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  Horrified sailors watch a shipmate above as some gear parts high aloft Alan Villiers
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  Carved stern of a large sambuk Alan Villiers
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  Covered suq, Kuwait Alan Villiers
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  Captain and crew of the 'Sheikh Mansur' Alan Villiers
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  Jalboot crew drifting across a pearl bank Alan Villiers
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  Jizan market with 'ushshah' houses Alan Villiers
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  Hamed bin Salim, mate of the 'Triumph of Righteousness', in the Rufiji Delta Alan Villiers
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  Carpenter building a small jalboot Alan Villiers
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  Divers' baskets filled with shells Alan Villiers
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  Elizabeth Jacobsen in her bunk Alan Villiers
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  Group of school children at the Mubarkiya School, Kuwait Alan Villiers
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  Crew rowing a pearler Alan Villiers
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  Ismael, a famous Kuwaiti musician, working on board the 'Triumph of Righteousness' Alan Villiers
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  Hadhrami children on board the 'Triumph of Righteousness' Alan Villiers
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  Elizabeth Jacobsen (centre), Captain de Cloux and his daughter Ruby Alan Villiers
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  Camel-load of brushwood being transported, Kuwait City Alan Villiers
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  Elisabeth Jacobsen (right) and Ruby de Cloux at the poop rail looking towards the steamship 'Santarosa' (1905) Alan Villiers
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  Haulers at work Alan Villiers
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  Kuwait City Safat Beduin camel park. Alan Villiers
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  Divers looking through oysters Alan Villiers
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  Fish being sold on the beach, Mutrah Alan Villiers
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  A merchant on board examining pearls Alan Villiers
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  Ali bin Nasr El-Nedji, Nakhoda of the 'Triumph of Righteousness' Alan Villiers
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  An overcrowded boom from Batina Alan Villiers
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  A sailor of the 'Sheikh Mansur' keeps and eye on the sail Alan Villiers
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  American soldier peeling onions while wearing a gas mask Alan Villiers
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  A Kuwaiti pearl diver draws breath between dives Alan Villiers
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  A British government official checking mangrove poles Alan Villiers
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  Ahmed, captain of the 'Sheikh Mansur' Alan Villiers
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  Abdul-Latif, singer on board the 'Triumph of Righteousness' Alan Villiers
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  A Kuwaiti merchant at home with his family Alan Villiers
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  A zarook undertaking repairs on Ma'alla beach Alan Villiers
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  The forepart of a Tongkung type junk alongside a landing stage at Singapore David Watkin Waters
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  Skulling a sampan at Penang David Watkin Waters
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  Two Yeungkong fisher type junks under sail at Aberdeen, Hong Kong David Watkin Waters
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  Sampans in the sampan harbour near the FMS Railway Station pier at Penang David Watkin Waters
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  Two young sampan girls at Aberdeen, Hong Kong David Watkin Waters
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  On board the Canton salt junk T592H at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong David Watkin Waters
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  The highly decorative bow of a Hangchow Bay trader type junk moored with other junks at Shanghai David Watkin Waters
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  Seven men in a boat, possibly a Royal Navy skiff, alongside a jetty at the Royal Air Force sailing club... David Watkin Waters
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  The Hong Kong small trader type junk T3512H under sail at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong David Watkin Waters
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  The facade of the ruins of St Paul's Church in Macao David Watkin Waters
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  The captain and crew on board the Indian kotia type dhow Karimi (fl.1938) anchored at Colombo, Ceylon David Watkin Waters
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  On board an Indian kotia type dhow anchored at Colombo, Ceylon David Watkin Waters
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  On board the Foochow pole junk (trader) 3179 anchored at Weihaiwei David Watkin Waters
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  A starboard side view of a Hong Kong fisher d.w. type junk under sail at Hong Kong David Watkin Waters
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  A port quarter view of an Aberdeen frame stern fisher type junk in Hong Kong harbour David Watkin Waters
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  A bow view of the lorcha type junk 0667 moored between other junks at Shanghai David Watkin Waters