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1. The landing of Captain Cook at Middleburg, Friendly Islands.
*The landing of Captain Cook at Middleburg, Friendly Islands. The painting portrays the initial establishment of a contact between peoples of different cultures; the British Navy and the inhabitants of...
2. The legend of Pocahontas.
*The legend of Pocahontas. Captain John Smith, an important member of the Virginia colonists who had set out from Blackwall in December 1606, was captured by native Americans...
3. The Cutter of HMS Daphne capturing a slave dhow off Brora.
*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...
4. The Anglican Cathedral from opposite the Creek, Zanzibar.
*The Anglican Cathedral from opposite the Creek, Zanzibar. The Anglican Cathedral was built in 1887 to commemorate the end of the slave trade. The site chosen for the cathedral was formally the location of...
5. Street scene in Goa.
*Street scene in Goa. One of the first Englishmen to live in Goa was the Jesuit priest, Father Thomas Stephens (1549-1619) who left Europe in 1579 and spent the rest of...
6. The Royal Yacht Britannia.
*The Royal Yacht Britannia. The 'Britannia', escorted by the Fast Patrol Boats 'Gay Bombardier', 'Gay Charioteer', 'Gay Fencer' and 'Gay Charger', conveying Elizabeth II and the...
7. The Royal Yacht Britannia.
*The Royal Yacht Britannia. The 'Britannia' is seen here along with the patrol boats 'Gay Bombardier', 'Gay Charioteer', 'Gay Fencer' and 'Gay Charger'. The Royal Yacht is...
8. Virginia. English Captain Argall takes Pocahontas the daughter of King Powhatan on board his ship.
*Virginia. English Captain Argall takes Pocahontas the daughter of King Powhatan on board his ship. Pocahontas was most likely born in Werawocomoco (what is now Wicomico, Gloucester County, Virginia) on the north side of the Pamaunkee (York) River,...
9. Vasco Da Gama Tomb, Cochin, Kerela, India.
*Vasco Da Gama Tomb, Cochin, Kerela, India. When Vasco Da Gama died of Malaria at Cochin (Kochi) in Southwest India in 1524, he was buried at the St Francis Church. At that time the church was...
10. The Empire Windrush.
*The Empire Windrush. The 'Empire Windrush' in 1948. In June of that year, she brought 492 Jamaican immigrants to Tilbury. They were the first of the many Caribbean...
 
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