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Reko’s slave girl, Tuturau.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T.T. 1856; on mount in pencil: Reko’s slave girl. 24 Sept 1856
Regulations to be observed on board the emigrant ships of the New Zealand Company poster
Note in ink in Dr Hocken's hand at top: These comprehensive regulations vary slightly from those in the adjoining frame. Mr Bridges, the secretary of the Plymouth Board, succeeded Mr H.S. Chapman (afterwards Judge C.) in 1843 as editor of the 'New…
Regni chinensis descriptio [front cover].
In 1611, the Flemish Jesuit missionary Nicolas Trigault reached Peking (Beijing), one year after the death of Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), the founder of the Jesuit mission in China. On his return to Rome, Trigault translated Ricci's memoirs into Latin…
