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'Glory to God in High' in Portuguese on a board at the Home for Asiatics in West India Dock Road.

'Glory to God in High' in Portuguese on a board at the Home for Asiatics in West India Dock Road.
'Glory to God in High' in Portuguese on a board at the Home for Asiatics in West India Dock Road.
© National Maritime Museum, London
Repro ID: H5125
Description: Many Asian and African seamen arriving in London in the nineteenth century would have had some basic knowledge of Portuguese. The sign at the Home for Seamen was in Portuguese and a number of Asian languages including Hindi, Arabic, Chinese,Tamil, Bengali and Urdu.
Creator: J. Salter
Date: Unknown
Credit line: Tower Hamlets Local History Library Collection
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