Hurricane, Calcutta, India, October 5, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Hurricane, Calcutta, India, October 5, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Don Sailer, Dickinson College

Scan date

08/25/2013

Notes

Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 29, 2015.

Depicted ContentIn West Bengal, a powerful and deadly cyclone strikes the Indian port city of Kolkata

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Scene at Calcutta, East Indies - Terrible effects of the hurricane of October 5th.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 31, 1864, p. 237.

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