Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·Csn0886·1927–1931

Famagusta harbour

Famagusta harbour with a cargo ship being loaded by a crane, workers on the quay and a truck beside a warehouse
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0886. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A cargo ship is tied up at a quay in Famagusta harbour, with a crane arm swung over its deck and wooden crates stacked in the hold. On the quay, workers and a flatbed truck stand near a low brick warehouse with a pitched roof, while a small wheeled machine works in the foreground. Smaller boats float on the water and buildings line the distant shore.

English, as on the record

FAMAGUSTA HARBOUR A.H.S. Megaw "Cyprus is a right good Isle, and a fair and great, and it hath four principal cities within him. And at Famagosta is one of the principal havens of the sea that is the world; and there arrive Christian men and Saracens, and men of all nations." Sir John Maundeville-1356 (Voiage and Travaile)

English, as on the record

FAMAGUSTA HARBOUR A.H.S. Megaw "Cyprus is a right good Isle, and a fair and great, and it hath four principal cities within him. And at Famagosta is one of the principal havens of the sea that is the world; and there arrive Christian men and Saracens, and men of all nations." Sir John Maundeville-1356 (Voiage and Travaile)