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Colonial Sugar Cane Manufacturing
An illustration showing the manufacture of sugar from raw sugar cane. The image may represent a scene in the West Indies, although the machinery and techniques are applicable to colonial sugar plantations in the Caribbean, South America and...

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A View of the Harbour of Principe
A 1727 engraving showing a harbour on the island of Principe, West Africa. São Tomé and Principe were Portuguese colonies from c. 1486 to 1975.

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São Sebastiao Fort, São Tomé
The 16th century São Sebastiao Fort, São Tomé, West Africa. The fort was built when the island was a Portuguese colony.

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Historical Map of São Tomé
A 1665 map drawn by Johannes Vingboons of the island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. The island was a Portuguese colony from c. 1486 to 1975. (National Archives of the Netherlands)

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Hipparchia of Maroneia
Hipparchia of Maroneia, detail of a fresco showing the Cynic philosophers Crates of Thebes and Hipparchia, c. 1st century CE.
Villa Farnesina, Museo delle Terme, Rome.

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Heraclitus and Democritus
Heraclitus and Democritus, Fresco transferred to canvas, by Donato Bramante, c. 1486.
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.

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Democritus by Dossi
Democritus, painting by Dosso and Battista Dossi, 1540.
Pinacoteca Civica Domenico Inzaghi, Budrio.

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São Francisco Church, Cidade Velha
São Francisco Church, Cidade Velha on Santiago, Cape Verde islands. Built in 1657 when the islands were a Portuguesecolony, it was restored in the early 21st century.

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Ribeira Grande, Santiago, Cape Verde
A c. 1646 watercolour painting showing the town of Ribeira Grande on Santiago, one of the islands of the Cape Verde archipelago, then a Portuguese colony. Painting by Caspar Schmalkalden, image by Arquipelagos. (Forschungsbibliothek Gotha)

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Santiago, Cape Verde
Ribeira Principal stream on the island of Santiago, one of the Cape Verde Islands.