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205 x 150 mm. The iron sailing ship ‘Bidstone Hill’ was constructed in 1886 by T. Royden & Sons, Liverpool. It put into Port Stanley in 1887 after damage to its masts and underwent repairs. During 1893-94 ‘Bidstone Hill’ was re-rigged as a fourmasted barque. It was wrecked in 1905 at Cape Furneaux, Argentina.

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205 x 145 mm.

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114 x 182 mm. A view of the statue in Rio de Janeiro.

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115 x 80 mm. A view of George Stewart on horseback, with 'Spy' the dog, and cattle in the background.

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157 x 114 mm. Showing one of the strangest of natural phenomena in the islands, long lengths of broken quartzite rock which run along the surface of the landscape like rivers, and have been ascribed a number of origins from volcanic to glacial.

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105 x 80 mm.

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Cutting from 'Daily Argosy'.

Scope and Contents A 220 x 140 mm watercolour of Sulivan House in June 1849, so named as the house was built for Captain Sulivan, later Admiral Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan KCB (1810-1890). Sulivan first visited the Falkland Islands for surveying purposes in command of the Arrow 1838-39, having earlier served as surveyor on HMS Beagle with Robert Fitz Roy. From 1842 -1846 he was in command of the Philomel surveying the Falkland Islands during the summer season and the Rio de la Plata, and its...

Scope and Contents From the File: Contains slides mainly in thick plastic frames marked 'Photopia', made in Germany, dark grey with a red top. The exceptions are numbers 72-75 in Kodachrome cardboard frames which link up with C and numbers 37-38 and 99-103 which are in silver Sytec frames. Some of the frames have brief captions pencilled on them, but these are very hard to read. Others have labels stuck on. A roughly written numbered list was in the original box. The list which follows has been derived from these...

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Contains slides recording a visit to Guyana in 1970 though there is no indication whether it was in an official capacity. The earlier slides show aerial views flying inland from the coast, followed by a journey up the Rupununi River to the border with Brazil. The return route was apparently to the north of the outward journey and included a series of aerial photographs of the Kaieteur Falls.

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Extract from 'The Colonies and India', 16 September 1887 with copy.

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Letters from Davis in ‘The Nation’, 5 Mar. 1896; 3 copies.

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140 x 90 mm. This building originally stood by Strommen, in Norway. It was dismantled and re-erected in Grytviken in 1913. It was served somewhat intermittently by Norwegian pastors between then and 1931, after which it used by visiting clergy including naval chaplains.

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62 x 42 mm.

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A collection of photographs and printed papers presented to Parliament. Much of this series, excepting the parliamentary papers, has been digitised. Follow the digital object link to browse the series on Cambridge Digital Library.

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205 x 139 mm. View from a rise looking across the Potaro River towards the thick jungle on the further bank.

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160 x 120 mm. The print is also annotated on the reverse with the words (in red ink, and probably by Arthur himself): 'Queen's Birthday'.

Scope and Contents From the File: Contains slides mainly in thick plastic frames marked 'Photopia', made in Germany, dark grey with a red top. The exceptions are numbers 72-75 in Kodachrome cardboard frames which link up with C and numbers 37-38 and 99-103 which are in silver Sytec frames. Some of the frames have brief captions pencilled on them, but these are very hard to read. Others have labels stuck on. A roughly written numbered list was in the original box. The list which follows has been derived from these...

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A paper read to the Royal Colonial Institute, 27 November 1894, 14 pages.

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185 x 135 mm.

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201 x 134 mm. Showing a group posed in a clearing at Thessalonika, a mission station on the Essuequibo. The photographer’s portable dark tent can be seen on a tripod in the foreground.

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95 x 130 mm photo of the ship, built for the FIC, and launched in 1893.

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Travel agents’ information booklet.

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204 x 139 mm. General view looking up the rocky cataract, situated a few miles north of the junction between the Essequibo and Potaro Rivers.

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205 x 139 mm. View looking down the cataract on the Potaro River. Poor condition.