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A felucca and a gaiassa under sail on the River Nile, Egypt.
A felucca and a gaiassa under sail on the River Nile, Egypt. Both of the vessels are well laden and the felucca is single masted with a lateen sail whose yard is at a 45 degree angle to the vertical. The other boat is a 2-masted gaiassa and its fore lateen yard is at an 80 degree angle to the vertical. A vertical format negative.
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Object Details
| ID: | P93834 |
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| Type: | Sheet film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Marine Photo Service |
| Date made: | 1927-1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 168 mm x 117 mm |