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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/AA00001052/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Photograph album relating to Big Batanga [Grand Batanga, Cameroon] and wider West Africa (MS 381151)
- Abbreviated Title:
- MS 381151
- Creator:
- Boothby, A. E.
- Publication Date:
- [1860s-1880s]
- Copyright Date:
- 1889
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume and 1 folder of loose photographs
Notes
- Abstract:
- Photograph album, and loose photographs, primarily comprising images of Big Batanga, South West Africa [Grand Batanga, Kribi, Cameroon]. Stamp on inside cover indicates album may have been commissioned or created by A. E. Boothby, Plantation, Big Batanga. ( ,,,,,,,,, )
- Abstract:
- Portraits include local indigenous leaders and their wives, such as King Aquah, King Bell, and King Boma; individual and group portraits of indigenous peoples, including the Bulies people of Fernando Po; and individual and group portraits of Western traders. Scenes include the Govenor's residence at Big Batanga; various Western owned factories in Big Batanga, and views of shipping and the coast at Fernando Po [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea], Gold Coast [Ghana], and Gabon.
- General Note:
- Removed from main library collection in April 2012. Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
- General Note:
- Fernando Po is now known as Bioko, Equatorial Guinea
- General Note:
- Gold Coast is now known as Ghana
- General Note:
- Big Batanga is now known as Grand Batanga, Kribi, Cameroon
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- SOAS University of London
- Rights Management:
 This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial License. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this work non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms.- Resource Identifier:
- MS 381151 ( SOAS manuscript number )
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