The shipwreck of the Dutch East
India Company ship 'Weesp' on the Nicobar Islands in Oct. 1662,
and the killing of the survivors by 'cannibals'; from 'Wouter
Schouten's travels into the East Indies', 2nd ed., Amsterdam, 1708
Source: ebay, Aug. 2010
'Habitans de Sombrero et habits de
leurs Pretres," by Pieter van der Aa, from 'La galerie agreable du
monde (…). Tome premier des Indes Orientales.', published by P.
van der Aa, Leyden, c. 1725; *a closer
look*
Source: ebay, Feb. 2012
"View at Car Nicobar," by Henry Salt, 1809 (with modern hand
coloring)
Source: ebay, Feb. 2007
*"Advance of
the boats of the H.C. steamer "Pluto" to open friendly
connections with the Andaman Islanders," Illustrated London
News, 1858*
Source: ebay, Oct. 2009
"Interior of a hut in Car Nicobar," from 'Le Tour du Monde', 1860
Source: ebay, Mar. 2014
"Port Blair, South Andaman Island,
Bay of Bengal," from the Illustrated London News, 1867
Source: ebay, June 2009
"Village of Mala, Point Mayo,
Nancowry [Nicobar Islands]," Illustrated London News, 1870; also *"Natives of the Nicobar Islands*
Source: ebay, Sept. 2009
Four views of the Andaman Islands prison colony, where Lord
Mayo was assassinated (1872); from the Illustrated London News,
1872
Source: ebay, July 2005
"The late Lord Mayo," the Viceroy, assassinated while on an
inspection tour of the Andamans, 1872; *another
view with a description, from the Illustrated London News,
1872*
Source: ebay, Mar. 2008
*"Assassination
of
Lord
Mayo,"
from
'Cassel's
Illustrated
History of India', 1880*
Source: ebay, Nov. 2009
*"The
Calcutta obsequies of Lord Mayo: arrival of the coffin at
Government House," from the Illustrated London News, 1872*
Source: ebay, Dec. 2010
"Shere Ali, assassin of Lord Mayo, in prison," an undated
photo
Source: ebay, Mar. 2008
"Virgin Forest in Kar-Nikobar" (Selmar Hess, New York, 1877);
also *"Palm Trees in Great Andaman"*
Source: ebay, Apr. 2006
"Landscape in Car-Nicobar: Village of Sawi," from The Earth
and its Inhabitants, by E. Reclus (D. Appleton and Col, 1884)
Source: ebay, Apr. 2006
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