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May 2014

Articles from the May 2014 issue of BBC History Magazine

A 19th-century engraving depicts a member of the crew of the 'Mignonette'

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Cannibalism at sea: the starving Victorian sailors who ate a cabin boy

An engraving of Margaret Tudor

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The forgotten Tudor: Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII

French writer and futurist Jules Verne. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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My history hero: Jules Verne (1828–1905). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Benito Mussolini makes a speech. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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The LibraryThe spies who hunted Mussolini. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustrated map of Seville.

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Ye olde travel guide: Seville, 1670. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A caricature of George I

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The delightfully dysfunctional Georgians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'The butterfly hunt' (1874) by Berthe Morisot

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The LibraryFirst ladies of art: three trailblazing female artists from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Ian Morris

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Books interview with Ian Morris: "War can be a productive force in that it produces larger, more peaceful societies". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration from the first edition of John Foxe The Book of Martyrs. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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The LibraryElizabeth I’s war with England’s Catholics