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British Library digitised image from page 194 of "The Cruise of 'The Kate.'"

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  • Thomas Klugh said:
    Reading "The Kate", now. Wonderful.

British Library digitised image from page 146 of "Round the Calendar in Portugal ... Illustrated by Miss Dorothy Tennant, Mrs. Arthur Walter ... and the author"

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  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ January 15, 2024
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!
  • Finn Frode said:
    Beautiful shot ♥ - congrats on Explore. :)
  • Erika Hartmann said:
    Gratulation zum Explore ♥
  • Ian Betley said:
    Congrats on Explore! ❤📷❤ great image! regards.

British Library digitised image from page 12 of "The Annals of Wickham Market and other papers, etc"

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  • Stephen B. Whatley said:
    so sad it is uploaded the wrong way...
  • David Gobbitt said:
    The cropped second line of the caption is:
    From an old print published 1818.

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