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ISS001-E-5028 (December 2000) --- Djibouti, the capital city of the country of Djibouti, can be seen in this northeast-looking view taken from the International Space Station (ISS) with a digital still camera using a 400mm lens. Djibouti, scarcely 100 years old, sits on the western shore of an isthmus in the Gulf of Tadjoura, an arm of the Gulf of Aden. Djibouti is surrounded by a rugged and bleak landscape, that has a dry and hot climate. The population of Djibouti has grown from an estimated 96,000 in 1973 to over 330,000 in 1991 mainly due to the influx of refugees from the neighboring, war torn countries of Ethiopia and Somalia. With its strategically located port, Djibouti?s economic importance results from the large transit trade it enjoys as the terminus of a railroad line from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. The city has seen an increase in tourism in the past decade due a large number of cruise ships visiting the port. Besides tourism, salt production and shipbuilding and repair are other major industries. Below the center of the image, the long runway of the Djibouti/Ambouli International Airport is visible. Coral reefs are discernible in the upper left and upper right quadrants of the image.
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ISS010-E-23451 (7 April 2005) --- Khartoum, Sudan is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 10 crewmember on the International Space Station (ISS). Sudan?s capital city Khartoum, which means Elephant?s Trunk, describes the shape of the Nile River where the Blue and the White Nile Rivers meet to form the united Nile that flows northward into Egypt. This image shows the rivers near the end of the dry season. The White Nile (western branch) runs through Sudan from Uganda. The White Nile?s equatorial source produces a flow that runs at a nearly constant rate throughout the year. The nearly dry Blue Nile from the highlands of Ethiopia swells in the late summer and early fall with rains from the summer monsoons. The flow can be so great the Nile flows backward at the junction. In recent years, floods in Khartoum have occurred in August with heavy monsoon rainfall. Khartoum is one of the largest Muslim cities in North Africa, but has a fairly short history.
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[Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612]
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Hand-colored, engraved map showing the apostolic vicariates of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Tripoli and Abyssinia. Text in delicate script circling land. Accompanied by descriptive text on facing page. In Volume III.
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Cassini, Gio. Ma. (Giovanni Maria), 1745-approximately 1824
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Relief shown pictorially. Includes decorative title cartouche and bar scale. In Volume III.
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[Chatelain Henri, 1684-1743, Gueudeville, Nicolas]
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Engraved folded map of northeastern Africa, the Red Sea and the Arabian Peninsula showing the political divisions and kingdoms. The Nile originates in the mountains near the L. de Dambee. Shows river, lakes and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and notation.
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Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826
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Engraved map. Full hand col. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. "Pinkerton's modern atlas."
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Rand McNally and Company
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Countries in color; states outlined in color. Relief shown by hachures.
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Engraved. Shows tribal areas. Relief shown with hachures.
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[Brue, Adrien Hubert, 1786-1832, Picquet, C.]
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Digital composite of 2 hand colored engraved maps (north and south sheets). Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset of Cape Verde, Ascension, Tristan de Acuna and Diego Aloarez, Bouvet, Crozet, Amsterdam and Saint Paul, Kerguelen, and Isles Mascareignes. Prime meridian: Paris. In embossed seal: Propriete acquise en 1835.
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[Brue, Adrien Hubert, 1786-1832, Picquet, C.]
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Hand colored engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset of Cape Verde. Prime meridian: Paris. In embossed seal: Propriete acquise en 1835.
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[Menke, Th., Spruner von Merz, Karl]
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Hand colored map. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Ferro.
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