cover image: Mauritius Hemp

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Mauritius Hemp

"Mauritius Hemp Nursery, Nyasaland, A. J. Storey, Blantyre". Exterior view showing a field of Furcraea Foetida, also know as Mauritius Hemp, Green Aloe or Giant Cabuya. It is grown to produce a natural fibre used in ropes and twine. The crop is precisely sown in straight furrows. There are cloud covered mountains in the distance. The photograph has been taken by an A. J. Storey, who worked on developing crops with good yields. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
agriculture farming croplands
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79835
Date published
circa 1911
Dates
circa 1911
Pages
Photographic prints, 20.5 x 15 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Blantyre Malawi Southern region
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-a-nls-75658217-1.tif
Rights
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. manuscripts@nls.uk
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/7c52c9763e241b442dcb9cdebd308cb4

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