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PIX4672961: Highland Valley Copper Mine - Canada - Highland Valley Copper Mine - Canada: The Highland Valley Mine is an open pit copper and molybdene mine located in British Columbia, Canada. Image taken from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 28, 2009. The north is downstairs. The Highland Valley Copper mine is the largest open pit copper mine in Canada, located near Logan Lake, British Columbia. Astronaut photograph was acquired on September 28 2009 from the International Space Station (ISS) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4673069: Tikal - Temple I and the constellation Orion - Tikal - Temple I and Orion constellation - Temple I or Temple of Ah Cacao or Temple of the Great Jaguar was built around 734, and rises to 47 metres in height. Tikal (or Tik'al according to modern Mayan spelling) is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centers of the Mayan precolombian civilization. Located in what is now northern Guatemala, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Temple I (also known as the Temple of Ah Cacao or Temple of the Great Jaguar) is a funerary pyramid dedicated to Jasaw Chan K'awil, who was entombed in the structure in AD 734, the pyramid was completed around 740 - 750. The temple rises 47 meters (154 ft) high. Tikal (or Tik'al according to the modern Mayan orthography) is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centres of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Peten Basin in what is now northern Guatemala. In 1979 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site / Bridgeman Images
FLO4673246: Ultragotha (Ultragothe), Queen of the Franks, wife to Childebert I, 6th century. She wears a crown over her long hair, a tunic with sleeves, a type of chlamys cape tied at the shoulder with laces, and wears an escarcelle (purse) hanging from her belt. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678006: A gentleman with a whip controls four dogs dancing on their hind legs dressed in the latest fashions on stage. “The dog show continues to attract crowds at the Theatre Montansier in Versailles.” Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesanger's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4678112: Chilean hummingbird - Green - backed Firecrown - Chilean hummingbird (Sephanoides sephaniodes) and aloe flowers (aloe arborescens). Santiago, Chile. Green - backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), a common hummingbird in Chile, with Aloe arborescens flowers. Santiago, Chile / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678119: Louise of Savoy (Savoie), mother of King Francis I of France, 1476-1532. After a vellum manuscript in the King's Library. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Pierre de la Mesanger's “Costumes des femmes celebres” (Costumes of Famous Women), Paris, 1827. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678123: Francoise de Foix (ca. 1495-1537), countess of Chateaubriant, mistress of King Francis I of France. After a drawing by Janet and a miniature oil painting. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Pierre de la Mesanger's “Costumes des femmes celebres” (Costumes of Famous Women), Paris, 1827. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4678124: Chilean hummingbird - Green - backed Firecrown - Chilean hummingbird (Sephanoides sephaniodes) and aloe flowers (aloe arborescens). Santiago, Chile. Green - backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), a common hummingbird in Chile, with Aloe arborescens flowers. Santiago, Chile / Bridgeman Images
PIX4678125: Chilean hummingbird - Green - backed Firecrown - Chilean hummingbird (Sephanoides sephaniodes) and aloe flowers (aloe arborescens). Santiago, Chile. Green - backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), a common hummingbird in Chile, with Aloe arborescens flowers. Santiago, Chile / Bridgeman Images
PIX4678128: Chilean hummingbird - Green - backed Firecrown - Chilean hummingbird (Sephanoides sephaniodes) and aloe flowers (aloe arborescens). Santiago, Chile. Green - backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), a common hummingbird in Chile, with Aloe arborescens flowers. Santiago, Chile / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678159: Marion de Lorme (Delorme) (Marie de Lon, Lady of Lorme) (1613-1650) French courtesan. After a miniature on vellum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Pierre de la Mesanger's “Costumes des femmes celebres” (Costumes of Famous Women), Paris, 1827. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4678161: Chilean hummingbird - Green - backed Firecrown - Chilean hummingbird (Sephanoides sephaniodes) and aloe flowers (aloe arborescens). Santiago, Chile. Green - backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), a common hummingbird in Chile, with Aloe arborescens flowers. Santiago, Chile / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678253: Suit of armour of an Italian man at arms of Count Gironi, Bologna, 1555. The suit has flexible splints at elbows, breastplate and backplate, and a flexible codpiece for comfort when seated in the saddle. Geman pennated dagger at bottom. Handcoloured lithograph by Maddocks after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4678257: Pepoaza eye - de - feu - fire - eyed Diucon - Pepoaza eye - de - feu (Xolmis pyrope) is a small species of bird in the Tyrannid family. Chile - Patagonia - Torres del Paine. The Fire - eyed Diucon (Xolmis pyrope) is a passerine bird of South America belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile / Bridgeman Images
PIX4678276: Pepoaza eye - de - feu - fire - eyed Diucon - Pepoaza eye - de - feu (Xolmis pyrope) is a small species of bird in the Tyrannid family. Chile - Patagonia - Torres del Paine. The Fire - eyed Diucon (Xolmis pyrope) is a passerine bird of South America belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678295: Archer and crossbow man, 1250. English longbowman in skullcap helmet cerebrerium, hauberk, leather breastplate and arrows in a girdle. The crossbowman or arbalister wears a nasal helmet and hauberk and carries a short sword baselard. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4678299: Rooster - de - roche peruvien - Andean Cock - of - the - rock - Le Rooster - de - roche peruvien (Rupicola peruvianus) belongs to the order of passeriformes. Bellavista, Ecuador. The Andean Cock - of - the - rock (Rupicola peruvianus) is a medium - sized passerine bird of the Cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests in South America. Bellavista, Ecuador / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678300: Sir Eudo de Arsic III, Knight Templar, 1260. He wears a jacket over a chainmail hauberk with hood, chausses, knee poleyns and carries a sword and shield. From an effigy in St. George Church, Southacre. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4678309: Galapagos Thrasher - Galapagos Mockingbird - Galapagos Thrasher (Nesomimus parvulus) on Isabela Island. This species of passerine is endemic to the Galapagos Islands. Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) is a species of bird in the Mimidae family. It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678397: A knight of the Birmingham family, 1420. He wears a bassinet, suit of plate armour with flexible cuirasset, knee pads, shoulder and elbow plates, and carries a battle axe. Helmet of Sir John de Wydevill at bottom. Handcoloured lithograph by Maddocks after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678450: King Richard III of England, Duke of Gloucester, 1452-1485, or his father Richard, Third Duke of York 1411-1460. He wears a crown, a suit of armour with a globular breastplate and engraved plates, fingered gauntlets, and holds a two-handed sword. From a stained glass window in Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Handcoloured lithograph by Maddocks after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678472: Sir John Cornwall, First Baron Fanhope and Milbroke, English nobleman and soldier, 1364-1442. He wears a suit of plate armour, armorial tabard with a gold-crowned red lion on ermine field. Cornwall holds the banner and stands on the shield of a English knight he defeated in a joust in 1400. His squire wears a visored capelline or steel hat. From a stained glass window in Ampthill Church, Bedfordshire. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. / Bridgeman Images