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Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag. Painting by Henry Mosler (1841-1920)

BIRTH OF THE FLAG.
Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag. Painting by Henry Mosler (1841-1920)

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13 Star Flag, 1776, 1777, 1st, America, American, American Revolution, Betsy, First American Flag, Flag, Henri, Maker, Making, Mosler, Old Glory, Patriotic, Revolution, Ross, Seamstress, Sewing, Team Work, Women

Map of Palestine, 1588

16th century map of Palestine. North is towards upper right. Published in 1588, this German map shows the geography of Palestine, centred on the area that later become the state of Israel. The inscriptions are in German, and the place names are in Latin. These include ancient names like Petra, Coele Syria and Judea. The Dead Sea is at lower centre, and the Mediterranean coast is at left. Numerous towns and villages are shown on the map. The map is by the German cartographer Sebastian Munster (1489-1552), and was published in Basel in a posthumous edition of his Cosmographia, the earliest German atlas

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Oceanic Australian culture - Polynesian objects, chromolithograph, published in 1897

Oceanic Australian culture - Polynesian culture objects: 1) Lance (Fiji Islands); 2) Feather dance scepter (Hawaii); 3 + 19) Shark harpoons (Gilbert Islands); 4) Fan (Hawaii); 5) Dance cap (Hervey Archipelago); 6 - 7) Fether helmet (Hawaii); 8) Cult stick (Hervey Archipelago); 9) Feather - head ring (Hawaii); 10) Warrior jewelry (Tahiti); 11) Idol (Tahiti); 12) Club (Santa Cruz); 13) Tapa cloth (Tonga); 14) Feather coat (Hawaii); 15 - 17) Feather masks; 18) Water bottle (Fiji Islands); 20) Club (New Zealand). Chromolithograph after a drawing by Gustav Mutzel (German painter, 1839 - 1893), published in 1897