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Travels of a Frenchman - Africa - Asia - Latin America Types, views, sites and animated scenes : Congo, Benin, Senegal, Sudan Matadi market, the Faadj riverboat in Cotonou, Touba coffee plantation, African villages (Sudan) Portraits: types of Guinean natives, "the Krommen crew before boarding", group portrait, African women and children, cassava carriers, fishermen, "Tipoy and Tipoyems", the market in Dakar... Madagascar : Nossy Bé, view of the island, Mahajanga street, arrival of the Governor in Mahajanga, undergrowth, Lively streets of Djibouti View of an African village Cape Verde island, Boa Vista, Asia, China Portraits and types: group of Chinese, Annamite bathing, cangue (Chinese torture), Chinese school, "In a breach of the Great Wall of China", Annamite loom Vietnam, An Annamite congaï (Vietnamese woman) lends at her altar Hué, Tomb of Thiêu Tri, Tu Duc, King's Palace, Confucius Tower North America, South America Honolulu, vegetation Rio, "En route vers Rio", on board ship, view of Rio, zoological gardens: stroll under the palm trees, portrait under the bamboo, "Entrée de la Rade à Rio", c. 1910-1917 Approx. 90 vintage silver prints, albuminized and cyanotypes (15), mounted on unmounted album pages, handwritten captions on album pages and on the backs of the photographs. From 9 x 6 cm to 17 x 23 cm

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Travels of a Frenchman - Africa - Asia - Latin America Types, views, sites and animated scenes : Congo, Benin, Senegal, Sudan Matadi market, the Faadj riverboat in Cotonou, Touba coffee plantation, African villages (Sudan) Portraits: types of Guinean natives, "the Krommen crew before boarding", group portrait, African women and children, cassava carriers, fishermen, "Tipoy and Tipoyems", the market in Dakar... Madagascar : Nossy Bé, view of the island, Mahajanga street, arrival of the Governor in Mahajanga, undergrowth, Lively streets of Djibouti View of an African village Cape Verde island, Boa Vista, Asia, China Portraits and types: group of Chinese, Annamite bathing, cangue (Chinese torture), Chinese school, "In a breach of the Great Wall of China", Annamite loom Vietnam, An Annamite congaï (Vietnamese woman) lends at her altar Hué, Tomb of Thiêu Tri, Tu Duc, King's Palace, Confucius Tower North America, South America Honolulu, vegetation Rio, "En route vers Rio", on board ship, view of Rio, zoological gardens: stroll under the palm trees, portrait under the bamboo, "Entrée de la Rade à Rio", c. 1910-1917 Approx. 90 vintage silver prints, albuminized and cyanotypes (15), mounted on unmounted album pages, handwritten captions on album pages and on the backs of the photographs. From 9 x 6 cm to 17 x 23 cm

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