XEE4143660: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) wrote the word “Battaglia” on the trunk of a laurel tree on the island of Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore), three days before the Battle of Marengo in 1800. Engraving from 1885 in “” Les arts et metiers illustres”” by Adolphe BITARD., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4143663: The Erable of Tons in Switzerland, at the foot of which the Abbe of Dissentis, the Counts of Saxony and Werdenberg and the Baron of Razuns swore in 1424 the Upper League or League of Graubünden, which prepared Helvetic independence. Engraving from 1885 in “” Les arts et metiers illustres”” by Adolphe BITARD., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4143908: Bishop Isidore Clut (1832-1903), R.P. Le Corre and other members of the Providence Mission in Athabaska Mackenzie (Athabaska-Mackenzie) in Canada at the end of the 19th century. Engraving in “Les Missions Catholiques au XIXeme Siecle”” by Louis-Eugene (Louis Eugene) Louvet. private collection., Anonymous / Bridgeman Images