IDNO

D.50944.

Description

Drawing of a Borassus Palm. [JD 15/12/2025

Place

E Africa; Kenya; Tana River; Juba River

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Chanler, William Astor

Collector / Expedition

Date

1896

Collection Name

Source

Format

Photomechanical Book Illustration

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This drawing was found in an envelope now marked C220/ which came from the wooden drawer I.

Publication: D.50943. and D.50944. were reproduced in - 1896 by Chanler, William Astor, 1986. 'Through Jungle and Desert: Travels in Eastern Africa', (London and New York, Macmillan and Co., Ltd), p.2 and captioned "Borassus Palm." [Full text available at https://archive.org/stream/throughjungledes00chan/throughjungledes00chan_djvu.txt, JD 15/12/2025]