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1. Purser.
*Purser. To become a purser, a man had to have served at least one year as a captain's clerk, helping the captain with his correspondence and records. The...
2. Robert Milligan (c.1746-1809).
*Robert Milligan (c.1746-1809). Robert Milligan (c.1746-1809) was the man responsible for the realisation of the West India Docks. Milligan was a wealthy West India merchant and...
3. Sir John Falstaff and his companions at Gad's Hill.
*Sir John Falstaff and his companions at Gad's Hill. 'Sir John Falstaff and his companions at Gad's Hill', the frontspiece to Captain Charles Johnson's 'General History of the lives and adventures on...
4. Naval triumph or favors confer'd (caricature).
*Naval triumph or favors confer'd (caricature). This hand-coloured print is a caricature of Greenwich Pensioners along with possibly an Admiral and a General.
5. Midshipman.
*Midshipman. Midshipmen were usually the sons of wealthy or aristocratic families training to become commissioned officers. They usually joined the Navy at the...
6. How to get riches humbly inscribed to the British nation... Poem by Josephus Champion.
*How to get riches humbly inscribed to the British nation... Poem by Josephus Champion. This image includes a poem on the virtues of getting rich through exporting and importing goods as well as exploring the world. With partiotic words...
7. London. Mainly the City of London showing St Paul's Cathedral, viewed from the south bank, 1749.
*London. Mainly the City of London showing St Paul's Cathedral, viewed from the south bank, 1749. The standard view of the City of London, as seen across the Thames in 1749.
8. Manufactory and Bazaar, Calcutta House, 1795.
*Manufactory and Bazaar, Calcutta House, 1795. British influence in Calcutta began in 1690, when the village of Kolikata was leased by the East India Company. Initially many of the seamen hired by...
9. Skelt's Views. A view of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich.
*Skelt's Views. A view of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich. An engraving of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, published as one of 'Skelt's Views' some time in the 18th century. Skelt's prints were probably copies...
10. Sydney Cove, with Government House and Fort Macquarie.
*Sydney Cove, with Government House and Fort Macquarie. The passengers and crew from the First Fleet settled along the coast at Sydney Cove in 1788. They had arrived at Botany Bay, but the area was deemed...
 
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