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"General Gallieni paa sin Automobil, Antvo 1900" ("General Gallieni on his automobile, Antananarivo 1900"). The first new built road in Madagascar being tried by Gallieni. See also IMPA 1969 and IMPA 1970. General Gallieni purchased the two first automobiles for Madagascar. They were both of the French make Panhard Levassor and made in 1898. They arrived Madagascar in 1900. The first trucks and buses arrived in 1904 when longer roads had been constructed.
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