EU: View of the City and Harbour of Colombo, from the St James Church Belfry (1870)
1870 Colombo, Sri Lanka
This 1870 photograph looks out over the city and harbor of Colombo from the belfry of St. James's Church, showing Ceylon's principal port at a time when it was a key stop on British imperial shipping routes.
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