EVB2931814:
Imagined map from 1650, depicting Jerusalem as it existed in the Roman era. Lower section shows Christ's crucifixion and the crowning of King Solomon. Map shows many sites, including the Temple of Jerusalem, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
EVB2931829:
1664 Dutch world map is richly decorated, and clearly shows the east and west hemispheres. Polar regions are undefined, indicating the limits of 17th century geographic knowledge, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
EVB2931859:
Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit missionary to China (top left) moved into Chinese society with restrait, learning the language and culture, dressing as a Chinese scholar, before he introduced Christianity to the Chinese. Here he is depicted with fellow Jesuits, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
EVB2931883:
Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City, from a 1597 map by Sebastian Munster. Map shows the island where the original Tenochtitlan was built, surrounded by lakes that were later dried out by Spanish colonizers, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
EVB2931910:
1851 bird's eye view of New-York, looking north over the length of Manhattan with Battery Park and Castle Garden in the foreground, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
EVB2931949:
Imaginative bird's eye view of Italian peninsula looking south from the Alps. View shows Mediterranean Islands, Adriatic Coast, and North Afric. The 19th century image compares with contemporary satellite images, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
MAZ115692:
LtoR: Sugar Bowl, Fraget, Poland, 1905 (silver plate, silver plated brass and gilding); sugar bowl, Poland by Buch Brothers and T. Werner, Norblin, Poland, later than 1908 (silver plate, gilded interior), Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
PVD1688329:
Charles Dallery (1754-1835) french inventor, destroying his steamboat with propeller (because he can't achieve it), engraving, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
XRH1705836:
Maximilien de Robespierre (1758-1794) French lawyer, he took part in French Revolution, instituted the Terror, engraving, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images