Historical views of the Eastern Islands (Indonesia). Natives of the Ladrones Islands (Marianas) sailing in a proa sailboat 34, Abba Thule, King of Koror in the Pelew Islands (Palau) asking a Spanish ship about his son Prince Lee Boo 35, and Sumatran priests smoking tobacco to summon rain 36. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylor’s Scenes in Asia, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, John Harris, London, 1819.

---

Size: 3858px × 7218px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: abba, amusement, asia, boo, book, ceremony, children’, copperplate, costume, eastern, education, educational, engraving, georgian, handcoloured, historical, history, instruction, isaac, islands, king, koror, ladrones, lee, marianas, natives, palau, pelew, priest, prince, proa, rain, regency, rev., ritual, sailboat, sailing, scenes, ship, smoking, son, spanish, sumatran, summon, tarry--home, taylor, thule, tobacco, travel, travelers, views