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Three natives tying a gazelle carcass for transportationThis scene is from a journey across the Sahara taken by Lt D.R.G. Cameron of the Royal Scots. The caption says that the gazelle was a Dama's Gazelle a new subspecies discovered during
Native American Indian encampment, Calgary, Canada. Date: circa 1895
View of Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
People of the Andaman Islands, pictures with a European Anthropologist. The natives photographed used to speak a language that was called Bo
Peat Collecting 1877Peat collection in Loch Maree, Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Date: 1877
VENEZUELAN MOURNINGVenezuelan natives weep over the body of a dead cacique (ruler) Date: 1726
VENEZUELAN MAGICVenezuelan natives, after burning the body of a dead cacique (ruler) drink his ashes, in hope of inheriting his virtues and strength Date: 1726
CAPTAIN COOK/FIELDING &WJAMES COOK Explorer Date: 1728 - 1779
NATIVE CANADIAN FUNERALPublick Rejoicings of ye Natives of Canada whilst their DEAD are carried to the GRAVE Date: 1737
BISHOP HANNINGTON DIESJames Hannington, bishop of Eastern equatorial Africa, sent to Uganda by the Church Missionary Society, is murdered by natives on the orders of the king of Uganda Date: 1885
CREMATION, SRI LANKAThe manner in which the natives of Sri Lanka burn their dead Date: 1750
MAGELLANFernao de Magalhaes dies at the hands of Philippine natives, after making an alliance with a treacherous native chieftain Date: 27 April 1521
War Dance of Shulluk Warriors, Sudan Date: 1926
Shulluk warriors pose by Alan Cobhams aeroplane, SudanShulluk warriors pose by Alan Cobhams aeroplane in Sudan Date: 1926
Reception of King Kofi Karikaris ambassadors in the English camp, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi)
A Cape Coast King and His Court, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1873
Skirmish in a mountain pass, Lushai Expedition (1871-1872), India (a successful expedition to rescue British subjects who had been captured by the Lushais or Mizo people in north-east India)
Otaheiteans or natives of Tahiti, Polynesia, 1818. Tahitian man and woman in cloak and skirt in front of a palm tree. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present
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
Natives of Virginia, America, 1818. (Virginia was populated by Cherokee, Shawnee, Lenape, Mingo and other tribes.) The man carries a bow and arrow, and both wear feathers in their hair
Peasants of Bohemia drinking in a tavern, 1818Peasants of Bohemia drinking wine in a tavern, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World
Historical views of Kamchatka. Koryak man on a sledge drawn by dogs 19, interior of a Koryak hut 20, and glutton or wolverine, Gulo gulo, hunting a deer 21
Christopher Columbus exploring the West IndiesPortrait of Christopher Columbus 1, Columbuss first landing on San Salvador (Bahamas) 2, and Columbus dining with a Taino chieftain or Cacique on Hispaniola 3
Scenes from the East Coast of Africa, 1820Ducks on the sacred lake on Comoro Island 61, Solomons merchants buying ivory and peacocks at Sofala, Mozambique 62, and natives with torches chasing a wild elephant in Mozambique 63
Two aboriginal men, named Garicha and Boyguda, of Cape York, Australia, who were brought to Britain in 1853 after accidentally remaining on board Captain Stricklands ship
Scene showing Aborigines of Victoria, to accompany given in The Illustrated London News, which describes the native Australians sometimes visiting towns dressed in a mix of cast-off European style
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on the indigenous people of Australia Felix, Port Phillip, in New South Wales
View in Anamooka and the inhabitants - a scene on the coast of Tonga, named the Friendly Islands because of the reception given to James Cooks third Pacific voyage in May 1777. circa 1790
Victorian scrap, natives of Pomerania. circa 1890
Trading with natives in New Zealand. Date: 1840s
Sarawaks Hundred Years under rule of White RajahsPage from The Illustrated London News reporting on a centenary of rule of the state of Sarawak in Malaysia by white rajahs, beginning in 1838 with James Brooke
Massacre of de Langle, Lamanon, etc. by natives of VanuatuMassacre of French officers de Langle, Lamanon and 10 sailors by natives of the New Hebrides (Vanuatu). Illustration by Gaspard Duche de Vancy from Jean Francois Laperouses Voyage
Natives of Java, Indonesia, in ordinary dressNatives of Java, Javanese, Indonesia, in ordinary dress. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R
Natives of Tasmania (Van Diemens Land)Natives of Tasmania, Van Diemens Land. Grou Agara, man with scarification on his chest and animal-skin cape, and Arra-Maida, woman with child on her back in kangaroo papoose
Botocudo natives of the Amazon, with plugsBotocudo natives of the Amazon, busts and profiles showing plugs in earlobes and lower lip. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated Natural History of Men
European plant hunters attacked by South AfricanEuropean plant hunters attacked by natives of South Africa in the mid-19th century. Woodblock engraving from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe
Stilt houses in the ocean on Rawak Island, Papua New Guinea, 19th century. Natives on outrigger canoes fishing. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Alphonse Pellion from Giulio
Natives grilling fish on Rawak Island nearNatives grilling fish, cutting a coconut and killing a snake on Rawak Island near Waigeo, Papua New Guinea. In the background a tomb with skulls arranged outside
Warriors in breastplates from Ombai (Ombay) island, Indonesia, 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Jacques Etienne Victor Arago from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient
French explorers drawing natives on the island of Ombai (Ombay), Indonesia, 19th century. Jacques Arago drawing warriors in breastplates with bows and arrows
Hawaiian natives offer a sacrificial pig to Captain James Cook before 12 priests and a wooden idol in the sacred Orono house
Captain Cooks men with natives at Waimea village, Kauai island, Hawaii (Atooi, Sandwich Islands). Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso after John Webber from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient
Captain James Cook examining the Moai statuesCaptain James Cook and natives examining the Moai statues on Easter Island or Rapa Nui. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient
Natives of Easter Island or Rapa Nui. Man and woman in hats with long pierced ear lobes. Couple rowing an outrigger canoe or vaka
Natives of Tahiti on war canoes. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso after William Hodges from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy
Natives of Tonga (Friendly Islands). King Poulaho in feather headdress, man in gnatoo tappa cloth, Chief Ataongo Otago of Tongatapu Amsterdam Island with knife, woman with tattoos in gnatoo
Natives in an outrigger canoe, Dory harbourNatives in an outrigger canoe blowing on a conch shell in Dory harbour, Papua New Guinea. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient
Natives of the Admiralty Islands, Papua New GuineaNatives of the Admiralty Islands fishing and sailing, Papua New Guinea. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World