- Overseas Empires of European Powers, 1914
Overseas Empires of European Powers, 1914 - Europe, 500 A.D.
Europe, 500 A.D. - The Spread of Buddhism
The Spread of Buddhism - Map Showing Routes of Cartier, Champlain, and La Salle
Map Showing Routes of Cartier, Champlain, and La Salle, also French and English Possessions at the Time of the Last French War. - Battle of Resaca de la Palma 9th May 1846
Battle of Resaca de la Palma 9th May 1846 - Central Europe, 1648
Central Europe, 1648 - Map of Europe, 1848-1871
Map of Europe, 1848-1871 - Map of Louisiana Purchase
Map of Louisiana Purchase; also United States in 1803. - Boston in 1775
Boston in 1775 - American Colonies, 1760
American Colonies, 1760 - Africa, 1914
Africa, 1914 - Europe and Asia, 1200
Europe and Asia, 1200 - Routes of the discoverers
Routes of the discoverers - North America from the globe of Johann Schöner
In a pamphlet accompanying "the earliest known globe of Johann Schöner," made in 1515, the new region is described as the "fourth part of the globe named after its discoverer, Americus Vespucius, who found it in 1497." Vespucci did not find it, and he never made the claim that he discovered more than is given in his letters; but this misstatement by another caused him to be accused of falsifying the dates of his voyages in order to rob Columbus of his desserts. - Ojeda's first voyage
There is no doubt whatever that Vespucci made a voyage in 1499-1500, along with Alonzo de Ojeda and the great pilot Juan[Pg 109] de la Cosa, but whether this may be styled his first or his second must be left to the intelligence of the reader, for the historians are at odds themselves, and it might seem presumptuous in the biographer to assume to decide. - Europe at the Fall of Constantinople
Europe at the Fall of Constantinople - Battle of Palo Alto 8th. May 1846
Battle of Palo Alto 8th. May 1846 - Drawing of Jamestown
Drawing of Jamestown - Chief Foreign Settlements in India, 17th Century
Chief Foreign Settlements in India, 17th Century - Outline plan of Pompeii
The Regions are given as they were laid out by Fiorelli, the boundaries being marked by broken lines. The Insulae are designated by Arabic numerals. Stabian Street, between Stabian and Vesuvius gates, separating Regions VIII, VII, and VI, from I, IX, and V, is often called Cardo, from analogy with the cardo maximus (the north and south line) of a Roman camp. Nola Street, leading from the Nola Gate, with its continuations (Strada della Fortuna, south of Insulae 10, 12, 13, and 14 of Region VI, and Strada della Terme, south of VI, 4, 6, 8), was for similar reasons designated as the Greater Decuman, Decumanus Maior; while the street running from the Water Gate to the Sarno Gate (Via Marina, Abbondanza Street, Strada dei Diadumeni) is called the Lesser Decuman, Decumanus Minor. The only Regions wholly excavated are VII and VIII; but only a small portion of Region VI remains covered. The towers of the city wall are designated by numbers, as they are supposed to have been at the time of the siege of Sulla, in 89 B.C. - Map showing the first settlements made on the Eastern coast of North America
Map showing the first settlements made on the Eastern coast of North America - The Natural Political Map of Europe
It is worth while for the reader to compare the treaty maps we give with what we have called the natural political map of Europe. The new arrangements do approach this latter more closely than any previous system of boundaries. It may be a necessary preliminary to any satisfactory league of peoples, that each people should first be in something like complete possession of its own household. - The Moslem Empire
The Moslem Empire 750 AD - Comparative Maps of Asia under Different Projections
Comparative Maps of Asia (a) as part of hemisphere (b) on Mercators projection to show relative sizes of Asiatic Russia and India in the two cases. - The World According to Eratosthenes, 200 B.C.
The World According to Eratosthenes, 200 B.C. - Britain, France, and Spain in America, 1750
Britain, France, and Spain in America, 1750 - Map Illustrating the Battle of Long Island
It was a desperate undertaking. There were 10,000 men, and the width of the river at the point of crossing was nearly a mile. It would seem hardly possible that such a movement could, in a single night, be made without discovery by the British troops, who were lying in camp but a short distance away. The night must have been a long and anxious one for Washington, who stayed at his post of duty on the Long Island shore until the last boat of the retreating army had pushed off. The escape was a brilliant achievement and saved the American cause. - The Cradle of Chinese Civilization (Map)
The Cradle of Chinese Civilization (Map) - Map of Europe, Asia, Africa 15,000 Years Ago
Map of Europe, Asia, Africa 15,000 Years Ago