Illustration: "Chief at Fernando Po page 26 Ch 19 / No. 44".
Black ink and watercolour drawing of an African chief with a spear and a very distinctive hat decorated with two small skulls. Fernando Po is an island now known as Bioko, which lies 32 km off the west coast of Africa, and is now the northernmost part of Equatorial Guinea. See further description of the chief in chapter 19 of Boteler's manuscript.
Record Details
| Item reference: | BTL/2/1/26; MSS/77/066 MSS/77/066.0 MS1977/066 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | PAGE |
| Extent: | 1 subfolder: 1 page |
| Date made: | 1822-1823 |
| Creator: | Boteler, Thomas |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |