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The P&O premises at Garden Reach, Calcutta.

Repro ID: H5974
Title: The P&O premises at Garden Reach, Calcutta.
Description: Calcutta became the Indian terminus of the P&O line in 1842 and from then onwards many Bengali Lascars began to arrive in London on the P&O mail and passenger ships.
Creator: Unknown
Date: c. 1862
Credit line: National Maritime Museum

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