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Christy, Cuthbert, 1863 - 1932 (explorer and zoologist)

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Leaves, flowers and fruit of Funtumia Africana, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/68
Scope and Contents

76 x 98 mm. A studio photograph showing various parts of Funtumia Africana trees grown in Benin City, Southern Nigeria, including leaves, flowers, fruit, galls and empty pods.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Native communal plantation, Igbashudi, Benin City, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/88
Scope and Contents

77 x 99 mm. A view showing Christy's tent erected among a plantation of nine-year-old Funtumias.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Nigerian and Beninian diary, 1909-11-26 - 1909-12-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/2/4
Scope and Contents

This diary (circa 80 pages) was kept by Christy during a tour of Nigeria and Benin to survey rubber trees growing in the wild and cultivated in plantations.

Dates: 1909-11-26 - 1909-12-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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