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Swildons Hole, at Priddy, Somerset, England, is the biggest and wettest cave in the Mendip Hills. Date: 1930s

Rome / Diocletian Baths
DIOCLETIAN BATHS on mount Viminale. The thermal baths were built between 298 and 306 AD. They were the biggest of Rome and could greet 3000 people at the same time. Date: 4th century AD

Electric Shock Machine, on Derby Day, 1860
Engraving, originally entitled Two Shocks a Penny, showing an electric shock machine which was part of the entertainments at Epsom Racecourse, on Derby Day 1860

Roadside Refreshments on the way to the Derby, 1860
Engraving showing a man selling alcoholic refreshment beside the London to Epsom road on Derby Day in 1860. The Derby is one of Britains biggest horse-racing events

French Army retreating from Carignan; Franco-Prussian War, 1
Engraving showing the French Army being driven out of Carignan by the Prussians on 30th August 1870. This action preceded the Battle of Sedan

The Civil War in America: destruction of the Confederate flo
Union ships under the command of Flag Officer David Farragut moving up the Missippi river to take New Orleans, the biggest Confederate port

The Evacuation of Children from London
The evacuation of Britains cities at the start of World War Two was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people in Britains history

Canberra: tourist class playroom
Colour illustration depicting the tourist class playroom for young travellers on board P&Os superliner Canberra around the time of her maiden voyage to Sydney, Australia in 1961

Coup: Street Fighting
Street fighting at the Porte Saint-Denis, Paris, where the Republicans construct one of their biggest barricades : but they succumb to the military

First attempt to launch the Bermuda floating dock
Engraving from the front cover of the ILN, showing the first attempt to launch the Bermuda floating dock at North Woolwich, built by Messrs. Campbell, Johnson and Co. of Silvertown

Syrians Go to Hormuz
Aleppo (Syrian) merchants travel to the twice-a-year market at Ormuz (Persian Gulf), the biggest trading place with the Orient

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