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Dutch settlement at Chinsura on the Hugli river, West Bengal. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.

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Thinking allowed : the fingerprint revolution.

Dutch settlement at Chinsura on the Hugli river, West Bengal. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.