Images

A mid-19th century sepoy musketeer of the Mughal Empire (1526-1857).

A portrait by David Martin of Hector Munro (1726-1805), who led an East India Company army to victory at the important battle of Buxar in India in October 1764. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

The Yamanote Line is a loop rail line that runs around the central part of Tokyo. This map shows how the line developed over time.

The Muromachi side of Tokyo Station at night with tall buildings on the Yaesu side in the background.

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)