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Ravana Abducting Sita
This Kalighat painting depicts a scene from the Sanskrit epic, Ramayana where Ravana, a demon, abducts Sita, the wife of Rama. Jatayu, a demigod and a follower of Rama tries to rescue Sita. This painting originates from Kolkata...
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Krishna and Balrama
This Kalighat painting depicts Krishna and his friend, Balarama. It originates from Kolkata, India, and is made on paper with watercolor and tin alloy. It is dated around 1890s (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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North America in the French and Indian War 1754–1763 - A Colonial War and the Roots of American Revolution
This map illustrates the course and key developments of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), the North American theater of the global Seven Years' War between...
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Memorial
The memorial in Oude Learl, Delft, the Netherlands to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), the most important microscopist of the Scientific Revolution.
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Portrait of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
A c. 1680 portrait by Jan Verkolje of the Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
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Leeuwenhoek Microscope
A model of a microscope designed and built by the Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723). The device was unique as it used not the usual glass lenses but a tiny glass bea which gave a superior magnification...
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Paris Observatory
An 18th-century engraving of the Paris Observatory, founded in 1667. Image taken from Wolf, Charles J. E. (1902) Histoire de l’Observatoire de Paris de sa fondation a 1793.
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Establishment of the French Academy and Paris Observatory
A 17th-century painting by Henri Testelin titled Establishment of the French Academy of Sciences and of Paris Observatory. Louis XIV of France (r. 1643-1715) is shown being presented the founding...
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The Royal Observatory Greenwich
A print showing the Royal Observatory in Greenwich near London, founded in 1675. Engraving by Francis Place after Robert Thacker c. 1678. (British Library, London)
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Narai Observatory
An illustration of astronomers observing a solar eclipse at the Narai Observatory in the Kingdom of Siam (Thailand) in the 1680s. From "Three Military Accounts of the 1688 Revolution in Siam" by Michael Smithies.
