1673 Gallery

Japan - Inland Sea and the Kintai Bridge - decorative border

Japan - The Inland Sea and the Kintai Bridge, a historical wooden arch bridge, in the city of Iwakuni, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The bridge was built in 1673, spanning the Nishiki River. The decorative border features autumnal leaves. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Atlas Novus. Europe. Tartarians, 17th c

BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Europa recens descripta'. Map of Europe published in Amsterdam in 1633. Detail depicting Tatar people. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

© Iberfoto/Mary Evans

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Atlas Novus, 17th c.. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula'. Temple of Artemis, detail from one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which decorate this worldmap. Printed in Amsterdam ca 1635. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

© Iberfoto/Mary Evans