Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie
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Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie d'Arrast was a Basque-Irish explorer, geographer, ethnologist, linguist and astronomer, renowned for his expeditions in Ethiopia during the early 19th century. He was the eld
Antoine d'Abbadie
Portrait of Debtera Tewelde Medhin of Welkait
Sare (1867)
Mauléon (1880)
Hendaye
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Hendaye is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie
…in Toulouse in 1827 and began studying law in Paris in 1829. On 21 February 1859, he married Virginie Vincent de Saint-Bonnet. He later settled in Hendaye where he acquired 250ha of land to construct a castle. He also served as the mayor of Hendaye from 1871 to 1875. D’Abbadie was made a Knight of the…
Hendaye harbour
18th century depiction of the Bay of Txingudi, below Hendaye, and above Hondarribia (in Spain)
Les Jumeaux
The Abbadia domain : the castle seen from the surroundings meadows