Tanzania (nation)
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Col the Baron Van der Decken, 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047C/6
Scope and Contents
87 x 84 mm (one section of stereo print). A half length portrait of BaronCarl Claus Von der Decken (1833-1865), a bearded figure wearing a similar hat to Corporal Mithalder in print Y3047C/3. Grant's note beneath the print reads: 'Col. The Baron Van [sic] der Decken of the Hanoverian Army now on a journey to explore the Great Lake of Nyassa.'Von der Decken, who was born in 1833, made three journeys into the interior of east Africa in 1860-62. In 1865 he undertook an expedition...
Dates:
1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
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