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Rubattino shipping company
The Rubattino shipping company was a Genoese steamship company that purchased land at Assab Bay on the Red Sea coast in 1869. In 1882 the Italian government assumed control of the site. Accounts of the Italian Empire treat this acquisition as Italy's first colonial foothold in Africa, which developed into the colony of Eritrea by 1890.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Rubattino shipping company. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rubattino-shipping-company
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