The 18th Century Search for the Blue Nile

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Hodges,_Resolution_and_Adventure_in_Matavai_Bay.jpg
This painting depicts two of James Cook's vessels at Matavai Bay, on the island of Tahiti. The painting also includes same native Tahitians with their fishing boats.

Hodges,_Resolution_and_Adventure_in_Matavai_Bay.jpg
This painting depicts two of James Cook's vessels at Matavai Bay, on the island of Tahiti. The painting also includes same native Tahitians with their fishing boats.

Hodges,_Resolution_and_Adventure_in_Matavai_Bay.jpg
This painting depicts two of James Cook's vessels at Matavai Bay, on the island of Tahiti. The painting also includes same native Tahitians with their fishing boats.

Read Headed Wood-Pecker.jpg

Prester_John_map.jpg
Map of the Kingdom of Prester John

Roslin_Comte_de_Caylus.jpg
Image of an Antiquary

MiniGlobeFinal2.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg
Image of an eighteenth century pocket globe

Rock_Hewn_Church,_Lalibela_(6188176407).jpg
Picture of one of eleven rock-hewn churches built by the Zagwe dynasty in the capital, Lalibela

Cooks Narrative Sandwich Islands.JPG
Images of people of the Sandwich Islands from James Cook's travel narrative

Catesby's Parrot.jpg
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