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Indian Ocean (ocean)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

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[A rowing boat making for the 'Emden'], 1914-11-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A/7
Scope and Contents

135 x 90 mm.

Dates: 1914-11-09
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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Admiral Sir Hugh Tothill and Capt. Sneyd, 1921-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/69
Scope and Contents

59 x 103 mm. Showing Admiral Sir Hugh Henry Darby Tothill (1865-1927), Commander-in-Chief, East Indies 1919-21 and Captain Sneyd (? Commander of H.M.S. Caroline) standing on the deck of a ship. Admiral Tothill visited Mauritius in July 1921 and at the end of the month Bell went to Rodrigues on the Caroline. This photograph was probably taken during the voyage.

Dates: 1921-07
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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An Mtepe, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/17
Scope and Contents

A view showing a sailing boat at sea with full sails. The caption reads 'these craft are built without the use of nails. (they are no longer made now)'.

Dates: 1934
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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Australia; Sydney, Newcastle, the Blue Mountains; farms in Victoria and Melbourne, 1908

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/1-87
Scope and Contents

Also described as: 'The Roaring Forties and Australia 1908'.

Dates: 1908
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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[British Empire map of the Pacific and Indian Oceans], 1900 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS/XII/53
Scope and Contents From the File:

Nothing is known of the provenance of this collection of lantern slides and glass plates. The images likely were created to illustrate lectures given at the RCS.

Dates: 1900 - 1930
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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[Distant view of the 'Emden'], 1914-11-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A/4
Scope and Contents

135 x 90 mm. Taken from the deck of another ship.

Dates: 1914-11-09
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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[Distant view of the 'Emden'], 1914-11-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A/5
Scope and Contents

135 x 90 mm. A view from the deck of another ship, with a seaman standing in the foreground.

Dates: 1914-11-09
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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Francois hauling up casiers, 1923 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/129
Scope and Contents

85 x 110 mm. Francois is raising a fish-trap up the side of a small boat.

Dates: 1923 - 1924
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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[General view of the 'Emden' from the side], 1914-11-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A/1
Scope and Contents

160 x 120 mm.

Dates: 1914-11-09
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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[Group on board ship], 1919-09 - 1919-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/15
Scope and Contents

80 x 105 mm. Showing Bell seated with unidentified Europeans on board the Llansteffan Castle during the journey back to Mauritius (September - November 1919).

Dates: 1919-09 - 1919-11
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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H.M.S. Talbot, 1916-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/54
Scope and Contents

130 x 80 mm. View of the HMS Talbot firing her guns. Bell went with the Talbot in early October 1916 to investigate reports of a German submarine and a suspicious ship at St Brandon. The print is signed by various crew members.

Dates: 1916-10
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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Map : Arabia and Indian Ocean, 1964 - 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham N/1
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides showing maps of Arabia and the Indian Ocean together with scenes in the governorate of Abyan.

Dates: 1964 - 1966
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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Map : Arabia and Indian Ocean, 1964 - 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham N/1A
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides showing maps of Arabia and the Indian Ocean together with scenes in the governorate of Abyan.

Dates: 1964 - 1966
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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Mauritius, 1919 - 1924

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K
Scope and Contents

A scrapbook album containing prints relating to Bell's Governorship of Mauritius from his return from leave in 1919 to his final departure in 1924. There are also some scenes in east Africa and Britain during his 1919 leave and some of a visit to Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka) in 1921.

Dates: 1919 - 1924
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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Miscellaneous, 1908 - 1914

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/420-464
Scope and Contents

Includes a number of scenes on board ship in 1914 and some miscellaneous unbacked slides which are largely duplicates, or similar to, those in other boxes.

Dates: 1908 - 1914
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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Punkah boy on board 'Canara', Indian Ocean, 1900-02-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/17
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

66 watercolours, 150 x 200 mm in size. The captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Notes provided by H.B. Thomas have been incorporated into the description.

Dates: 1900-02-12
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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Remains of the Emden

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A
Scope and Contents

A collection of photographs of the wreck of the German Cruiser 'Emden', sunk by HMAS 'Sydney' whilst attacking the Cocos-Keeling Islands on 9 November 1914.

These photographs were extracted from the file in the RCS Archives on 'The Empire at War', edited for the Royal Empire Society by Sir Charles Lucas. References appear in volume III at pages 29, 76, 78, 212-3 and 223.

Dates: 1914-11-09
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).
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[Roaring Forties], 1908 - 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/447
Scope and Contents From the File:

Includes a number of scenes on board ship in 1914 and some miscellaneous unbacked slides which are largely duplicates, or similar to, those in other boxes.

Dates: 1908 - 1914
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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[Roaring Forties], 1908 - 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/448
Scope and Contents From the File:

Includes a number of scenes on board ship in 1914 and some miscellaneous unbacked slides which are largely duplicates, or similar to, those in other boxes.

Dates: 1908 - 1914
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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[Roaring Forties], 1908 - 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/449
Scope and Contents From the File:

Includes a number of scenes on board ship in 1914 and some miscellaneous unbacked slides which are largely duplicates, or similar to, those in other boxes.

Dates: 1908 - 1914
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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[Roaring Forties], 1908 - 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/450
Scope and Contents From the File:

Includes a number of scenes on board ship in 1914 and some miscellaneous unbacked slides which are largely duplicates, or similar to, those in other boxes.

Dates: 1908 - 1914
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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[Roaring Forties], 1908 - 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/451
Scope and Contents From the File:

Includes a number of scenes on board ship in 1914 and some miscellaneous unbacked slides which are largely duplicates, or similar to, those in other boxes.

Dates: 1908 - 1914
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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[Roaring Forties], 1908 - 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/452
Scope and Contents From the File:

Includes a number of scenes on board ship in 1914 and some miscellaneous unbacked slides which are largely duplicates, or similar to, those in other boxes.

Dates: 1908 - 1914
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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S.S. 'Indraghiri' in the Roaring Forties, 1908, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/6
Scope and Contents

Shows waves breaking over the deck of S.S. 'Indraghiri' during gales encountered while 'running the easting down' - i.e. while on the long and fast haul between the Cape and Australia between latitudes 40° and 50°.

Dates: 1908
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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S.S. 'Indraghiri' in the Roaring Forties, 1908, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/7
Scope and Contents

Shows waves breaking over the deck of S.S. 'Indraghiri' during gales encountered while 'running the easting down' - i.e. while on the long and fast haul between the Cape and Australia between latitudes 40° and 50°.

Dates: 1908
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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