Geography: Ryukyu Islands

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Broadside: The Lord's Prayer in Fourteen Languages, for the Benefit of the Loo-Choo Naval Mission Broadside: The Lord's Prayer in Fourteen Languages, for the Benefit of the Loo-Choo Naval Mission

A lithographed broadside printed in London by E. Barwick in 1847. It features the Lord's Prayer in fourteen languages: Hebrew, French, Syriac, Polish Jewish, Turkish, German, New Greek, Latin, Italian, Arabic, Loo-chooan (Japanese), Portuguese Jewish, Hollandish, and Chinese. The broadside was produced for the benefit of the Loo-Choo Naval Mission (the Ryukyu Islands). It measures 20 x 17-1/2 inches and is folded.