English: Map of Sheikh Syed (Sheikh Said, Cheikh Said) included in an article on European territorial claims on the coast of the Red Sea written by W. Rawson, a British official and statistician. The article was published in the wake of the 1884-1885 Berlin Conference called to regulate colonial expansion in Africa. The map shows a French coaling depot established in 1870. Français : Carte sommaire de Cheik-Saïd incluse dans un article sur les revendications territoriales européennes en Mer Rouge. L'article a été publié en 1885, avec comme arrière-plan la Conférence de Berlin de 1884-1885 conv
English: Map of Sheikh Syed (Sheikh Said, Cheikh Said) included in an article on European territorial claims on the coast of the Red Sea written by W. Rawson, a British official and statistician. The article was published in the wake of the 1884-1885 Berlin Conference called to regulate colonial expansion in Africa. The map shows a French coaling depot established in 1870. Français : Carte sommaire de Cheik-Saïd incluse dans un article sur les revendications territoriales européennes en Mer Rouge. L'article a été publié en 1885, avec comme arrière-plan la Conférence de Berlin de 1884-1885 convoquée pour réguler l'expansion coloniale en Afrique. La carte indique un dépôt de charbon français qui daterait de 1870. circa 1885 89 Cheikh Said 1885
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Photo credit: © History and Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
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