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The raising of the French flag at Timbuktu, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
The raising of the French flag at Timbuktu, 1894. The French began military incursions into the area in 1880. The French occupied the city of Timbuktu in 1894 in an attempt to stop the Tuareg from disrupting trade routes across the Sahara. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 12th February 1894.
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AR944899
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Public
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3514px × 4991px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
AFRICA
African
Army
Art Media
BANNER
Cityscape
Colonialism
color
concept
CONTINENT
country
Desert
FLAG
FLAGS
France
FRéDéRIC
Frederic Lix
Frederic Theodore
Frederic Theodore Lix
French
geographical feature
Geography
Lix
LOCATION
Male
Mali
Man
Men
NINETEENTH CENTURY
OCCUPATION
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Sahara
SAHARA DESERT
Soldier
soldiers
STANDARD
TGN
Timbuktu
tricolour
WARFARE
Wars