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A Visit to Yemen in 1884: Part 2

April 23, 2026Judaism, Orientalist Images, Travel, Yementabsir

In a previous post I mentioned the visit to Yemen in 1891 by an Italian traveler after a journey that took him through Tunis and Egypt. His name is G. B. Rossi and his Nei Paesi d’Islam was published in 1897 with some 70 drawings. Here are some of the illustrations of Yemenis at that time:

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