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Rafts

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  • A man using a raft of inflated skins to navigate the River Tigris. Wood engraving.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers load tea canisters for export onto rafts. Coloured lithograph.
  • India: a bridge of boats over the Jumna River. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
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    India: a bridge of boats over the Jumna River. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

    Beato, Felice, 1832-1909. | Reference: 32962i
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    A tea plantation in China: workers load tea canisters for export onto rafts. Coloured lithograph.

    | Date: [approximately 1800] | Reference: 25239i
    Part of: A tea plantation in China
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    River Awash, Ethiopia: people pulling a raft across the river. Coloured lithograph by A. Löffler after J.M. Bernatz.

    Bernatz, Johann Martin, 1802-1878. | Date: [1852-1855] | Reference: 3015974i
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    A fleet of opium clippers with other boats and rafts on the Ganges. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

    Sherwill, W. S. (Walter Stanhope) | Date: [1851] | Reference: 25041i
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    A man using a raft of inflated skins to navigate the River Tigris. Wood engraving.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 36953i
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