Acknowledgement of images
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Blaeu map "Archipelagus Orientalis, sive Asiaticus"
Creator: Joan Blaeu (1596-1673)
Date of production: 1663
Credit: National Library of Australia
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"Fishing boats and seafarer in heavy weather"
Creator: Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630-1708)
Date of production: circa 1660-1663
Credit: Lanmas / Alamy Stock Photo
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"Hollandia Nova detecta 1644 ; Terre Australe decouuerte l'an 1644"
Creator: M. (Melchisedech) Thevenot (1620?-1692)
Date of production: 1663
Credit: National Library of Australia
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"Fishing for Trepang, or Sea-Slug"
Creator: The Illustrated London News
Date of production: 1881
Credit: Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy Stock Photo
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"The Trepang fishery on the northern coast of Australia"
Creator: The Queen - An Illustrated Journal & Review
Date of production: circa 1861-1863
Credit: British Library / Alamy Stock Photo