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The Supreme Court of Judicature on the Island of Ceylon
The Supreme Court of Judicature on the Island of Ceylon, Colored aquatint by an unknown artist.
Yale Center for British Art.

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Island of Mozambique
Island of Mozambique, UNESCO World Heritage Site

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St. Cuthbert's Island
St. Cuthbert's Island, near Lindisfarne, where Saint Cuthbert (c. 634 - 20 March 687) retired to live in solitude before he was offered the bishopric of Lindisfarne.

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Battle of Rhode Island
The Siege of Newport prior to the Battle of Rhode Island (29 August 1778). Illustration from The Gentleman's magazine, ed. by Sylvanus Urban, London, February 1779, p. 100-101.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, 1919
Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, Penobscot County, Maine, USA. Illustration from What to see in America by Clifton Johnson, 1919.

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Battle of Rhode Island Site
A marker at the site of the Battle of Rhode Island (29 August 1778) detailing the order of events.
Photo by JBowie17, 18 March 2014.

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The Trial & Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth
The central pillars of Christianity originate from the story of the trial, crucifixion, and death of Jesus Christ. The events cover the time when Jesus of Nazareth and his followers entered Jerusalem for the festival of Passover to Sunday...

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The Temple of Isis on Philae Island
Painting by Vasily Polenov (1882). Oil on canvas. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

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Delos
Delos is a Greek island in the Cyclades archipelago which was both an influential political force and, with its sanctuary to the god Apollo, an important religious centre in the Archaic and Classical periods. The island was also a major commercial...

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Polynesian Navigation & Settlement of the Pacific
Polynesian navigation of the Pacific Ocean and its settlement began thousands of years ago. The inhabitants of the Pacific islands had been voyaging across vast expanses of ocean water sailing in double canoes or outriggers using nothing...