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'Sinqu Pass', 1910 - 1911

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/8

Scope and Contents

139 x 81 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). A view looking along the pass, the floor of which is partially obscured by clouds. Caption under photograph reads: ''Sinqu Pass' the Lesoto name for orange; the Basuto hold that the 'Orange River' does not rise at Mt Aux Sources but at a point about 15 miles south. Hence the name Sinqu has been given to the pass. The above photograph is taken facing Natal.'

Dates

  • Creation: 1910 - 1911

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition, apart from slight fading.

General

PJ.

Originator(s)

Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police

Finding aid date

2002-10-22 15:41:01+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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