(43 x 30 cm, plate) This unrecorded map of Ethiopia, titled in both French (Ethiopie) and Amharic, was published in a remote village in the Sidama region, south of Addis Ababa, in 1935. It highlights the presence of Catholic missions in the country just months before the Italian invasion. Though predominantly Christian, Ethiopia was considered a land of missions by the Catholic Church. Around 1840,...
