Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:
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Bombay Walkeshwar Tank 15051, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/18
Scope and Contents
246 x 196 mm. View looking across the tank (one of the few remaining in modern Bombay) towards the houses and temple spires and domes on the farther side. The tank (also known as the Banganga Tank) is situated on Malabar Hill.
Dates:
1850 - 1879
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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Bombay Walkeshwar Temples 15052, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/19
Scope and Contents
194 x 246 mm. View looking across the tank towards the dwellings on the farther side, with the temple beyond. Dedicated to Walkeshwar, the Sand Lord, this temple was destroyed by either Muhammadans or the Portuguese and this building, built of stone and surmounted by a tall carved dome, was erected c 1715 by Rama Kamat, a member of the Gaud Sarasvat or Shenvi community. A flourishing Brahmin community grouped itself in the area and, as protected against the brigands for whom Malabar Hill was...
Dates:
1850 - 1879
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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Bông Bridge, Natkyngon, '95, 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029C/69
Scope and Contents
154 x 110 mm. Showing a side on view of a partially dismantled, or destroyed, wooden bridge over a river.
Dates:
1895
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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Bongong River at Timbang Batu, 1903, 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3034A/1
Scope and Contents
A view looking along the river with forest on either shore.
Dates:
1903
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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Book Room, Mienchow, 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/36
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.
Dates:
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).
File
Books, journals and maps, 1929 - 1957
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 371/8
Scope and Contents
‘Malaya in history: the magazine of the Malayan Historical Society’ II (July 1957)‘Malayan nature journal’ I (Dec. 1940)Malayan Information Agency, ‘British Malaya: trade facts and figures’ (London, 1929)‘Motoring map of Malaya (1929)‘Malaya 1933’ (map)Sidney, Richard, ‘See Malaya by train’ (Singapore, 1930)‘Visit Malaya: information for travellers’Winstedt, Richard, ‘Britain and Malaya 1786-1941’ (London,...
Dates:
1929 - 1957
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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Bope Bridge, Point de Galle, 1871
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/47
Scope and Contents
288 x 229 mm. View looking along a creek or river towards an iron girder bridge, with two men in a catamaran in the foreground and dense vegetation on either side of the stretch of water.
Dates:
1871
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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Borassus flabellifer (Palmyra Palm), 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/66
Scope and Contents
210 x 278 mm. Showing a tall Palmyra palm growing among other trees on a grassy slope.
Dates:
1880 - 1920
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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Boring Mill, 1946 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 15/33
Scope and Contents
From the File:
An album of photographs, most measuring 205 x 55 mm, accompanied by a typed list, which has been reproduced.
Dates:
1946 - 1955
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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Borneo, 1946 - 1962
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 35
Scope and Contents
Album.
Dates:
1946 - 1962
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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[Borneo], 1946 - 1962
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 41
Scope and Contents
Loose prints of mostly Borneo, captioned and measuring approximately 85 x 55 mm.
Dates:
1946 - 1962
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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Borneo East. Balik Papan [i.e. Balikpapan], 1910 - 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/286
Scope and Contents
A view looking down on the harbour facilities at Balikpapan with ships moored at the end of long jetties which stretch out into the harbour and with a settlement on the shoreline in the background. Balikpapan lies on the Macassar Strait coastline of Kalimantan Timur.
Dates:
1910 - 1915
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).
Fonds
Borneo in the sixties: letters from Sarawak
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 337
Scope and Contents
Letters written by Elizabeth O'Kelly in Borneo and photographs from her time on the island. The document is a photocopy of the original 1965 typescript. There are 27 letters, written from Kuching and Tarat, dating from 29 March 1962 to 16 February 1965. They are concerned principally with the background to the establishment of the Sarawak Federation of Women's Institutes, but also cover people and places of Borneo, the advent of Independence, the situation in Indonesia, the rebellion in...
Dates:
2004
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
'Borneo vignettes', 1962
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/16
Scope and Contents
An account of a visit to Northern Borneo and Brunei in 1962 highlighting changes which had occurred since Clark left in 1950.
Dates:
1962
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Borneo wharf, Singapore, 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/12
Scope and Contents
278 x 211 mm. A view looking over warehouses and coal stores towards the wharves, where a number of steamers are moored. The view looks north-east along the waterfront, towards the Albert and Victoria Docks on the headland in the distance. The wharf of the Borneo Company was purchased by the Tanjong Pagar Docks in 1885 for $1,000,000.
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).
Sub-Fonds
Borneo without the British, 1967
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/21
Scope and Contents
The transcript of a B.B.C. Home Service talk of 16 February 1967.
Dates:
1967
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Asia miscellanea
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Boro Boeddho [Borbudur], 1870 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/55
Scope and Contents
242 x 197 mm. Showing a portion of the ruins and carved stones at Borobudur.
Dates:
1870 - 1900
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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Boro Boeddho [Borobudur], 1870 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/53
Scope and Contents
247 x 195 mm. General view looking towards the ruins of Borobudur near Magelang. This 7th - 9th century Buddhist temple is in the form of a truncated pyramid composed of intricately carved blocks of stone.
Dates:
1870 - 1900
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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Boro Boeddho [Borobudur], 1870 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/58
Scope and Contents
243 x 195 mm. View looking along an avenue lined with trees and small monuments which runs up to a flight of steps at the corner of the temple.
Dates:
1870 - 1900
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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Boroboedoer [Borobudur] Temple. Djoejakarta, 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/85-88
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates:
1920
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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[Borobudur], Java, 1870 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/56
Scope and Contents
226 x 166 mm. Close up view of carvings at Borobudur.
Dates:
1870 - 1900
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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Bot [anical] Gardens Road, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/22
Scope and Contents
202 x 272 mm. View looking along a tree - shaded avenue.
Dates:
1907
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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Bot [anical] Gardens scenery, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/39
Scope and Contents
122 x 178 mm.
Dates:
1907
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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Bot Cyanza (Bot Ta's Ts) and Phoongyee Mana a prince who tried to burn Mandalay, 1870 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/47
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates:
1870 - 1927
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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Botanical Garden, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/14
Scope and Contents
290 x 201 mm. General view of paths and ornamental lake.
Dates:
1907
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).