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Map, Gold Coast Colony, Ghana, West Africa, with the main cocoa producing areas shaded, a railway line and steamship routes. Also a gold mining area. Date: circa 1920
19th century vintage photograph India - village life in Bengal, Samuel Bourne, 1860s
19th century vintage photograph India - Jain temples Halebidu
Strand Road, Rangoon, Yangon, Burma, Myanmar, c.1890
India - bullock cart19th century vintage photograph India - bullock cart
India - Raja of Mahmudabad19th century vintage photograph India - Raja of Mahmudabad
c. 1880s India - fakir or holyman, beggarc. 1880s India - image from an album of Indian types and trades designed to illustrate India to a British viewer - fakir or holy man
Norfolk Island as a penal settlement, 1853Norfolk Island as a penal settlement: a drawing, made in 1853, showing the buildings as they appeared when the Pacific island was a penal colony. 1) Commissariat and magazine. 2) Military barracks
Mother of pearl divers attacked by a shark, Tahiti. Date: 1885
Man carrying fruit on a pole, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Date: 1922
Dancer in traditional costume, Tahiti, French PolynesiaDancer in traditional costume, including an elaborate hat or tiara made of red hibiscus flowers, and a silver-coloured dress made of raffia, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Habr Awal men, Zaila District, Somaliland, East AfricaHabr Awal (Habr Wal) men, Zaila (Zeila) District, Somaliland (then part of the British Empire), East Africa. Date: 1922
German East Africa - a Mango Tree full of fruitcirca 1910s
Likoma, Lake Nyasa - waiting for the Mission SteamerLikoma on Likoma Island, Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi), Malawi - waiting for the arrival of the Mission Steamer. Malawi was at this stage Nyasaland, a British protectorate established in 1907. circa 1910s
Bairro do Macuti - Beira - MozambiqueBairro do Macuti (Beach) - Beira - Mozambique. Beira was originally developed by the Portuguese Mozambique Company in the 19th century
Africa Cape Colony pre-1900
Kalaupapa Leper Colony, Hawaii - Victorian period
Leper Colony, Kalaupapa, Hawaii, USA
Standard Bank and Post Office - Cape Town, South AfricaStandard Bank and Post Office - Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa Date: circa 1908
Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony, Victorian period
History of Africa. Ambriz CoastHistory of Africa. 19th century. Ambriz Coast. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los Trabajos y Exploraciones Verificados
The Congo - First main Colonial Post established in KinshasaHistory of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. The first main Colonial Post established in Kinshasa (near Stanley Pool). Henry Morton Stanley established a trading post on the shore of Ngaliema Bay in
Gulf of Guinea. Coffee plantation on the island of Sao TomeHistory of Africa. 19th century. Gulf of Guinea. Coffee plantation on the island of Saint Thome. Alvaro Caminha founded the colony of Sao Tome in 1493. Engraving
Africa. Loanda. St. Paul of Loanda. Market SquareHistory of Africa. 19th century. Loanda. Saint Paul of Loanda. View of the Market Square. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Africa. Floating factory on the shrimp riverHistory of Africa. 19th century. Floating factory on the shrimp river. The lack of security meant that in some areas of the Congo
Africa. Loanda. San Pablo de Loanda. Panorama of the portHistory of Africa. 19th century. Loanda. St. Paul of Loanda. Panorama of the port. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Royal Tomb in CabindaHistory of Africa. 19th century. Royal Tomb in Cabinda. At the death of a member of the royal family or of a distinguished family
Turkey. Constantinople. Galata TowerOttoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Galata Tower or Tower of Christ. It was buit in 1348 during an expansion of the Genoese colony in Constantinople
Abor exploratory expeditionsPhotographs from the Abor Expedition. In 1911??12 as part of the Abor Expedition, the Survey of India conducted widespread surveying of the tributaries of the Brahmaputra. Morshead was in a team
The Queen- Empress riding into Delhi. Mary of Teck (May 1867 ??March 1953) was Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from the accession of her husband, King George V
The Emperor of India with Lord Hardinge descending from the platform on arrival at Delhi to inspect the guard of honour, December 7, 1911
Golfing in the CongoA golf course at Elizabethville in the Belgian Congo. The Elizabethville Golf Club had about 100 members, mainly British and Belgian. Date: circa 1931
American War of Independence. Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783)American War of Independence. Revolution of the Thirteen Colonies. Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783). Spanish Siege of Pensacola (March 9-May 8, 1781). Capture of Pensacola
Captain John PiperA portrait oil painting of John Piper, a military officer in the colony of New South Wales, who was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1800. He is seen here wearing his uniform. Date: 1826
Governors of West African coloniesFive Governors of British West African colonies, gathered for a conference in Lagos, Nigeria. Sir Thomas Southorn (1879-1957), Sir Arnold Hodson (1881-1944), Sir Bernard H
Dutch Reformed Church, Worcester, Cape Colony, South AfricaDutch Reformed Church (Die Moederkerk), Worcester, Cape Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1930
Victoria's Memorial Service, Victoria Park, Sierra LeoneQueen Victoria's Memorial - Service held in Victoria Park, Freetown, Sierra Leone on 2nd February 1901. On the day of the late Queen's funeral - services such as this were held all across
BELTRAME, Achille (1871-1945). Battle in Transwaal in October 1899, during the Second Boer War. Engraving
Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Southern RhodesiaIan Douglas Smith (1919-2007), best known as the Prime Minister of the British self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia
The Island of the Dead was the destination for all who died inside the prison camps at former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia
Cecil Rhodes (1853 - 1902), British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. Date: 1898
PORTUGUESE TAKE DIU 1509A sea battle in the harbour of Diu, on the west coast of India, results in the death of Sultan Badur and Portuguese annexation. Inset : Nugno d'Acona who founds the colony. Date: 1509
FRENCH OFFICERS IN TEXASAfter the defeat of Napoleon, general Lallemand, condemned to death at the restoration, goes with other officers to Texas where he founds a colony of exiles run on spartan lines Date: 1816
19th century vintage photograph India - Nautch Girls dancing, 1860s Samuel Bourne
19th century vintage photograph - Spain Granada view of the Alhambra, by Juan Laurent
19th century vintage photograph - Egypt - tomb of the Caliphs, Mamluks, Cairo, camel train
19th century vintage photograph India - The Residency from the Garden - attrib to Samuel Bourne
19th century vintage photograph India - Kuki Khel, Afridi native regiment, British army, c.1880s