J. SILVERIA, photographer (source BNF). - Lot 17

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J. SILVERIA, photographer (source BNF). - Lot 17
J. SILVERIA, photographer (source BNF). Henry Morton STANLEY, (seated center) with Serpa Pinto, Roberto YVENS and Hermenegildo Brito CAPELLIO, accompanied by auxiliaries from their Congo expedition, shortly after arriving at the West Coast. Silver print dated September 4 or 5, 1877, annotated on verso. Format 24x18 cm. Note: In 1877, Henry Morton Stanley met in Loanda (Angola), the three Portuguese explorers Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Roberto Ivens and Hermenegildo Brido Capello, members of a mission organized by the Geographical Society of Lisbon. The aim of the mission was to cross Southern Africa in order to assert Portugal's ambitions in the territories between Mozambique and Angola, and to thwart British claims in the region.
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