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<p>View in Malé harbour, showing the Main Bastion of the fort constructed by the Portuguese in the 17th century
</p><p>C.W. Rosset visited Maldives in 1885 during Sultan Ibrahim Nooraddeen's reign.
</p><p>See <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69268926/the-maldives-and-cw-rosett-page-415/">https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69268926/the-maldives-and-cw-rosett-page-415/</a>
</p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/U225477/The-Maldive-Islands">The Maldive Islands. Illustration for The Graphic, 16 October 1886 - full page.</a>
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This graphic illustration appeared in an article in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graphic" class="extiw" title="en:The Graphic">en:The Graphic</a>, by the German C.W. Rosett (Carl Wilhelm Rosset (1851-1923). He visited Maldives in 25th October, 1885 and stayed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="en:Malé">en:Malé</a>.  His purpose was to exhibit his findings at the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Colonial_exhibition" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial exhibition">Colonial and Indian exhibition</a>.</div>
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Unknown artist<span style="display: none;">Unknown artist</span>, The Graphic Staff, after special artist correspondent C. W. Rosset</div>
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