formerly known as Ceylon
Born here:
NAPIER, General Sir Robert (1810-1890), 6 December 1810
Slide sets:
The British Empire: the Empire on which the sun never sets (lecture: Riley Brothers, 60 slides, 1893)
[Ceylon] (lecture: Underwood and Underwood, at least 30 slides, n.d.)
Ceylon (lecture: Walter Tyler, 54 slides, in/before 1909)
Ceylon: the gem of the Indian Ocean (lecture: Riley Brothers, 60 slides, 1893)
Ceylon and tea culture (lecture: York & Son, 40 slides, 1893)
Ceylon to Labuan (lecture: E.G. Wood, 50 slides, in/before 1888)
The history of a Co-operative cup of tea (lecture: Co-operative Union Southern Section, 20 slides, in/before 1895)
Our tea, and how we get it (lecture: Riley Brothers, 14 slides, 1886-1887)
A visit to the world's great capitals (lecture: Riley Brothers, 54 slides, in/before 1887)
Texts:
The British Empire: the empire on which the sun never sets (Bradford: Riley Brothers, c.1893)
‘J.M.S.’, Ceylon (London: York & Son, 1893)
Frederick Rockell, ‘The history of a Co-operative cup of tea’ in Co-operative lantern lectures (1895)
F. Taylor, ‘Our tea: and how we get it’ in Our tea [etc.] (c.1891)
A visit to the world's great capitals (Bradford: Riley Brothers, c.1887)
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 4 October 2016
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