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

 Person

Found in 17 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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Entering the Grand Curral, Madeira, 1909, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/337
Scope and Contents

314 x 87 mm. A panoramic view of mountain scenery. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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Funchal Harbour, Madeira, 1909, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/341
Scope and Contents

301 x 87 mm. A panoramic view looking out towards the shipping moored in the harbour with a landing stage at the right of the print. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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Grand Curral, Madeira, 1909, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/338
Scope and Contents

309 x 87 mm. A panoramic view from the mountain summit with a figure standing at the right of the print (possibly Christy). Photograph possibly by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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[Mountain pathway, Madeira, 1909], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/333
Scope and Contents

297 x 87 mm. A panoramic view looking along a narrow mountain path with steep mountains in the distance at the left of the print. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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On the road to the Grand Curral, Madeira 1909, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/334
Scope and Contents

303 x 86 mm. A panoramic view looking over mountain scenery, with the road, porters and a bullock sledge at the right of the print. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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Pine Forest, Madeira, 1909, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/339
Scope and Contents

302 x 87 mm. A panoramic view looking over wooded, hilly country with Funchal in the distance. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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Street in Madeira, 1909, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/335
Scope and Contents

300 x 87 mm. A panoramic view looking along a street in Madeira with a dry river bed in the centre of the print. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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[Unidentified coastal landscape], 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/342
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. An uncaptioned view of dramatic coastal scenery of (probably) Madeira taken during Christy's visit of 1909, although the view could equally well have been taken in Scotland or Wales. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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[Unidentified coastal landscape], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/343
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. An uncaptioned view of dramatic coastal scenery of (probably) Madeira taken during Christy's visit of 1909, although the view could equally well have been taken in Scotland or Wales. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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[Unidentified coastal landscape], 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/344
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. An uncaptioned view of dramatic coastal scenery of (probably) Madeira taken during Christy's visit of 1909, although the view could equally well have been taken in Scotland or Wales. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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[Unidentified coastal landscape], 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/345
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. An uncaptioned view of dramatic coastal scenery of (probably) Madeira taken during Christy's visit of 1909, although the view could equally well have been taken in Scotland or Wales. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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[Unidentified coastal landscape], 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/346
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. An uncaptioned view of dramatic coastal scenery of (probably) Madeira taken during Christy's visit of 1909, although the view could equally well have been taken in Scotland or Wales. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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[Unidentified coastal landscape], 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/347
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. An uncaptioned view of dramatic coastal scenery of (probably) Madeira taken during Christy's visit of 1909, although the view could equally well have been taken in Scotland or Wales. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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

[Unidentified coastal landscape], 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/348
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. An uncaptioned view of dramatic coastal scenery of (probably) Madeira taken during Christy's visit of 1909, although the view could equally well have been taken in Scotland or Wales. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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

[Unidentified coastal landscape], 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/349
Scope and Contents

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. An uncaptioned view of dramatic coastal scenery of (probably) Madeira taken during Christy's visit of 1909, although the view could equally well have been taken in Scotland or Wales. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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View of Reid's Hotel, Madeira, 1909, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/336
Scope and Contents

302 x 87 mm. A panoramic view showing Reid's Palace Hotel at the left of the print and small terraced fields growing various crops in the foreground. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Dates: 1909
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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