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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 146 Material Type Photographs

291. Photo 146/1(290)

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Title:
Karwar Head, Lady Bay. Karwar, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
A picnic. The Parsee gentleman in the picture claimed to be of piratical stock, from a Kooli forebear of Gujarat. Detailed description of Karwar Head can be found overleaf.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

292. Photo 146/1(291)

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Title:
Excursion to the Yaanna [Yana] Rocks. Karwar, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography "As I rode from one green hill to another, I began to catch glimpses at intervals of clusters of sharp spires and dark pinnacles rising above the trees. I seemed to be approaching some lofty abbey in the wilderness, of vast and irregular dimensions. At least I came ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

293. Photo 146/1(292)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(292)
Title:
Excursion to the Yaanna [Yana] Rocks. Karwar, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography "As I rode from one green hill to another, I began to catch glimpses at intervals of clusters of sharp spires and dark pinnacles rising above the trees. I seemed to be approaching some lofty abbey in the wilderness, of vast and irregular dimensions. At least I came ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

294. Photo 146/1(293)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(293)
Title:
Excursion to the Yaanna [Yana] Rocks. Karwar, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography "As I rode from one green hill to another, I began to catch glimpses at intervals of clusters of sharp spires and dark pinnacles rising above the trees. I seemed to be approaching some lofty abbey in the wilderness, of vast and irregular dimensions. At least I came ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

295. Photo 146/1(294)

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Title:
The beach at Terringmet. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography About 3 miles south of Beitcul. On the left Guddahalli, the hill that dominates Karwar and the surrounding country.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

296. Photo 146/1(295)

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Title:
The Terring Rock. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography About 3 miles south of Beitcul. Ruins of a 'pagoda' . In 1783 a small force from Sadashevgad drove out a party of Tipu Sultan's adherents.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

297. Photo 146/1(296)

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Title:
Angediva Island from Seaward. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Much used because of the fuel and water by the Arabs of Oman and the Yemen in whose hands was the maritime trade between Calicut and the Red Sea ports, from whence overland caravans reached the Mediterrean. Vasco da Gama was here for 14 days in1498 resting and refit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

298. Photo 146/1(297)

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Title:
Binghi Bay, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
The nearest point in Canara to Angediva. The fishing canoe in which the crossing was made, just about a mile.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

299. Photo 146/1(298)

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Title:
Binghi Bay, Angediva Island. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography The only landing place on the island. On the left is the only dwelling house, that of the Portuguese customs officer. The same boat (a dug-out) as above. Whilst the eastern side of Angediva has some vegetation, elsewhere it is bleak and barren.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

300. Photo 146/1(299)

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Title:
The chapel in 1935, Angediva. The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Whitewashed without but bare of all ecclesiastical furnishings within. It faces the ‘Quartel’ or Place d’armes. Angediva for 150 years or so kept in full commission. It was, too, and intermediate rendezvous for the Portuguese royal navy, especially so for their...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item