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Captain Bartholomew Roberts, The Cavalier Pirate

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A full-length portrait of Captain Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts, a Welsh pirate described as one of the most successful pirates during the Golden Age of Piracy. In this drawing he is standing with a sword in hand. A ship, persons in a boat and…

Capt. Bartholomew Roberts with his two ships - The Royal Fortune and The Ranger

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Captain Bartholomew Roberts with two ship, viz. the Royal Fortune and Ranger, takes a sail in Whydah Road on the coast of Guiney, January 11th, 1721/2.

Landing at Jacmel, Hayti

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London, The Illustrated London News/ca. 1864

6" x 9 1/4"

Extract from the Illustrated London News 1864? Approximate date taken from printed matter on verso of print.

Perspective view of Roseau in the Island of Dominica in the West Indies

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View of Roseau in the island of Dominica in the West Indies. Boats, varying in size, are at sea.
[Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography]

Queen Ana Maria (passenger vessel) around Fort Augusta, 1967

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Image of the Queen Anna Maria passenger vessel at sea, near Fort Augusta in St. Catherine, Jamaica. The steamship was formerly owned by the Canadian Pacific Steamships under the name "Empress of Britain" before being bought and renamed by Greek Line…

S.S. Aeneas from Sierra Leone to German East Africa

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A signed postcard with an image of the S.S Aeneas sailing from Sierra Leone to German East Africa.

The Imperial West Indian Mail Service

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Postcard of one of the steamships from The Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Company, travelling from Bristol to the West Indies. Elder, Dempster and Co. [written at the top of the postcard] was a company contracted to ship bananas from the…

The 'Wolverine' that took George William Gordon to Morant Bay to be hanged

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"The Wolverine" the ship on which Governor Eyre took George William Gordon to St. Thomas, where martial law was in force, to be hanged.

Foot of King St., looking south

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Buildings completely damaged by the 1907 earthquake, at the bottom of King Street near the Charles Metcalfe statue. There is a ship at sea behind the statue.

World War 1914-1918, Jamaica - sailing of the contingent World War I

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The first Jamaican contingent for the British West Indies Regiment, aboard the 'Verdalla' which sailed on 8th November 1915.