Christy, Cuthbert, 1863 - 1932 (explorer and zoologist)
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Christy collection of photographs on Africa
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A
Scope and Contents
Contains loose photographs relating to various of Christy's travels; some photographs are his own and some are by professional photographers. Subjects include: scenes on the Nile including pyramids; railway views in Kenya; rubber trees and cultivation in Nigeria, Uganda and the Cameroons; scenes in the Congo including sufferers of sleeping sickness and ethnic groups of Central Africa of shorter than average height described as Pygmies; scenes in India; scenes from travels in Norway,...
Dates:
1880 - 1913
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
Item
Effects of tapping on Funtumia elastica, Ashanti, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/102
Scope and Contents
76 x 93 mm. A view showing deep scarring caused by overtapping with African gouges ('a very common sight').
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).
Item
Effects of tapping on Funtumia elastica, Ashanti, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/103
Scope and Contents
77 x 94 mm. A view showing a rubber tree with raised scars along the tapping lines of a tree 'an occasional result of deep excision tapping with native gouge'.
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).
Item
Eight-year-old Funtumias, Botanic Gardens, Aburi, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1903 - 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/85
Scope and Contents
99 x 77 mm. A view showing a plantation of Funtumias planted on a rocky site.
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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