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TOMÁS CARLOS CAPUZ (1834-1899). SPANISH ENGRAVER.. Exploration of Central Africa. In mid-1883, Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), who was exploring the Congo with much hardship, asked the International African Association (International Association for the Exploration and Civilization of Central Africa), whose president was King Leopold II of Belgium (1835-1909), for a light river-going vessel that could be easily transported by land when navigation was interrupted by geographical features. The Association passed the commission to the shipbuilders Yarrow & Company, outside London. The vessel consisted of six galvanised steel sections, which were bolted together. It was 21 metres long and 3 metres deep, with two steam engines and a broad-bladed wheel instead of a propeller. It could be transported by land divided in these sections. At the beginning of March 1884, an official navigation test was carried out on the River Thames, with excellent results. The "Stanley". Engraving by Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), June 15, 1884.

TOMÁS CARLOS CAPUZ (1834-1899). SPANISH ENGRAVER.. Exploration of Central Africa. In mid-1883, Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), who was exploring the Congo with much hardship, asked the International African Association (International Association for the Exploration and Civilization of Central Africa), whose president was King Leopold II of Belgium (1835-1909), for a light river-going vessel that could be easily transported by land when navigation was interrupted by geographical features. The Association passed the commission to the shipbuilders Yarrow & Company, outside London. The vessel consisted of six galvanised steel sections, which were bolted together. It was 21 metres long and 3 metres deep, with two steam engines and a broad-bladed wheel instead of a propeller. It could be transported by land divided in these sections. At the beginning of March 1884, an official navigation test was carried out on the River Thames, with excellent results. The "Stanley". Engraving by Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), June 15, 1884.
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Exploration of Central Africa. In mid-1883, Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), who was exploring the Congo with much hardship, asked the International African Association (International Association for the Exploration and Civilization of Central Africa), whose president was King Leopold II of Belgium (1835-1909), for a light river-going vessel that could be easily transported by land when navigation was interrupted by geographical features. The Association passed the commission to the shipbuilders Yarrow & Company, outside London. The vessel consisted of six galvanised steel sections, which were bolted together. It was 21 metres long and 3 metres deep, with two steam engines and a broad-bladed wheel instead of a propeller. It could be transported by land divided in these sections. At the beginning of March 1884, an official navigation test was carried out on the River Thames, with excellent results. The "Stanley". Engraving by Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), June 15, 1884.
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1883 • 1884 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • AFRICA • AFRICAN CONTINENT • AFRICAN • ARTFORM • AWNING • BARGE • BARK • BARQUE • BIG WHEEL • BLADES • BOAT CANOPY • BOAT • BOATS • BOWL • BRITISH • BUCKET ELEVATOR • BUQUE • CANOPY • CAPUZ • CASCADE • CATARACT • CATARACTOUS • CATARACTS • CENTRAL AFRICA • COLONIALISM • CONGO RIVER • CONGO • CONGOLESE • CONTAINER • COVER PAGE • COVER • CRAFT • CRYSTAL • DECK • DETACHABLE • DISCOVERER • DOUBLE-DECKER STEAM BOAT • DOUBLE-DECKER STEAMSHIP • DOUBLE-DECKER • EMBARKATION • ENGINE • ENGLISH • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • EUROPEAN COLONIALISM • EUROPEAN EXPLORATION OF THE CONGO RIVER • EUROPEAN EXPLORATION OF THE CONGO • EWER, VESSEL • EXPEDITION • EXPLORATION • EXPLORE • EXPLORER • FLUVIAL • FRIGATE • FRONT PAGE • FUME • GALVANISED • GALVANIZED • GEOGRAPHY • HENRY MORTON STANLEY • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HOE • HUMANS • INDIGENOUS • INGLES • INLAND NAVIGATION • INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN ASSOCIATION • IRON AND STEEL • IRON_AND_STEEL • JOHN ROWLANDS • JOURNALIST • JOURNEY OF STANLEY • JOURNEY • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVEL • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVELS • LANDSCAPE • LANDSCAPES • LEISURE • MACHINE • MACHINES • MARITIME NAVIGATION • MASCHINE • MOTOR • NATIVE PEOPLE • NATIVE • NATIVES • NAUTICAL • NAVE • NAVEGATION • NAVIGATE • NAVIGATING • NAVIGATION • NAVIO • NINETEENTH CENTURY • NORIA • PADDLE STEAMBOAT • PADDLE STEAMER • PADDLE WHEEL • PADDLE-WHEEL • PADDLEWHEEL STEAM BOAT • PADDLEWHEEL STEAMBOAT • PADDLEWHEEL STEAMSHIP • PADDLEWHEEL • PADDLEWHEELER • PALA • PEOPLE • PRINT • PRIVATE COLLECTION • REIGN OF KING LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUM • REIGN OF LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUM • REIGN OF LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM • REMOVABLE • RESEARCHER (MALE) • RESEARCHER • RIVER NAVIGATION • RIVER SHIPPING • RIVER TRANSPORT • RIVER • SAILING • SCOOP • SHIP • SHIP: EMBARKATION • SHIPPING • SHIPS • SHOVEL • SMOKE • SMOKING • SPADE • SPOON • STANLEY • STEAM BOAT • STEAM ENGINE • STEAM POWER • STEAM SHIP • STEAM • STEAM-ENGINE • STEAMBOAT • STEAMENGINE • STEAMER • STEAMSHIP • STEEL INDUSTRY • STEEL • STREAM • TECHNICAL • TECHNIQUE • TECHNOLOGY • TEHNOLOGY • TITLE PAGE • TOMAS CAPUZ • TOMÁS CARLOS CAPUZ (1834-1899). SPANISH ENGRAVER. • TOMAS CARLOS CAPUZ • TRAFFIC JAM • TRAFFIC • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORTABLE • TRANSPORTATION • TRAVEL • TRAVELING • TRIP • TRIPS • VAPOR • VAPOUR • VESSEL VASE • VESSEL • VESSEL: EWER • VOYAGE • WATER PUMP • WATERFALL • WATERFALLS • WHEEL • WHEELS • XIX CENTURY • XIX • YARROW & COMPANY • YARROW AND COMPANY • YARROW • ZAIRE