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Title: Poster advertising BISNC services to East African ports, 1901.
Description: A poster advertising the East African Service of the British Indian Steam Navigation Company. The BISNC employed Goan cooks, waiters and stewards on their services in the Indian Ocean.
Creator: British India Steam Navigation Company
Date: 1901
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London

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