Bhatkal Head, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Landscape Photography Like giant elephants pad, even to the toes at sea level. The harbour guiding light and the District Officers’ Bungalow are also here. Bhatkal. An open fair weather roadstead. A port project was mooted to cut the narrow isthmus behind the headland and link up with t...
Mulki Rocks, The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Landscape Photography About a mile offshore. Here the Welsh owned full-rigged ship 'Ogwen', 1350 tons, with coal Cardiff to Bombay, was wrecked at midnight 28th/29th May 18186. About 20 tons of coal was the total salvage. No lives lost; but on these same rocks Hyder Ali marooned a number...
Mangalore, Quayside. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Landscape Photography The Port Office flagstaff is the limit to the left. Volkart Bros are in the large building on the right. The foreshore reclamation, however, stretches further along to cover frontages of Peirce Leslie. Rustomjee Nowrojee and Danner. The fort was the short distance o...
Bombay Harbour, Karanja Island. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Landscape Photography Curious tree on Karanjah foreshore brought down by wave erosion but still half alive. Framed through the salt bleached branches is an India milkmaid and her half starved cow.
Mandwa, Thull Knob. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Landscape Photography On the far or southern shore of Bombay Harbour. A fishing village formerly in the territory of the chiefs of Kolaba. Not to be confused with Colaba on Bombay Island. It is a leading mark of Bombay Harbour. Top accessible from within by iron rungs in the wall. A ha...
The Konkun Coast, Korlai. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Landscape Photography Korlai, when held by the Moghals, had 70 cannons but to meet attack from its precipitous flanks, large stones were rolled down upon the assailants. The Portuguese held the place garrisoned and in full commision up to 1739. With Chaul it was handed over to the Mahrat...
The Konkun Coast, Janjira. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Landscape Photography Though his mainland territory has been overrun more than once, the Hubshee's island home has been kept inviolate. The English never did more than ask for it as politely as a gift, and to be as politely refused. One British soldier lies buried there, one of a forve s...