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Cape St. Mary (of Bathurst)
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Cape St. Mary (of Bathurst)
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The colonial settlement Bathurst is today the Capital Banjul of Gambia ...
Date 1869
date QS:P571,+1869-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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British Library HMNTS 10496.d.6.(1.)
Notes CAPE ST.MARY was the former name of the Cape point in the city BAKAU in Gambia (in the older literature also Cape St. Mary of Bathurst) The town of Bathurst stands on the east side of St. Mary island, a fertile, but low and swampy spot about 4 miles in length and 2 in breadth. It is described as a prosperous-looking town, with several excellent stone houses, especiallyon the wharf where the houses of the merchants are situated.
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Image extracted from page 588 of North Atlantic Directory. The physical geography and meteorology of the North Atlantic …, by ROSSER, William Henry. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied from Flickr.

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