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Reunited – well on Wikipedia anyway!

The engraving of Mabel is taken from Bent’s ‘Ruined Cities of Mashonaland’ (1892).

It’s taken far too long, but at last Mabel has joined Theodore on Wikipedia!

Many thanks to the Wikipedia mentors!

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Author Gerald BrischPosted on 10th March 202011th March 2020Categories Biographical, General

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    • en voyage
      • hotels
      • ships
    • through their eyes
      • Theodore’s sketches
      • Mabel’s photographs
    • Mabel alone – after Theodore’s death
  • explorations
    • interactive maps of Theodore and Mabel’s explorations
    • the Italian explorations
    • the Greek and Eastern Mediterranean explorations
    • the African explorations
    • the Arabian and Persian explorations
  • chronicles & letters
    • background to Mabel’s Chronicles
    • extracts from Mabel’s Chronicles
    • background to Mabel’s letters
    • extracts from Mabel’s letters
  • books etc
    • books, ebooks and audio
    • bibliography
  • discovery
    • the Bent memorial bench
    • the Bent blue plaque
    • the documentary
    • Bent field-agents
    • Bent tour-guides
  • blog
    • read blogs
    • watch video blogs
    • new blog post
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