‘Pac-tchow-Sheun. This differs little or nothing in construction from the preceding. It is the kind of vessel, which makes voyages to Malacca, Batavia, Manilla etc’. Inscribed: ‘Boat from Po-ts’ao.’
Chinese vessel, used for unloading European ships at Whampoa
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‘Sie-qua-peen-teang. This is the kind of vessel used for taking cargo to and from the European ships at Wampoa; commonly called Chop boat by Europeans’. Inscribed: ‘Boat for sending foreign merchants to Macao.’
An island, with ships approaching, St. Helena most probably
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An island, with ships approaching. The view of St. Helena by Lambert and Scott seems the ultimate origin here, with the waves added as in the engraving published by A. Hogg in 1783. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘St. Helena most probably.’ 104 by 427 mm.
The Float at Swansea. Photographer: Rosling, Alfred
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of sailing vessels docked at Swansea at low water. Technical note: 'Taken by the Talbotype process in September, 1853; weather, fine; exposure, about seven minutes; developed with equal quantities of fifty grain nitrate solution and gallic acid. Lens ...
Cape of Good Hope. Table Mountain dominates the picture. On the shore is seen a walled fort, from which flies the Dutch flag. To the right is another fortified building, and behind are a number of warehouses or dwellings. Shipping in the foreground. Ar
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Cape of Good Hope, c.1731 Table Mountain, flanked by two other lofty hills, dominates the picture. On the shore is seen a walled fort, from which flies the Dutch flag. To the right is another fortified building, and behind are a number of warehouses or dwellings. In the roads, besides severa...
The island of St Helena, as seen from the north west, with Jamestown, in the centre of the picture. Along the sea-front runs a double wall of fortifications. On either side of the town rise precipitous cliffs. English ships are in the foreground. Artis
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St. Helena, c.1731 The island of St. Helena, as seen from the north west, with Jamestown, the principal settlement and the head-quarters of the government, in the centre of the picture. Along the sea-front runs a double wall of fortifications, on the centre bastion of which flies the British f...