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DescriptionMecca-1850.jpg
English: Engraving of Mecca
Date
circa 1778
date QS:P,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source
Plate 45 from Ohsson, Tableau général de l’Empire Othoman, vol. 2, 1790. Paris: Imprimerie de Monsieur
Author
Berthault, engraving after L. N. de Lespinasse, Vue de la Mecque
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15:42, 4 March 2018
593 × 390 (129 KB)
Alonso de Mendoza
Cropped 7 % horizontally and 10 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode.
12:14, 30 January 2007
637 × 431 (98 KB)
Ammar shaker
historical image of Mecca.
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