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Panorama of St. Helena Bay, left part

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Panorama of St. Helena Bay, left part

Gordon, R.J.

Panorama of St. Helena Bay.

Indicated left: St Helena Baay, left from top centre: Verlooren Valeij Punt, left from bottom centre: Berg Riviers Mond, right of centre: Comp: Baaken, right: Berg Rivier, right: Piquet Berg.

Labelled Comp: Baaken, is a small tent encampment in the river mouth with a fire and flying the Dutch flag.

On the water, right of Comp: Baaken, is a vessel flying the Dutch flag.

Next to the label Berg Rivier, a number of tents are depicted between the two rivers, as for the bottom river.

To the right of the Berg Rivier label is an arrow indicating the direction of the river current.

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Sources and literature

De Jong, R.C., Geografische Index op de Gordon Atlas: en transkriptie van en een alfabetisch namenregister op de Delen I en II. (1982)