Images

Virgin and Child, polychrome stucco by Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455) or his employees. Made in Florence after a model that may date from 1420-1425. Louvre Museum, Paris.

Osun River, Nigeria, near Oshogbo Ipetu-Ijesa. Photo taken on 24 October 2013.

Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, Nigeria.

A devotee of Oshun, carved wood kneeling female figure. Yoruba people, Nigeria, early 20th century. Honolulu Museum of Art

Oshun statue, Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, Nigeria.

A pirate ship being careened, that is when a ship is beached and its hull scraped clean of marine encrustations and repaired. From the TV series Black Sails. ©2014 Starz Entertainment

A map illustrating Christopher Columbus’s image of the world before his first voyage in 1492. It was based on a map by the Italian scholar Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, which depicted the Earth as about 25% smaller than it actually is, exaggerated...

A late-19th century cigarette card showing the British pirate Captain Samuel Bellamy (d. 1717). Bellamy died when his ship the Whydah was wrecked in a storm off Cape Cod. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris & Sons...

A quantity of silver pieces of eight taken from the Whydah shipwreck. The ship was captained by the pirate Samuel Bellamy, aka ‘Black Sam’ Bellamy, who died in the wreck off Cape Cod in 1717. The wreck was re-discovered in 1984. (Image taken...

A reproduction treasure chest.