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Field photograph·Csn0202·1929–30

Larnaca salt lake

Larnaca salt lake with pale walls of salt pans along the shore and a man standing at the water's edge
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0202. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in dark clothing stands on a low rocky ledge at the edge of shallow water in the foreground. Behind him, pale sloping walls run along the sandy shore, with low sheds, scattered bushes and trees beneath a heavy, cloudy sky. The photograph is mounted on a card with a printed caption below.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Man standing in shallow water at the edge of Larnaca salt lake, with long white-faced structures on the shore
Description, scan 2
A man in dark clothing stands on a low rock in shallow water at the edge of the lake, seen from the side. Behind him a sandy shore runs back to two long, pale, sloping structures with fence posts in front, a low pitched-roof shed, and a group of trees under a cloudy sky. The print is mounted on a card with a typed caption below.

English, as on the record

LARNACA SALT LAKE. "This water is let runne in about October, or sooner on later, as the time of yeare doth afforde. There they let it remaine untill the ende of July or the middest of August, out of which pits at that time, in stead of water that they let in they gather a very faire white salt, without any further art or labour, for it is only done by the great heate of the sunne." John Locke-1553 (Voyage to Jerusalem). Mangoian Bros.

English, as on the record

LARNACA SALT LAKE. "This water is let runne in about October, or sooner on later, as the time of yeare doth afforde. There they let it remaine untill the ende of July or the middest of August, out of which pits at that time, in stead of water that they let in they gather a very faire white salt, without any further art or labour, for it is only done by the great heate of the sunne." John Locke-1553 (Voyage to Jerusalem). Mangoian Bros.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)