Images Dated 7th March 2002

Cuba

Cuba. True-colour satellite image of the island of Cuba (upper left to lower right) in the Caribbean Sea. North is at top. Vegetation is green, water is blue and clouds are white. The Bahamian island of Andros (upper right) is surrounded by the shallow seas (light blue) of the Great Bahama Bank. South of the eastern half of Cuba is the island of Jamaica (lower right). Another bank is seen off the western end of Cuba, by the Isla de la Juventud (centre left). Data collected on 15 November 2001 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Terra satellite

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Matthew Hopkins, English witch hunter

Matthew Hopkins (died 1647), English Witch Finder General, with two women accused of being witches. The women are giving the names of their imps, or evil spirits. Hopkins was appointed in 1644 and was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of suspected witches in eastern England. Supposedly a well-educated man, he searched his victims for "witches marks" and tested their ability to float in water when bound, a sure sign of guilt. The majority of suspects drowned or were hanged. In 1647 he was forced to undergo his own test and, on floating in water when bound, he was hanged. Engraving published in 1647

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