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This beautiful set of books provides a fascinating visual and textual introduction to the Middle East and North Africa. This image of the Sphinx, with its mellow shadowing and tiny human figures for perspective, conveys the stark awe of Europeans…

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Label by W. Holmes transcribed in ink by Dr Hocken: I. 1. Rhodes’s farm, Banks Peninsula. 2. A native Pah. 3. Pulao Bay. 4. Castle Eden, 930 tons. 5. Sumner Road. 6. Town of Lyttelton. 7. Port Vict. 8. Quail Island (abounding in good bldg stone) 9.…

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Margin below image in ink: T.M. Hocken; label: Na te hakena tenei tiki; note by W. Holmes transcribed in ink by Dr Hocken: Bold promontory Pacific Ocean The bar at mouth of River Heathcote. The Heathcote River. Cave in rocks. Cottage rock. Fine Bay.…

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Through image on stone: JB; To England, S.E.R.J., Bankruptcy, Gas Comp. Transfer Shares; through image in ink: 1. 2. 3. 4; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: 1. Shadrach Edward Robert Jones of the Provincial Hotel, Dunedin, a smart rogue & bankrupt.…

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Margin below image in ink: T.M. Hocken; label: Na Te Hakena Tenei Tiki; label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: The projecting hill was Clay Point slightly to the left of the present Plimmers steps & now removed. It was Town Acre no 512, and at the…

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