Wo-usn (known as Yamato Takeru), ancient Japanese hero Size:M: 75 x 50cm Robert Young

Robert Young

Five figures showing Bauer's attempts to grow algae in glass jars from specimens returned to England by Captain John Ross's expedition

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'Fergus goes down into the lake'

This feat was officially recognised as having been performed by the British Thrust SSC vehicle driven by Andy Green in the Black Rock Desert

Wo-usn (known as Yamato Takeru), ancient Japanese hero Size:M: 75 x 50cm Robert YoungWo usn (known as Yamato Takeru), ancient Japanese hero, 19th century (1886). Prince Yamato Takeru is a legendary Japanese prince of the Yamato dynasty. He is thought to have lived in the 4th century AD and his story is told in the chronicles Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. From a drawing by Kikuchi Yosai, engraved in the Zen ken ko jitsu. A print from The Pictorial Arts of Japan, by William Anderson, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London, 1886.