EU: South Africa: Cape Town and Table Mountain from a hill above. Photograph by George Washington Wilson (1896)
1896 Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town and Table Mountain seen from an elevated hillside vantage point, photographed by George Washington Wilson in 1896. Wilson's firm was among the most prolific producers of topographical views in the British Empire during this era.
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