Entrée du Canal de Suez, Port Said. Photographer: Arnoux, Hippolyte
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Inscription: Numbered '2' and titled in French as above in the negative. View from the lighthouse at Port Said, looking down onto shipping at anchor, with the entrance to the Suez Canal in the background. Print unsigned, but attributed to Arnoux.
Ceylon. Colombo [sic, for Galle] Harbour [visited November 27th-30th and December 10th-13th 1877]. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
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View across the harbour at Galle, with shipping at anchor in the bay. Photograph uncredited, but probably by Skeen and Co.
Hong Kong was visited by the compiler of this album between 21st February and 1st March, 1879. Three-part panorama of Victoria, the harbour and islands, and Kowloon. Unsigned print, but attributed to Ah Fong.
Canton was visited by the compiler of this album between 24th and 28th February, 1879. With contemporary letterpress label: 'This view shows a small part of the city and on the other side of the water, Honam. Alongside of the steam boat wharf is hte Kin-Sham steamer. This vessel runs daily betwe...