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British Library digitised image from page 137 of "Title"

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  • Dj Onko said:
    What book is this from if i may ask?
  • Justin Taylor said:
    Dj Onko Adding this bit of comment necromancy in case anyone else finds this and has the same question. It's from "Illustreret Norges historie. [With plates.]"
    Author: ØVERLAND, Ole Andreas.
    Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 9425.c.37."
    Place of Publishing: Kristiania
    Date of Publishing: 1885
    Identifier: 002733973

    Some skid mark hacked The British Library's catalogue, otherwise I'd be able to give you the volume, page, and probably a link as well.

LIVING__WITH_MACHINES_DEC2022 35

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  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ January 15, 2024
  • gato-gato-gato said:
    well seen
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!
  • Ian Betley said:
    Congrats on Explore! ❤📷❤ great image! regards.

British Library digitised image from page 6 of "Te Ika a Maui, or, New Zealand and its Inhabitants ... Second edition, etc"

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  • Robyn Gallagher said:
    This superb image needs to be rotated.
  • Vernon Fridy said:
    A landscape of pre-European New Zealand, featuring a suite of native plants, flightless birds, and a human (Māori) hunter.
    This is not paleoart; the larger moa species likely only became extinct sometime in the 15th century.

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