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Governor Joseph Wanton of Rhode Island Colony
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Governor Joseph Wanton of Rhode Island Colony

Portrait of Joseph Wanton Sr. (1705-1780) colonial governor of Rhode Island during the American Revolution. By an unknown artist, currently in Providence Rhode Island.
Map of Shark Bay Area Showing Dirk Hartog Island and Cape Inscription
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Map of Shark Bay Area Showing Dirk Hartog Island and Cape Inscription

Dutch explorer, Dirk Hartog (1580-1621), sailed into Shark Bay on Australia’s west coast, 850 kilometres (528 miles) north of Perth on his ship, the Eendracht on 25 October 1616. Hartog made landfall at the northern tip of an island in Shark...
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Seurat
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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Seurat

An 1884-6 oil on canvas, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, by Georges Seurat (1859-1891), the French pointillist painter. The Grande Jatte is a narrow island in the Seine near Paris, then a popular destination for day-trippers...
Providence Colony
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Providence Colony

Providence Colony (also known as Providence Plantation, modern-day Providence, Rhode Island, USA) was a settlement established in 1636 CE by the Puritan separatist theologian and pastor Roger Williams (l. 1603-1683 CE) after he was banished...
Traditional Pacific Island Tattoo Tools
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Traditional Pacific Island Tattoo Tools

Instruments for traditional Pacific Island tattoos: hāhau (tapping stick) made of ulei wood, moli (tattoo tool) made of wood and bone, and apu paʻu (ink bowl), made of jade. Date unknown.
The Seashore, Martinique Island by Gauguin
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The Seashore, Martinique Island by Gauguin

An 1887 oil on canvas, The Seashore, Martinique Island, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. A work that shows the artist's shift towards a bold and vivd palette of pure colours, seen here in the cobalt sea and...
Location of the Island of Flores, Indonesia
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Location of the Island of Flores, Indonesia

Location of the island of Flores, Indonesia (highlighted in red).
The Supreme Court of Judicature on the Island of Ceylon
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The Supreme Court of Judicature on the Island of Ceylon

The Supreme Court of Judicature on the Island of Ceylon, Colored aquatint by an unknown artist. Yale Center for British Art.
War Chief Roman Nose of the Cheyenne at the Battle of Beecher Island
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War Chief Roman Nose of the Cheyenne at the Battle of Beecher Island

The defiance of Roman Nose, photographic reproduction of an illustration by R. F. Zagbaum from Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. 91, #541 June, 1895, p. 53., depicting the Northern Cheyenne warrior/war chief Roman Nose taunting US army forces...
Alfred Dreyfus on Devil's Island
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Alfred Dreyfus on Devil's Island

Alfred Dreyfus on Devil's Island in 1898, stereoscopy by F. Hamel, Altona-Hamburg.
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