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Canada

Item is an engraved landscape of countryside and buildings identified as "Canada" dated to around 1540.

Margret of Valois; Sister of France.

Item is an an top-half, electro-steel engaved portrait of Margret of Valois, Sister of France; Wife of Henry of Navarre (b.1553-d.1615). Is engraved by H. Robinson and published by Blackie & son Glasgow, Edenburogh, London.

Sully

Item is an top-half, electro-steel engraved portrait of Earl Sully; Fench Statesman (b.1560-d.1641). Engraved by W. Holl from an painting by an unknown artist in the private collection of Louis-Philippe, King of the French and under the supervision of the society for the diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

Captayne Joh nSmith

Item is an electro-engraved standing top-half ornatly decorated oval portrait of Captain John Smith; Admiral of New England, soldier and colonist (b.1579-d.1631). Surrounding the direct portrait are the words "The Portraictuer of Captayne John Smith Admiral of New England." In four corners surrounding the oval from top left to right are soildiers mustering by a fort, a globe, a man on a rearing house and a ship. Below the image is the following in print "These are the lines the Shew Thy Face but Those that shew thy GRACE and GLORY, brighter bee Thy Faire-Discouries and Fowle-Overthrowes of Salvages, much Civilized by thee. Best shew thy Spirit and to it GLORY Wyn; So art Brasse without-but Glode within."

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