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| Picture No | 10217682 |
| Date | 1860 |
| Description | HMS 'Lynx' during a squall |
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Sailors of the Royal Navy ship, HMS 'Lynx', taking in the sails during a squall, somewhere off the west coast of Africa, c.1860. HMS 'Lynx' had been sent to the region to provide help for Dr. David Livingstone's expedition, but it also acted in anti-slavery actions and many of the figures on the deck are ex-slaves, freed from an Arab dhow.
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| Source | Illustrated London News. 1860, page 58 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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