A Snapshot of Seychelles in 1935

The Great Book of Fathers, below, is a souvenir album, written in beautiful hand, that the Governor of the Seychelles, His Excellency Sir G. J. Lethem, decided, with the contribution of the bishop of Victoria and other eminent local political and civil authorities, to give to His Majesty George V, King of England, to celebrate his Silver Jubilee on May 1935.

The Governor completed this inventory of people and facts, perhaps unaware that he has published an exceptionally detailed historical record, giving a snapshot of Seychelles in the year 1935.