Karl Mauch's notes on the Zimbabwe ruins
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Title
Karl Mauch's notes on the Zimbabwe ruins
Collection
Other Documents
Medium
ink on paper
Date
17 January 1873
Description
Illustration (facsimile?) of the Zimbabwe ruins Hill Complex and portions of the Great Enclosure accompanying text with an aerial view diagram for the site. The handwritten notes on the second slip seem original.
Keyword
Ruins of Great Zimbabwe, Karl Mauch (German explorer and geographer), German text, notes (by Karl Mauch), Hauses der Großfrau (House of the Great Woman/Lady)
Notes
An oft-depicted scene of the Zimbabwe ruins with a German caption reading 'Ansicht von Zimbábye, mit den Ruinen des ,,Hauses der Großfrau'' rechts im Vordergrunde' by Karl Mauch (b. 1837 - d. 1875).
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