Images

At the Battle of Quebec (31 December 1775), the American militia commanded by Benedict Arnold are repulsed by the city's Canadian militiamen and British troops. Illustration by Charles William Jefferys, 1916; cover art for the book The father...

Ethan Allen is captured by British troops on 25 September 1775 after attempting to capture Montreal, during the American Invasion of Quebec. Illustration by H. C. Merrill, after F. C. Yohn, originally published in November 1902 in Century...

The death of General Richard Montgomery at the Battle of Quebec, 31 December 1775, climax of the American Invasion of Quebec (September 1775-June 1776). Oil on canvas by John Trumbull, 1786. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.

Ivan the Great Tearing the Khan's Letter to Pieces, oil on canvas by Aleksey Kivshenko (1851-1896).

Destruction of the Novgorod Veche, oil on canvas by Klavdy Lebedev, 1889. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

Ivan III, Grand Duke of Moscow (r. 1462-1505), picture from The Tsar's Titular, 1672. Scanned from Russian book RUSSIA: Complete Encyclopedic Illustrated Reference Book, OLMA-PRESS, 2002.

Ivan III of Russia (Ivan the Great, r. 1462-1505), engraving published in H.F. Helmolt (ed.): History of the World. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1902. University of Texas Portrait Gallery.

An engraved portrait of the French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623-1662). Engraved by Ambroise Tardieu (1788-1841). (Science Museum, London)

A replica of the calculating machine made in 1642 by the French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623-1662). Made of brass and 28 cm in length. (Science Museum, London)

The buffalo jump near Ulm, Montana. Formerly called Ulm Pishkun, now called First People's Buffalo Jump. The buffalo jump was used regularly by Plains Indians in hunting North American bison by chasing them toward a cliff they would plunge...