LSE4329720: The station of Cisco, Count of Placer (Nevada), where one can take the express train of the Pacific Railway (Pacific Railway), engraved after Taylor's drawing, illustrating the voyage from Washington to San Francisco in 1868, by L. Simonin, published in “Le tour du monde” 1874, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Taylor, T (fl.1850) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329792: The crew of the ship La Germania, descended on the ice for a hunting game, set up a tent to bivouac, which is visited by a polar bear as the men were apprehended to lie down, engraving after the drawing of E.Riou, illustrating a voyage to the North Pole in 1869-1870 by the captain of the ship La Germania, Mr. Koldewey and his crew, published in “Le tour du monde”” 1874, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Riou, Edouard (1833-1900) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329859: The zandes (or niam niam, a tribe of Central Africa, divided between the Congo, Sudan and the Central African Republic) melomane hunters, playing mangala (musical instrument between harp and mandolin), whose practice is very common among men, traditionally accompanies a recitative, the listeners call the monotonous melody by a beating of the head, until plunging into a deep ecstasy, engraving after O.Mathieu's drawing, illustrating a journey to the heart of Africa, in 1868-1871, by Dr. George Schweinfurth, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1874, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Mathieu, Oscar Pierre (1845-1881) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329874: The bongo tribe hunt the rat from the reeds (for naturalists: aulacode), sitot spot the place where the rodents live, fire is set to dry grass around their cottage, until the beets, forced to flee, come to present themselves to the hunters, engraving after the drawing by A.de Bar, illustrating a journey to the heart of Africa, in 186868 - 1871, by Dr. George Schweinfurth, published in “Le tour du monde”” 1874, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Bar, Alexandre de (1821-1901) (after) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330000: The ascent of the peaks of the Andes by the Marcoy expedition requires the most acrobatic means: here, to climb a rocky piton, the Indians climb on each other's shoulders to reach the summit, engraving by E.Riou illustrating the journey between the sierra, the valley of Huarancalqui and the regions of Pajonal, from 1862 to 1863 , by Paul Marcoy, published in “” Le tour du monde”” 1875, edited by Edouard Charton, edition Hachette, Paris. Selva Collection., Riou, Edouard (1833-1900) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330040: Death of the aeronaute John La Mountain, separated from his balloon on July 4, 1873, in Iona (USA), engraving after a drawing by Albert Tissandier illustrating a study on airshipwrecks, by Gaston Tissandier, published in “Le tour du monde”” 1875, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Tissandier, Albert (1839-1906) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330114: The collection of the ants, a straw roof is erected above the ant, the ailees fly away and collide against this roof, stunned they are then swept and recolled in large baskets to be consumed fried, etched after a drawing by A.de Bar, illustrating the last diary by David Livingstone (1813-1873), in 1866-1873, published in “Le tour du monde”” 1875, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Bar, Alexandre de (1821-1901) (after) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330173: The Palace of Parliament in Ottawa, built between 1859 and 1876, engraved after a drawing by A.Deroy, illustrating the excursion to Canada and the Red River of the North, by H. De Lamotte in 1873, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1875, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Deroy, Auguste Victor (d.1906) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330220: An Armenian cafe, a place of masculine conviviality, to drink coffee and smoke the pipe, engraving after a drawing by the author, illustrating the journey in Lazistan and Armenia, by Theophile Deyrolles, in 1869, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1875, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Deyrolle, Theophile Louis (1844-1923) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330400: The metropolitan eveque of the new cathedral of Athenes. Engraving after the drawing of E.Ronjat, to illustrate the voyage to Greece, by Henri Belle, in 1861-1868-1874, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1876, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Ronjat, Etienne Antoine Eugene (b.1822) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330455: Cartoon depicting American president Ulysses Grant (1822-1885), climbing on the shelves of Uncle Sam's officine to derober a jar of “third term””, spills a pot of habeas corpus (guarantee of personal freedom), caught on the fact, it is ushed by means of a stick mark “public opinion”. Engraving after Houssot's drawing, to illustrate the story La conquete blanche, by William Hepworth Dixon, in 1875, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1876, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Houssot, Louis (1824-1890) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330467: A Chinese fishing village near Monterey, California, testified to the important Chinese community established on the Pacific coast of the United States. Engraving after D.Maillard's drawing, to illustrate the story La conquete blanche, by William Hepworth Dixon, in 1875, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1876, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330526: The Krivoscians, mountaineers of the Bouches de Cattaro (or Kotor, bay on the ocidental coast of Montenegro), weapons to resist the force of encroachment in the Austrian troops. Engraving after P.Fritel's drawing, to illustrate the voyage to Dalmatia, by Charles Yriarte, in 1874, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1876, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Fritel, Pierre (1853-1942) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330587: Page costumes and troubadour in the 13th century. Colour engraving after a drawing of the manuscript of the miracles of Saint Louis (Louis IX 1214-1270), in “France et les francais à travers les centuries” by Augustin Challamel, F.Roy editor, Paris 1882. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330626: Portrait of Henry II (1519-1559) King of France from 1547, in a light horse suit of the guard. Colour engraving after Wilhem's antiiquites, in “France et les francais a travers les siecles” by Augustin Challamel, F.Roy editor, Paris 1882. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330691: Veneur's costume, in charge of hunting common dogs, in the 17th century. Colour engraving after a drawing by Lechevaller-Chevignard, in “France et les francais a travers les centuries”” by Augustin Challamel, F.Roy editor, Paris 1882. Selva Collection., Lechevallier-Chevignard, Edmond (1825-1902) (after) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4331965: The bazaar of Samarkand (Uzbekistan), engraving by Barclay, to illustrate the impressions of travels from Orenburg to Samarkand by Marie de Ujfalvy-Bourdon, published in the tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1879, Paris. Selva Collection., Barclay, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332016: Descent of the Papus Arfaks warriors in Dorey (New West Guinee), engraving by E.Mesples, to illustrate the voyage to New Guinee by Achille Raffray, charged with a scientific mission by the Ministry of Public Education, in 1876-1877, published in the tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1879, Paris. Selva Collection., Mesples, Paul Eugene (1849-1924) (after) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332061: Dr. Harmand and his Annamite helper, conducting clandestine exhumations of Khas burials, at Attopeu (Laos), engraving by Eugene Burnand, to illustrate the story of Laos and the wild populations of Indochina by Dr. Harmand, in 1877, published in the tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1879, Paris. Selva Collection., Burnand, Eugene (1850-1921) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332083: Pending the audience of the sultan, a group of men, women, urban, rural, bourgeois and beggars in the streets of Fes (Fez), the sultan grants a hearing three times a week to anyone who requests it for a favor or obtain justice, etched by Emile Bayard, to illustrate the story of Morocco by Edmondo de Amicis, in 1875, published in the tour du monde, directed by Edouard Charton, 1879, Paris. Selva Collection., Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332224: Column of bearers through the rice fields, between Bassac and Hue, etched after a drawing by Eugene Burnand, to illustrate the story about Laos and the wild populations of Indochina, by Dr. Harmand, in 1877, published in the tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1880, Paris. Selva Collection., Burnand, Eugene (1850-1921) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4332234: Les blanchisseuses au Chorillo, Panama, engraving after a drawing by E.Bayard, to illustrate the story Exploration at the isthms of Panama and Darien, by A. Reclus, lieutenant of ship, from 1876 to 1878, published in the tour du monde, under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1880, Paris. Selva Collection., Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91) / Bridgeman Images