RAPHAEL SEMMES, CAPTAIN OF THE ALABAMA
Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool (Merseyside Maritime Museum)

“The image shows Captain Semmes seated next to the binnacle,
which contained the compass.”
From a photograph, taken at Cape Town, South Africa, August 19, 1863.
Here is a drawing based on the photograph.

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