Images (p. 155)

Image by Ninara

Peter the Great's Ship

Peter the Great's ship, rigged with a sail and a mast with the help of Dutch carpenters.

Image by Jean-Marc Nattier

Peter the Great

Portrait of Peter I, oil on canvas by Jean-Marc Nattier. The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.

Image by Maria Giovanna Clementi

Portrait of Peter I of Russia

Portrait of Peter I of Russia, oil on canvas by Maria Giovanna Clementi (1690-1761).

Image by : Klaus-Dieter Keller

Bust of Edmond Halley

A bust of the English scientist and cartographer Edmond Halley (1656-1742). The bust was made in 1904 by Henry Alfred Pegram. (Royal Greenwich Observatory Museum)

Image by NASA

Halley's Comet

An image captured in 1986 of Halley's Comet, named after the English scientist and cartographer Edmond Halley (1656-1742) who accurately predicted its orbit in relation to Earth.

Image by Simeon Netchev

Catherine the Great and the Russian Empire, c. 1796

A map illustrating the state of the Russian Empire, c. 1796, during the reign of Ekaterina II Alekseyevna (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst), commonly known as Catherine the Great. Longest ruling Russian Empress (1762 – 1796), she continued...

Image by Colin McLaughlin

Halley Memorial Plaque

A memorial plaque in Westminster Abbey commemorating the achievements of the English scientist and cartographer Edmond Halley (1656-1742).

Image by Edmond Halley

Magnetic Sea Chart by Halley

A detail of a chart showing lines of magnetic compass variation made in 1702 by the English scientist and cartographer Edmond Halley (1656-1742). Halley hoped the chart would aid navigation but the variations in magnetism over time made it...