Africa (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
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Rue de la Place de Lesseps à Port-Said, 1888 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y308A/3
Scope and Contents
281 x 219 mm. A view looking along the street named after the canal’s engineer, with hotels on either side, and Arabs with a donkey cart in the foreground. No. 457 in a series of photographs by Zangaki.
Dates:
1888 - 1889
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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Rue du Caire, Quartier Toulon, 1870 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042B/1
Scope and Contents
217 x 284 mm. View looking along a street in Cairo showing intricately carved wooden balcony windows.
Dates:
1870 - 1889
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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Rue Mosquée des Pharaons, Caire [i.e. Cairo], 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302B/24
Scope and Contents
222 x 285 mm. View looking along the street towards the Mosque. Photograph by Zangaki.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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Rue Sidi-ben-Zihad, Tunis, 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304H/261
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Measuring 220 x 285 mm, this album contains postcards, some of which are coloured. The majority portray Algiers (including 12 of the museum), Algerian people, Biskra, and the ruins of Timgad, Constantine, Tunis and Carthage.
Dates:
1922
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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Rufigi River Valley (Uganda) papyrus swamp, 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/160
Scope and Contents
137 x 97 mm.
Dates:
1928
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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[Ruin and huts], 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/104
Scope and Contents
120 x 90 mm. Showing a stone ruin and an incomplete hut or shelter made from indigenous materials.
Dates:
1943
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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[Ruin or tomb], 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/176
Scope and Contents
60 x 55 mm. Showing men standing on top of a ruin or tomb they are digging.
Dates:
1930 - 1937
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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[Ruin or tomb], 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/177
Scope and Contents
60 x 60 mm. Showing two men digging a ruin or tomb.
Dates:
1930 - 1937
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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[Ruin or tomb], 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/179
Scope and Contents
115 x 125 mm. Showing a man stood on a rocky ruin or tomb.
Dates:
1930 - 1937
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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[Ruin or tomb], 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/181
Scope and Contents
105 x 65 mm. Showing the foliage growing over a disturbed ruin or tomb.
Dates:
1930 - 1937
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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Ruine de l'Okelle Francaise (rue Franque), 1882
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041A/13
Scope and Contents
263 x 198 mm. A view looking along a paved street with several of the houses reduced to rubble. Exact location unidentified, but probably somewhere in the area of the French Consulate between the New Port and the Great Square. Okelle was a term used in Alexandria to define a large block of houses.
Dates:
1882
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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[Ruined building], 1946 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/5/17
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. View of a derelict stone building.
Dates:
1946 - 1950
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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[Ruined building], 1946 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/5/18
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. A view of a derelict stone building, by the waters edge.
Dates:
1946 - 1950
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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Ruined mosque near Philae, 1857
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30214A/24
Scope and Contents
230 x 162 mm. A landscape view of the ruined mosque and its tower in the foreground, the Nile beyond and the Island of Philae in the distance. This view was taken near the village of Mishdd. In his commentary, Frith states: 'The picture being almost an instantaneous one, the waves or ripples upon the river re preserved, although perhaps somewhat at the expense of the deeper shadows.
Dates:
1857
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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[Ruins], 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/5/90
Scope and Contents
105 x 90 mm. Showing scattered and fragmented stone ruins.
Dates:
1943
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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[Ruins], 1927 - 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/5/5
Scope and Contents
45 x 70 mm.
Dates:
1927 - 1928
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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[Ruins], 1927 - 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/5/34
Scope and Contents
230 x 170 mm. An aerial view (or one taken from a high aspect) of ruins to the left, and inhabited buildings on the right.
Dates:
1927 - 1928
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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[Ruins], 1927 - 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/5/199
Scope and Contents
90 x 60 mm.
Dates:
1927 - 1928
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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Ruins as seen from Plain, Zimbabwe, 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/117
Scope and Contents
A view showing some of the ruined walls at Zimbabwe, probably taken from the east of the site. Photograph taken between August 13th – 19th.
Dates:
1890
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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Ruins as seen from Zimbabwe Hill, 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/116
Scope and Contents
A view from the hill ruins looking south out over the valley towards the elliptical building (see Y3052A/110). Photograph taken between August 13th–19th.
Dates:
1890
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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Ruins at Junction of Lotsina [corrected in pencil to Lotsani] with Crocodile River, 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/20
Scope and Contents
Showing an unidentified European standing in front of the ruined walls.
Dates:
1890
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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Ruins at Junction of Lotsina [corrected in pencil to Lotsani] with Crocodile River, 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/21
Scope and Contents
A similar view to Y3052A/20, showing the unidentified European seated on a rock in front of the same walls.
Dates:
1890
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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Ruins at Junction of Lotsina [corrected to Lotsani] with Crocodile River, 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/22
Scope and Contents
Showing three uniformed pioneers standing among the ruins also seen in Y3052A/20 and 21.
Dates:
1890
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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Ruins at Korusko, 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/388
Scope and Contents
Approximately 220 x 160 mm. Photographer unknown.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
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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Ruins from Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) in South African Museum, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305I/22
Scope and Contents
74 x 101 mm. Showing a glass case in the museum containing spear heads and stone artefacts in the South African Museum in Cape Town.
Dates:
1902
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).