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This beautiful image of cattle crossing the Ouree River, Nigeria, was taken by David Godfrey, 1961. Godfrey was a pioneering medical researcher in the field of tropical diseases, particularly sleeping sickness. #EYANature

'Matoke', or 'Green Bananas': by celebrated naturalist and artist Jonathan Kingdon, painted during his time as a tutor in the Makerere art school. #EYANature

Account by Mathias Alexander of his travels in Lapland in 1838; russian Karelia in 1839; and Lapland, northern Russia, and Siberia in 1841-44. #EYATravel

Journal of Charles Wilson and John Jefferson. On board the Royal Admiral, 1801.Journal beginning in Port Jackson, New South Wales, describing the voyage to Matavai, (Tahiti) via New Zealand, and the reception of the missionaries there. #EYATravel

Extracts from the journal of Thomas Godsell, Second Officer's Journal on board the ship Duff, 1796-1798 #EYATravel

Hand-drawn map by David Livingstone charting his travels through Bartoseland. Read more about his life as a self-described 'missionary explorer' here: #EYATravel

Brahmaputra ferry near Gauhati, 1936. From the papers of anthropologist Christoph von Furer Haimendorf #EYATravel

This diary tells the story of Charles Louis Désiré Du Pin's journey across Japan in 1861 to study the topography of the country and the life of its people. #EYATravel

My life in Siberia and Mongolia from the great wall of China to the Ural Mountains by John Sheepshanks, 1903 #EYATravel

This undated Chinese woodblock shows the Three Roads Junction scene from a play called the Romance of Patriarch Yangplay. #EYAFunAndGames

The actor Segawa Kikunojō III depicted by Shunshō Katsukawa as Omiwa in the kabuki play "Imose Yama onna teikin" , 1887 #EYAFunandGames

Chinese propaganda poster (c. 1950) of villagers in a barn or granary, both young and old, eating a meal and talking together. In the background two boys are playing catch with a dog in a courtyard. Artist unknown. #EYAFunAndGames

In this late C19th woodblock Weiwen disguises herself as a man and challenges her husband to a game of dice. She wins & saves him from financial ruin. Symbols of luck and wealth are scattered throughout the print. #EYAFunandGames

This woodblock print by Gao Tongxian, 1905, shows a domestic scene on the eve of the New Year. Two young boys are playing a game called Jiaguan, alluding to the hope of success in their future careers #EYAFunandGames

This woodblock print by Gao Tongxian, 1905, shows a domestic scene on the eve of the New Year. Two young boys are playing a game called Jiaguan, alluding to the hope of success in their future careers #EYAFunandGames

The man in this picture is taking part in an archery competition in Shillong, East Khasi Hills District, 1937.#EYAFunandGames

An old man and an old woman playing at neck tug-of-war taken by Kuniyoshi Utagawa, c. 1850.#EYAFunandGames

Geographia antiqua Being a complete sett of maps, of antient geography, beautifully engraved from cellarius, by Christoph Cellarius, 1755 #EYAEarth

Bound in green velvet, this book contains fold-out maps of the world with pages of text extracted from the 1st version of the Cihannuma, the famous Turkish geography written mid C17th by Ottomam scholar Katib Celebi (1609-57). #EYAEarth

Map of the early world at the time of the first known empires by Antoine Court de Gebelin, 1773. From Dr Cyrus Ala'i's Map Collection of Persia. #EYAEarth