Images Dated 9th November 2004

16th century world map

World map, published around 1565 in Venice, Italy, by Italian mapmaker Ferando Bertelli. The title of the map: Universale Descrittione di Tutta la Terra Conosciuta Fin Qui (universal description to the end of the known Earth). In the past few hundred years, the Americas (left) and the sea passage to India around Africa, and the islands of South-East Asia, had all been discovered, but these regions remained poorly mapped. This map shows a vast and unknown continent to the south, and Australia has not yet been discovered. Illustrations of ships and strange sea creatures are seen on the oceans, and strange animals are seen on the unknown lands. The winds are represented at upper right and left

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Mammoth Hot Springs, Gardiner River, Yellowstone, 1874

Engraving of the spectacular landscape of volcanic rocks and springs at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, with some tiny tourists in the foreground to emphasize the scale, 1874. In March 1872 President Grant declared Yellowstone a National Park, ...for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. Date: 1874

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An Underground Drinking Cellar, San Francisco, 1884

Engraving showing an underground drinking cellar with, in the background, a stock index board marked on the wall, San Francisco, 1884. As the city of San Francisco grew in importance more financial trading took place. In this image stock indicators show the state of the market in the other financial centres in the USA, such as Washington and Nevada

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