Colony Collection (page 9)

Cotton harvest in German East Africa (colour litho)
8663643 Cotton harvest in German East Africa (colour litho) by Kuhnert, Wilhelm (1865-1923) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cotton harvest in German East Africa)

Flamingo colony (litho)
8663867 Flamingo colony (litho) by Weczerzick, Alfred (1864-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flamingo colony. Illustration for Der Mensch und die Erde by Hans Kraemer)

Castle of St Germain in the reign of Henry IV (engraving)
8652446 Castle of St Germain in the reign of Henry IV (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Castle of St Germain in the reign of Henry IV)

Queen Anne (engraving)
8652434 Queen Anne (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Anne. Illustration for Zigzag Journeys in Acadia and New France by Hezekiah Butterworth)

The settlers and Indians merry-making (engraving)
8652426 The settlers and Indians merry-making (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The settlers and Indians merry-making)

Quebec (engraving)
8652425 Quebec (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Quebec. Illustration for Zigzag Journeys in Acadia and New France by Hezekiah Butterworth)

Cathedral of Montreal (engraving)
8652419 Cathedral of Montreal (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cathedral of Montreal)

Custom House, Quebec (engraving)
8652417 Custom House, Quebec (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Custom House, Quebec)

Market-place of Bonsecours (engraving)
8652416 Market-place of Bonsecours (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Market-place of Bonsecours)

Haiphong, c.1925 (photo)
8698481 Haiphong, c.1925 (photo); (add.info.: Geography. Vietnam. Hotel restaurant Kien An in Haiphong. Photo, Vietnam, c.1925.); © Archives Charmet

A Map of the country of the Five Nations, belonging to the province of New York;
8711846 A Map of the country of the Five Nations, belonging to the province of New York; and of the lakes near which the nations of far Indians live, with part of Canada, by Cadwallader Colden, 1725

Valdivia, 1682 (manuscript)
7339611 Valdivia, 1682 (manuscript) by Ringrose, Basil (c.1653-83); 16x20 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator)

Bahia de la Ligua and Papudo, 1682 (manuscript)
7339607 Bahia de la Ligua and Papudo, 1682 (manuscript) by Ringrose, Basil (c.1653-83); 16x20 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Chart of Santiago Astata and Bahia Ventosa, 1682 (technical drawing)
7339599 Chart of Santiago Astata and Bahia Ventosa, 1682 (technical drawing) by Ringrose, Basil (c.1653-83); 16x20 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Bahia de Ancon de Sardinas, 1682 (coloured manuscript)
7339598 Bahia de Ancon de Sardinas, 1682 (coloured manuscript) by Ringrose, Basil (c.1653-83); 16x20 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: Basil Ringrose Bound sheet. Col)

Remains of the Macellum of Pozzuoli, southern Italy, rom The Universe or, The Infinitely Great
7125184 Remains of the Macellum of Pozzuoli, southern Italy, rom The Universe or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little, published 1882; (add.info.: Pozzuoli); Photo © Ken Welsh

War of the British in East India, 1798 (engraving)
8822251 War of the British in East India, 1798 (engraving) by Kuffner, Abraham Wolfgang (1760-1817); 11, 4 x 7, 8 cm; JMK Archiv, Bremen

Peter Stuyvesant's Bowery house, called Great Bouwerie, in what is now present day Manhattan, America
2907826 Peter Stuyvesant's Bowery house, called Great Bouwerie, in what is now present day Manhattan, America. Peter Stuyvesant, c.1612--1672

Peter Stuyvesant, c.?1612 - 1672, aka Petrus. Last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647
2603487 Peter Stuyvesant, c.?1612 - 1672, aka Petrus. Last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664

Sir William Berkeley, 1605 -1677, colonial governor of Virginia, and one of the Lords Proprietors of the Colony of
2907822 Sir William Berkeley, 1605 -1677, colonial governor of Virginia, and one of the Lords Proprietors of the Colony of Carolina, America

Richard Mather
5669004 Richard Mather; (add.info.: Richard Mather (1596-1669): first in a line of New England Puritan clergymen and leader of New England Congregationalism who co-authored the Bay Psalm Book

A beekeeper
5307403 A beekeeper.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a beekeeper collecting a swarm of bees from a hollow tree and putting them into a straw skep. Dated 19th century)

New England colonies just before the French and Indian War
NWI4853909 New England colonies just before the French and Indian War.; (add.info.: New England colonies just before the French and Indian War.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

View of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in
FLO4695534 View of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R

A soldier of the French Foreign, 1890
3480314 A soldier of the French Foreign, 1890; (add.info.: Illustration of a soldier of the French Foreign. Circa 1890.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Charles Joseph La Trobe, or Latrobe, c.1880 (print)
3432502 Charles Joseph La Trobe, or Latrobe, c.1880 (print) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charles Joseph La Trobe, or Latrobe, 1801-1875)

General Sir Ralph Darling, after a print dating from the, c.1880 (print)
3432510 General Sir Ralph Darling, after a print dating from the, c.1880 (print) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: General Sir Ralph Darling, 1772-1858)

Roger Williams opposing the Pequot emissaries during the Pequot War. Roger Williams, c.1603 - 1683
2956606 Roger Williams opposing the Pequot emissaries during the Pequot War. Roger Williams, c.1603 - 1683. English Puritan theologian and Chief Officer of Providence and Warwick

The Fernshaw colony, Woods Point, Victoria, Australia in the 19th century, from L'Univers Illustre pub. 1867
3506132 The Fernshaw colony, Woods Point, Victoria, Australia in the 19th century, from L'Univers Illustre pub. 1867; (add.info.: The Fernshaw colony, Woods Point, Victoria)

Sir Henry Parkes, 7th Premier of New South Wales, Australia (engraving)
8631387 Sir Henry Parkes, 7th Premier of New South Wales, Australia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896)

Manipuri huts, India (engraving)
8631380 Manipuri huts, India (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Manipuri huts, India. Illustration from Black and White)

Deposed Rajah of Manipur, India, and his third brother, the Senapati (engraving)
8631342 Deposed Rajah of Manipur, India, and his third brother, the Senapati (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Deposed Rajah of Manipur, India)

Jubilee statue of Queen Victoria for Hong Kong (engraving)
8631510 Jubilee statue of Queen Victoria for Hong Kong (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jubilee statue of Queen Victoria for Hong Kong)

Jacques Randon (1795-1871) marshal of France, minister of war, Algeria governor from 1851 a 1858, photo by Disderi
1708780 Jacques Randon (1795-1871) marshal of France, minister of war, Algeria governor from 1851 a 1858, photo by Disderi; (add.info.: Jacques Randon (1795-1871) marshal of France, minister of war

The Prince of Wales at the unveiling ceremony of the memorial to Khama III, Bechuanaland (b/w photo)
8635680 The Prince of Wales at the unveiling ceremony of the memorial to Khama III, Bechuanaland (b/w photo) by English Photographer

The Prince of Wales at the Shangani Memorial, Matopos Hills, Southern Rhodesia (b/w photo)
8635679 The Prince of Wales at the Shangani Memorial, Matopos Hills, Southern Rhodesia (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Champlain's house at Port Royal (engraving)
8652437 Champlain's house at Port Royal (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Champlain's house at Port Royal)

Madame de Pompadour and the King (engraving)
8652422 Madame de Pompadour and the King (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Madame de Pompadour and the King)

Marie Antoinette (engraving)
8652411 Marie Antoinette (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marie Antoinette)

Jamaica alphabet (litho)
8676234 Jamaica alphabet (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jamaica alphabet. Illustration from In the Trades, the Tropics & the Roaring Forties)

An engraving depicting a humble bee's nest, 19th century
5311560 An engraving depicting a humble bee's nest, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1843); Universal History Archive/UIG

Menelik II, 1896 (print)
7143715 Menelik II, 1896 (print); Private Collection; (add.info.: History. Ethiopia. Emperor Menelik II and king of italy Umberto I. Caricature on the battle of Mekele, defeat of the italian troops)

Map of the British Colonies south of Canada up to 1783. From British History in Periods, published 1904 (b/w engraving)
6867187 Map of the British Colonies south of Canada up to 1783. From British History in Periods, published 1904 (b/w engraving); (add.info.: Map of the British Colonies south of Canada up to 1783)

Arauco, 1682 (manuscript)
7339612 Arauco, 1682 (manuscript) by Ringrose, Basil (c.1653-83); 16x20 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator)

Rio Guayas, 1682 (coloured manuscript)
7339608 Rio Guayas, 1682 (coloured manuscript) by Ringrose, Basil (c.1653-83); 16x20 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: Basil Ringrose Bound sheet. Col. ms)

Isla Salanga and Santa Elena, 1682 (coloured manuscript)
7339605 Isla Salanga and Santa Elena, 1682 (coloured manuscript) by Ringrose, Basil (c.1653-83); 16x20 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: Basil Ringrose Bound sheet. Col)

Punta Borrachos, Cabo Pasado and Bahia de Caraquez, 1682 (coloured manuscript)
7339602 Punta Borrachos, Cabo Pasado and Bahia de Caraquez, 1682 (coloured manuscript) by Ringrose, Basil (c.1653-83); 16x20 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Cojimies, 1682 (coloured manuscript)
7339601 Cojimies, 1682 (coloured manuscript) by Ringrose, Basil (c.1653-83); 16x20 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: Basil Ringrose Bound sheet. Col. ms)

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"Journey through History: Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Colonies" Step back in time to 1776, when the Thirteen original colonies laid the foundation for a new nation. From William and Mary College in the 1700s to the iconic Mayflower ship setting sail in 1620, these colonies shaped America's identity. Witness history unfold as Mayflower passengers land at Plymouth, Massachusetts, marking a significant chapter in American history. Delve into court records from the Salem witch trials of 1692, offering a glimpse into a dark period of colonial life. Immerse yourself in Jennie A. Brownscombe's captivating oil painting depicting "THE FIRST THANKSGIVING, " where Pilgrims and Native Americans come together to celebrate abundance and unity. Discover nature's wonders with honey bees - observe their intricate honeycomb structures and explore their fascinating life cycle through expanded cross-sections and insets. Marvel at Samuel de Champlain's map of Port St. Louis (later known as Plymouth), drawn during his expedition of 1605. Travel further south on Captain John Smith's Virginia Map from 1612, unveiling early English settlements that paved the way for future colonies. Witness Mayflower passengers landing on Plymouth Rock in 1620 - an enduring symbol of courage and resilience. Venture beyond North America to South Africa with a map showcasing Cape Colony - an intriguing glimpse into European colonization efforts across continents. Finally, witness Anne Hutchinson's trial at Boston in 1637 through a wood engraving capturing this remarkable event. Embark on this historical journey through captivating images and stories that shed light on our colonial past - reminding us how far we've come while honoring those who built our nation brick by brick.