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A Sea of Symbols
Captain George Pechell Mends (circa 1814 – 1871)
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Hodges, William
Holman, Francis
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Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815
Napoleonic Wars: Action in Burgur Harbour, 1807
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View of Macao near the Canton River (Painting)
'[A] view of Maitavie Bay, [in the island of] Otaheite [Tahiti]' (Painting)
A bay on the south coast of New Holland, January 1802 (Painting)
View of Cape Townshend taken from Mount Westall, March 1802 (Painting)
'The Landing at Erramanga [Eromanga], one of the New Hebrides' (Painting)
Waterfall in Dusky Bay with a Maori canoe (Painting)
Part of King George III Sound on the south coast of New Holland, December 1801 (Painting)
Entrance to Port Lincoln from behind Memory Cove, February 1802 (Painting)
'View of Resolution [Vaitahu] Bay in the Marquesas' (Painting)
An English brig with captured American vessels (Painting)
HMS Hydra at Cape Bagur, 7 August 1807 (Painting)
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