Decades Gallery

Brandon Estate, Southwark, one of the largest of the London County Couincils housing estates

Brandon Estate, Southwark, one of the largest of the London County Couincil's housing estates. There are six 18-storey blocks which rise to 170 ft to give a fine view over London, and a feature of these blocks are the penthouses, of which there are four in each comprising bed-sitting room flats, and sixty-four 3-room flats. Each flat has its own private balcony, constant hot water and warm air central heating. The estate covers an area of 36 acres to the south-east of Kennington Park, and replaces an area of dingy 19th century houses interspersed with bombsites. As well s the tall blocks, there are mainsonettes and two-storey houses for families who want gardens, bungalows for old people.
19th January 1960

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HERRERA, Antonio de (1559-1625). General History

HERRERA, Antonio de (1559-1625). General History of the Deeds of the Castilians on the Islands and Mainland of the Ocean Sea Known As the West Indies. 1601 - 1615. Work known as D飡das (Decades). Detail of the cover of the Fifth Decade. Portraits of Inca Kings inchi Roca (1230-1260) and Lloque Yupanqui (1260-1290), 2nd and third ruler of the Inca Empire. They extended the empire in Titicaca area. Early Modern Era. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Biblioteca del Instituto de Cultura Hispᮩca (Library of the Institute of Hispanic Culture)

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Port of Christianborg near Accra, 1873

This former Swedish outpost on the Gold Coast was sold to the British in 1873 when, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana, the British attacked and virtually destroyed the Asanti capital of Kumasi, and officially declared Ghana a crown colony on 24 July 1874. They then moved their administrative capital from Cape Coast Castle to Accra and their new acquisition, the Fort of Christianborg

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