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Bales and bags of material is stacked near three carts. The rugged mountains beyond look like formidable territory. On the verso is a strange structure with what look like vultures perched on top.
Prince of Wales Crescent runs alongside the docks in Aden, where British ships refuelled on their voyages between Britian and the east. Aden's location near the entrance to the Red Sea meant that for centuries it dominated east-west trade and was once the British colonial capital of Yemen.
On 19 January 1839, the British East India Company landed Royal Marines at Aden to occupy the territory and stop attacks by pirates against British shipping to India. The port lies about equidistant from the Suez Canal, Bombay (now Mumbai), and Zanzibar, which were all important British possessions. Aden had been an entrepôt and a way-station for seamen in the ancient world. There, supplies, particularly water, were replenished. So, in the mid-19th century, it became necessary to replenish coal and boiler water. Thus Aden acquired a coaling station at Steamer Point. Aden was to remain under British control until 1967.
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