GIA4791424: Often confused with the Big Bertha cannon, the Paris canon (Wilhelmgescutae) is the most mysterious of the German guns of the First World War. Calibre 210 mm; flight length 36 m:; range 126 km; total weight 750 T; projectile weight 105 Kg at 1600 m/sec. 1917, German School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
GIA4799011: Colonization: construction sites for the town of Galle in Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka or Srilanka) in the 17th century. Dutch print from “Afgoderye de oost-indische heydenen” (Description of the countries of eastern India) by Philippus Baldaeus (or Balde) (1632-1671), governor of the state of Ceylon. Amsterdam 1672, Dutch School, (17th century) / Bridgeman Images