EVB2931939: Pony express route April 1860 - October 1861 was a system of mail delivery horse and rider relays between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, a distance of 1,800 miles that took 10 days. It was unprofitable and quickly replaced by the transcontinental telegraph system, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
EVB2931978: 1785 Japanese world map based on Jesuit missionary, Matteo Ricci's 1602 maps, and made during Japan's Age of National Isolation (1636-1854). Map shows continents and oceans of the world at about 1600 and is indicative of the effect of Japan's isolation from world events, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
EVB2931813: 1855 map clearly shows the political and cultural geography of the Middle East. The Ottoman and Persian Empires boundary lies to the east of Mesopotamia, present day Iraq; Arabia, in the desert before the discovery of oil, is south of the wealthier empires, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
XEE4413574: Illustration for Donkey Skin, tale by Charles Perrault. When the king promised the deceased queen that she would marry only with a princess who would surpass her in grace and beauty, he proposed to marry his own daughter. To avoid this marriage, the king's daughter, under the guidance of her fairy, asks for different dresses color of time., Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images