Images

A 19th-century painting by Pedro Lira Rencoret showing the foundation of Santiago de Chile in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia. (National History Museum, Santiago)

An image illustrating the progression of periods in ancient Japanese civilization from its pre-historic settling by paleolithic migrants from northeast Asia. Through profound domestic evolution and constant international exchange during the...

Abbé Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès (1748-1836) as a member of the National Convention during the French Revolution (1789-99), engraving by François Bonneville, 1797. Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris.

Posthumous portrait of French revolutionary leader Antoine Barnave (1761-93) by Victor Cassien, c. 1836.

Antoine Barnave (1761-1793) during his imprisonment in 1792-93, just before his execution. Image by Alexandre Lacauchie, from the Galerie historique de la révolution française (1787-1799), vol. 1, 1849.

Presumed portrait of Antoine Barnave (1761-1793), orator and one-time president of the National Assembly during the French Revolution (1789-99). Pastel on paper by Joseph Boze, 1791. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

Portrait of the Abbé Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès (1748-1836), a leading figure of the Third Estate during the Estates-General of 1789 and the subsequent formation of the National Assembly. Oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1817. Fogg...

An infographic illustrating the exchange of diseases, animals, plants, populations, and technology between the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia in the wake of Christopher Columbus' 1492 voyage across the Atlantic, known as the "Columbian Exchange"...

A map illustrating Spain’s drive to expand its empire in South America following the occupation of the larger Caribbean islands by 1512. The promise of gold drove the Spaniards far and wide across the continent, from the Isthmus of Panama...

An architectural model of Fontevraud Abbey, Pays de la Loire, France. The abbey was founded in 1101.