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11. The Tilbury Hotel.
*The Tilbury Hotel. Built in 1886 to accommodate passengers departing from liners using the Tilbury Docks, the Tilbury Hotel attempted to bring late-Victorian opulence...
12. St Francis Church, Cochin, Kerala, India.
*St Francis Church, Cochin, Kerala, India. St. Francis Church at Cochin (Kochi) in Southwest India was the first European church to be built in India. Originally built in wood by the...
13. Prince Lee Boo, second son of Abba Thulle.
*Prince Lee Boo, second son of Abba Thulle. In 1783 Captain Henry Wilson, a Rotherhithe man, was sailing in the East India Company's ship 'Antelope' near Coo-roo-raa, one of the Pelew Islands...
14. Chinatown, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia.
*Chinatown, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. Penang is the oldest British settlement on the Malay Peninsula and George Town is one of the most Chinese settlements in Southeast Asia.
15. Apotheosis of Captain Cook: from a design by P.J. Loutherbourg.
*Apotheosis of Captain Cook: from a design by P.J. Loutherbourg. Captain Cook was murdered in Hawaii in 1779. In this print, the great explorer is carried aloft by Britannia with an angel heralding his entrance to...
16. Aden on the coast of Arabia, c. 1835.
*Aden on the coast of Arabia, c. 1835. A rift valley in Saudi Arabia was formed due to a series of great fissures, and this was later occupied by the sea to produce the Red Sea and the...
17. A model of a mtepe.
*A model of a mtepe. The mtepe owed its construction to the coconut tree. The hull was made from coconut planks sewn together with rope made from coir (the husk-like...
18. Depot for boats of HMS London at Funzi, Pemba.
*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...
19. Interior of a 19th-century Swahili house, Lamu, Kenya.
*Interior of a 19th-century Swahili house, Lamu, Kenya. The interior hallway of a 19th-century Swahili house at Lamu, Kenya. The wall niches (or Zidaka) were used to store Chinese and European ceramics and...
20. Portuguese fishermen and boats, Nazare, Portugal.
*Portuguese fishermen and boats, Nazare, Portugal. These boats are similar to those of ancient Phoenicia and Malta, with their high prows and "eyes" to ward off evil spirits. The falt keels are...
 
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