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Java (Indonesia)

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Images about Java (Indonesia)

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  • Java: a man and a woman of mixed race (Dutch and Javanese), with the woman holding a young child in her arms, standing outside a plantation; right an ape of Java (orangoutan?). Etching by F. Garden, 1752.
  • Javanese dancers, with men on the left and women on the right, accompanied by a musician. Engraving by T. de Bry.
  • A Javanese girl dancing with long scarves tied to her waist. Coloured aquatint by W. Daniell, 1817.
  • Javanese people playing the gamelan. Engraving.
  • Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

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    Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 726189i
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    Voyages to the East Indies / Christopher Fryke and Christopher Schweitzer ; with introduction and notes by C. Ernest Fayle.

    Frick, Christoph, 1659- | Date: 1929
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    Beschouwingen omtrent verbreiding en besmettingswijze van pest, in verband met waarneming en proefondervindelijk onderzoek op java : academisch proefschrift ... / door Louis Otten.

    Otten, L. (Louis), 1883-1946. | Date: 1913
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    Dissertation sur les effets d'un poison de Java, appelé Upas tieuté, et sur la noix vomique, la fève de St.-Ignace, le Strychnos potatorum, et la pomme de Vontac, qui sont du même genre de plantes que l'Upas tieuté ... / par Alire Raffeneau-Delile.

    Raffeneau-Delile, Alire, 1778-1850. | Date: 1809
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    BMA world tour : Alternative itinerary. Part 5.

    | Date: c.1935
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History, 20th Century
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British Medical Association
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Indonesia
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