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Number: | 3240 |
Continent: | Africa |
Region: | West |
Place Names: | Cape Palmas, Liberia |
Year of Origin: | 1850 |
Title: | Cape Palmas |
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Language: | English |
Publish Origin: | Philadelphia |
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Publisher: |
Wagner & McGuigan D. W. Seager United States Congress |
Other Contributors: |
Commander William Francis Lynch |
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Measurement Notes: | modern estimate |
Notes: | [PENDING ABE ARRIVAL 8/2017] engraved landscape scene, Natives with sunshades and fishing at bay with palm trees in front of the cliffs of Cape Palmas with the lighthouse at the westernmost point of West Africa in Liberia; early view of Liberia was published by the US government together with the "W.F. Lynch Report of Mission to Africa", Senate Executive Documents, 1st Session, 33rd Congress, Part 3, Vol. 1, Doc. 1 (1853) with material compiled during an exploratory excursion to Liberia, a country founded in 1822 for freed American slaves at a time of debate over the success of colonization programs. litho signature CT |
Last updated: Aug 8, 2018 |