Dongola Expedition.

Dates

  • Creation: 1898

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

Count Calderari can be seen standing on the same flight of steps in Y3042C/6 and Mohammed Fadi is also standing on the same steps in Y3042C/7. For another photograph of Tiedemann see Y3042C/42.

Bibliography

A biographical sketch of Tiedemann can be found in: Weidmann, Conrad (1894), Deutsche Männer in Afrika : Lexicon der hervorragendsten deutschen Afrika-Forscher, Missionare..., Lübeck : B. Nöhring.

General

KS.

Finding aid date

2003-06-11 16:56:27+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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