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PHOTOGRAPHS OF KOREA ( et alii ); sixteen black and white photographs labelled in ink in English script Port Hamilton--Corea. Photographs taken by Commander Davis/H.M.S. Daring and Commander Grenfell/H.M.S. Pegasus and forty-one black and white photographs of ships and European locales, [n.d.] (late 19th century); mounted on gilt-edged vellum leaves in a leather-bound album, pages foxed and some photographs slightly discolored Contents: Fifteen photographs each labelled below in the same hand: Harbour (called the Camber)...Observatory Island...Corean village on Sodo Island , Camp of Royal Marines...Observatory Island , Corean House and Coreans , Corean Group with Comm.r Davis...and Grenfell , North end of Sodo Island...north end of Sunhodo Island , Continuation (from last photograph)... , Continuation...and H.M.S. Agamemnon--Corean Village... , South-end of Sunhodo Island...and Observatory Island , Observatory Island...and Triangle Peak... , Observatory Island... , Entrance to Harbour...and boom laid down when Islands first-occupied to prevent entrance of enemy's ships. , Corean Chief (called the Major) , Corean Woman (called Nam) , Coreans , Corean Boat ; one-page two-column printed article, A Sketch of Port Hamilton in 1886 from The Graphic , dated Feb. 12, 1887, laid down; 3pp. cut-out and labelled printed illustrations from The Graphic , Feb. 12, 1887 and April 16, 1887 [views similar to the photographs and events relating to the evacuation of Port Hamilton], laid down; ½p. photograph labelled Huts of Marine Detachment, Observatory Island, Port Hamilton ; [accompanying photographs of other places and of ships]: 1 photograph of H. M. Troopship Himalaya; 12 photographs of the Harbour, Valletta, Malta; 4 photographs of the English coast near Torquay; 12 photographs of the Azores; 4 photographs of steamers; 1 photograph of Bennachie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; 2 photographs of France; 5 photographs of the Channel Islands