Images

View of a steam locomotive on the coast of Yokohama at the time of the opening of Yokohama station, drawing by Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1874. Hessische Kulturstiftung.

The Muronouchi side of Tokyo Station in 1914, the year it was completed.

Marunouchi, Babasaki street, Tokyo, c. 1920. This three-story red brick building located in the Marunouchi financial district near the Imperial Palace was the headquarters of the Mitsubishi Corporation in the 1920s. Japanese National...

A map illustrating the dynamic borders in Europe following the Congress of Vienna (held between September 1814 and June 1815) aiming to balance power between the nations victorious over Napoleon: Russia, Great Britain, France, Austria, and...

An illustration of the elephant procession at the Delhi Durbar of 1903. The durbar marked the accession of King Edward VII (r. 1900-1910).

The Imperial Crown of India, worn by King George V (r. 1910-1936) at the Delhi Durbar of 1911. The crown is notable for the square emerald in the top cross and it is studded with over 6,000 diamonds. (Tower of London)

A photograph showing King George V (r. 1910-1936) and Queen Mary of Teck at the Delhi Durbar of 1911.

A map showing the extent of the Delhi sultanate under the Tughlaq dynasty in the 14th century,

The Vision of Robespierre, a painting by French painter Jean-Joseph Weerts, sometime before 1927. Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Roubaix.

A stamp from Revolutionary France in 1794, referencing Maximilien Robespierre's Cult of the Supreme Being. It reads: "The People of France Recognize the Supreme Being and the Immortality of the Soul". Bibliothèque nationale de France...