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1. Marseille harbour, 1895.
	The Norwegian brig 'Atlantic' in Marseille harbour in 1895. Marseille was the busiest port on the Mediterranean coast of France. Józef...

2. Outside the children's hospital, Shadwell.
	Mothers and their children wait for admission outside the East London Hospital for Children in Shadwell. This charity hospital, founded thanks to the...

3. Sing Seng.
	Sing Seng arrived in London as an “Amah” or children’s nurse from Ningpo in 1858. She later returned to China in the service of the...

4. *The Cutter of HMS Daphne* capturing a slave dhow off Brora.**
	The Royal Navy anti-slavery campaign employed a number of vessels along the coast of East Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth century. One of...

5. 'Glory to God in High' in Portuguese on a board at the Home for Asiatics in West India Dock Road.
	Many Asian and African seamen arriving in London in the nineteenth century would have had some basic knowledge of Portuguese. The sign at the Home...

6. *Depot for boats of HMS London* at Funzi, Pemba.**
	The Royal Navy employed Swahili interpreters, such as the one shown here wearing a jacket and rolled-up white trousers, on many of its overseas...

7. *Burying the unknown dead from the Princess Alice* disaster at Woolwich Cemetery.**
	The burial of the unknown dead from the 'Princess Alice' disaster at Woolwich Cemetery. Over 120 bodies were never identified.

8. Chinese gamblers in an opium den.
	The Limehouse area in London was notorious for its opimum dens, many of which catered for Chinese sailors employed by the Blue Funnel Line as well as...

9. Christmas with poor Jack at the Seamen's Hospital.
	An illustation of the seamen from the Seaman's Hospital ('Dreadnought') eating Christmas dinner. There are seamen from many different nationalities...

10. A paddle steamer at Greenwich Pier.
	Crowds of spectatators witness an unknown ceremony at Greenwich Pier, with Thames watermen lining the route. Greenwich Pier was built in 1836 to...


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