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One of the Batavia massacre (1629) victims, excavated on Beacon Island. Western Australian Shipwrecks Museum, Fremantle.

A replica of the Dutch East India Company ship, the Batavia, wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1629.

Massacre of the survivors after the shipwreck of the Batavia, a Dutch East India Company vessel that was wrecked off the Western Australia coast in 1629. Plate 3, from Ongeluckige voyagie, van 't schip Batavia, nae...

Survivors being transferred from the wrecked Batavia to nearby islands in the ship's boats. Plate 1, from Ongeluckige voyagie, van 't schip Batavia, nae de Oost-Indien, by F. Pelsaert, F., & Vliet, J., 1647. State Library of...

Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876), lithograph by American artist Charles Marion Russell (l. 1864-1926), 1903. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Oglala Lakota Sioux nation citizens Black Elk & Elk in costume as grass dancers while performing with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show in London, England, 1887. National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian...

Black Elk (also known as Nicholas Black Elk, l. 1863-1950) photographed here with his daughter, Lucy Black Elk, and wife Anna Brings White, in their home in Manderson, South Dakota, c. 1910. Denver Public Library Special...

A 1920 portrait of the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). (National Library of France)

The Château de Loches is situated in Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France. First built in the 11th century, it acquired new features throughout the centuries. Its current owner, le Conseil régional d'Indre-et-Loire, opened it to the...

First built in the 10th century, the Château de Brissac became the home of René de Cossé, the first Lord of Brissac in 1502 and it is now the residence of the 14th Duke of Brissac. It is located in the new town of Brissac Loire...