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XEE4189457: The rescue of the crew of a submarine (submarine), fails to the bottom of the water, after being able to bring the front part up to the surface. They signal their distress by a fire. Illustration taken from “” Le petit journal”” from 18/12/1921 Collection privee, Anonymous / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193155: Senegal, Mayotte, Ile de Sainte Marie, Nossi Be (Nossi-be or Nosy-be or Nosy be), Africa. Elephant, crocodile and boat in a river. Series on the French colonies. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4133541: Spanish Admiral Cervera and his officers surrendered to the Americans. Cuba's war of indepedance, which was under Spanish rule, broke out in 1895, and the Cubans asked the Americans to intervene. Thus the war between Spain and America began and ended in 1898 with the victory of the Americans. in “” Le Petro Parisien””, 17/07/1898., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4134561: A background wave formed by an earthquake. Fac simile (Fac-simile) of an engraving from a Japanese work on earthquakes. Engraving in “” La Nature: revue des sciences et de leurs applications aux arts et a l'industrie”” of 5 December 1891., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4134570: Unbarking of supplies in the French colonies of America. Pen drawing places a head of a memoire of Vauban on “The colonies”” in the manuscript of his “Oisivetes”” preserved at the Depot des Fortifications. Engraving in “” La Nature: revue des sciences et de leurs applications aux arts et a l'industrie”” of April 2, 1892., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4135608: Allegory of the opinion represented reading a book from which she seems to support proposals. Butterfly wings on the shoulders and wrists mark the instability of men in their opinions. Deep down a ship is beaten by the waves alluding to the imagination and the contrast of ideas. Engraving in “” Iconologie oder Ideen aus dem Gebiete der Leidenschaften und Allegorien bildich dargestellt fur Zeichner, Mahler, Dichter, Gelehrte, Erzieher und freunde Hoherer Geschmacksbildung” (Iconologie ou idees de la sphere des passions et des allegories...), Vienna 1801. Book containing 225 illustrations. Private collection., Austrian School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4135732: A boat capsized under the weight of its occupants on the Brussels Canal, Belgium, 1857. Accident during the wedding celebrations of Archduchess Charlotte (1840-1927) with Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria (future Maximilian 1st of Mexico, 1832-1867). Engraving in “” Le Monde Illustré”” n°18 of 15 August 1857., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4135860: Trade allegory. At his feet two mills are placed on each other and he holds a stork in his arms. Its two attribute mean that mutual aid is the strength of trade. Deep down, a vogue vessel has full sail. Engraving in “” Iconologie oder Ideen aus dem Gebiete der Leidenschaften und Allegorien bildich dargestellt fur Zeichner, Mahler, Dichter, Gelehrte, Erzieher und freunde Hoherer Geschmacksbildung” (Iconologie ou idees de la sphere des passions et des allegories...), Vienna 1801. Book containing 225 illustrations. Private collection., Austrian School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4143982: Arrival of Frederique V from the Palatinate (1596-1632) in the port of Gravesend to marry Princess Elisabeth of England (1596-1662), daughter of King James I (1566-1625) on 16 October 1612. He was welcomed by James Hay (1st Earl of Carlisle) (circa 1580-1636). Engraving In “” The illustrated London News”” of 23 January 1858., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4147813: Unite d'Italie - Expedition of the Thousand or Red Shirts - Evacuation of Milazzo (Sicily), July 1860: General Bosco and the Neapolitan troops of Francois II left the Citadel of Milazzo after their defeat against the Thousand of Giuseppe Garibaldi in the battle of 20 July 1860. Engraving in “” Le Monde Illustré”” n°174 of 11 August 1860., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4151538: First World War (1914-1918): boat used to circulate in a trench flooded by the Meuse - Photography In “” Le Miroir””, 23 January 1916 - WWI: French soldiers on a boat in a flooded trench in France, Photography from “” Le Miroir”, 23rd January 1916, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images