Janus: Views of St Helena

RCS/Y30482B contains:
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11	Longwood New House - with Flagstaff Hill and Barn Rock
12	Napoleon's Tomb
13	Govt. [i.e. Government] Flax Mill. Raw material (Phormium Tenax)
14	First loads of fibre leaving Govt. [i.e. Government] Flax Mill at Longwood, St Helena
15	Lace work turned out by Govt. [i.e. Government] Lace School
16	Hutt's Gate and St Matthew's Church. Remains of Halley's Observatory at point marked by cross
17	View in Sandy Bay
18	View in Sandy Bay
19	Another view in Sandy Bay
20	Oak Bank and Central Ridges
21	Looking east. Flagstaff Hill and Barn Cliff in distance
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Views of St Helena

Title	Hutt's Gate and St Matthew's Church. Remains of Halley's Observatory at point marked by cross
Reference	Y30482B/16
Extent and Medium	Good condition.

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207 x 147 mm. View at Hutt's Gate near Longwood, showing the small corrugated iron church of Saint Matthew with rocky hills behind. The cross mentioned in the caption cannot be seen on the front of this print but may be referring to a cross appearing on the reverse. The observatory mentioned is that built by Edmund Halley, who visited Saint Helena in 1677 to observe the transit of Mercury and to make a catalogue of the stars of the southern hemisphere.

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