VOYAGE OF A FRENCH SAILOR - Lot 86

VOYAGE OF A FRENCH SAILOR Travel album by a French sailor featuring views of Martinique, Madeira, Sweden, Cambodia and French ports, ca.1880-1900. Photographs. Album comprising approximately 87 period prints, including 69 albumin prints, 11 citrate prints and 7 cyanotypes. Images: 5.5 x 7.3 cm to 15 x 21.7 cm; album: 23.5 x 32.5 cm Portugal: Gardens of the Princesse Marie-Amélie hospice, cemetery, islands, port and ships, quays; Toulon: Préfecture Maritime, theater, arsenal, statue of the Génie de la Navigation, Mourillon barracks; Brest: port, Pont National, sailors on deck, at ship's helm, camp; Martinique: portrait of Bantu man, Fort-de-France cathedral, men bathing, waterfall; Sweden: iceberg, streets, fishermen; Cambodia: ceremony with children in traditional costumes, portrait of Europeans.