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The Mirjan River, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.

Catalogue reference: Photo 146/1(315)

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This record is about the The Mirjan River, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W. dating from 1930-1939.

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Photo 146/1(315)
Title
The Mirjan River, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
Date
1930-1939
Description

Genre: Landscape Photography. Mirjan (in sight from the eastward side of the fort) is some 3 or 4 miles up stream, on a southward bend of the river. Tadri, among the trees commences just inside the bar. In the 2nd Mysore War a detachment of Bombay N.I., under Lieut. Ross, burnt what was said to be intended for a 50 gun ship, building on the stocks for Tipu Sultan. The shipwrights were Frenchmen from Mauritius.

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Dimensions: 100 mm x 61 mm. Format: Photograph Album. Secondary Support: Paper.
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The Mirjan River, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.