A few nice history images I found:

A General History of the Pyrates – caption: ‘Blackbeard the Pirate’

Image by The British Library
ID: 055202

Title: A General History of the Pyrates

Illustrator: "Cole, B (B Cole)"

Provenance:
London, 1725

Caption: Blackbeard the Pirate

Notes: Edward Teach (d. 1718 ), known as Blackbeard. Portrait.
Image taken from A General History of the Pyrates, from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present time. To which is added, a short abstract of the statute and civil law in relation to Pyracy.
Originally published/produced in London, 1725.

Source identifier: 276.i.4, 70

British Library Shelfmark: 276.i.4

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Natural History Museum – Kensington – London

Image by nick.garrod

fotography history

Image by janwillemsen
from larousse