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The Florida. 16th century. Timucua Indian village. Food tran

The Florida. 16th century. Timucua Indian village. Food transportation by canoe. Engraving by Theodore de Bry (1528-1598). Brevis narratio floridae Eorum Quae in ...'. Frankfurt, 1591. Library Hydrographer of the Navy. Paris, France

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Advert for Pears soap in the Sudan 1887

A lasting memory of the British in the Sudan, the inscription on the rock reads "Pears soap is the best" The natives stand back in amazement
1887

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Man and woman of Guianna or Guyana, South America, 1818

Man and woman of Guianna or Guyana, South America, 1818. They wear striped skirts, carry bow, arrows and basket in front of a cabin or carbet. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Venning's A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton, Harvey and Darton, London, 1818. Venning wrote educational books on geography, conchology and mineralogy in the early 19th century

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