Photograph album relating to Big Batanga [Grand Batanga, Cameroon] and wider West Africa (MS 381151)

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.
Copyright Date:
1889
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 volume and 1 folder of loose photographs

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Africa -- Photographs ( lcsh )
Ghana -- Photographs ( lcsh )
Cameroon -- Photographs ( lcsh )
Equatorial Guinea -- Photographs ( lcsh )
South Africa -- Photographs ( lcsh )
Gabon -- Photographs ( lcsh )
Genre:
photographs
photography
album
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Ghana
Africa -- Cameroon -- South Province -- Océan Department -- Grand Batanga
Africa -- Equatorial Guinea -- Bioko Island
Africa -- Gabon
Africa -- South Africa
Africa -- Cameroon -- South Province -- Océan Department -- Kribi
Coordinates:
2.85 x 9.866667
3.5 x 8.7
-1 x 12
7.816667 x -1.05
2.935 x 9.91

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:
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Resource Identifier:
MS 381151 ( soas manuscript number )