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Peutinger Table segments I and II
Segments I and II of the Tabula Peutingeriana, an ancient Roman map showing the road network of the Roman Empire. Published in 1657 by Jan Janssonius (1588-1664) as part of his historical atlas.
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Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth
The Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Mass. Dec. 22nd 1620, lithographic print by Currier & Ives, 1876. Based on the original painting by Lucy Charles, c. 1850. This scene dramatizes the arrival of the Pilgrims...
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Philadelphia Panorama, 1752
An East Perspective View of the City of Philadelphia, print engraved by John Carwitham, c. 1778. Based on the original illustration by George Heap, 1752. This panoramic view of the bustling Philadelphia harbour and cityscape...
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Powder Horn Depicting Charles Town, South Carolina, 1770
Powder horn depicting Charles Town, South Carolina, 1770. Used for carrying gunpowder, this pre-Revolution powder horn is engraved with the fortified city of Charles Town (now Charleston), along...
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Silver Shilling From the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Silver shilling from the Massachusetts Bay Colony by John Hull and Robert Sanderson, c. 1667 to c. 1682. The Massachusetts Bay Colony mint, from which this stamped coin originates, was established to...
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Slave Trade
Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves, oil on canvas by George Morland, c. 1788. Depicted here is a scene of a man being abducted by slavers on the coast of Africa as his family watches. From the 16th to the 19th century...
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Venetian Galleass
Galeazze, book illustration by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, included in Atlante Veneto (1690-1701), Vol. 1, 1693. Two Venetian galleasses are seen here in close proximity with their oars out. Looking closely at the front of the...
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Arsenale Workers
View of the Arsenal gate populated by Venetian men and women, etching and engraving on paper by Giacomo Franco, 1610. Workers, both men and women, leaving the gates of the Arsenale with their work tools in 1610. The southern...
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Map of Venetian Arsenal
Venetia, part of a larger map drawing probably by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg, included in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Vol. 1, p. 44, Cologne, 1593-1618. This is an aerial view of what the Arsenal looked like in late...
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Greek Lion at the Arsenale
The Marble Lion of Piraeus, book illustration by an unknown artist, included in Antiquités de l'Orient by Carl Christian Rafn, p. 54, Copenhagen, 1856. This lion is one of several that were brought to Venice from Greece...
