Botafogo Cove from the Urca district at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Botafogo Cove from the Urca district at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The photographer is looking west-north-west from the top of the Morro Da Urca showing the district of Botafogo. A tree-lined promenade faces Botafogo Cove the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Imaculada Conceicao), the adjoining College and a modern 12 or 13 storey rectangular block of flats are just behind the promenade.

Object Details

ID: P94668
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 168 mm