Central Collection (page 74)

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TIMUR LENK (variously spelt as Tamerlane, Tamburlaine etc) Asiatic ruler: Turkic conqueror of most of Central Asia

Pierres-Sottes
Les PIERRES-SOTTES [also known as pierres caillasses - rocks in Berry, Central France, popularly supposed to be animated

New York / Central Park
New York: Central Park, people enjoying the fresh air on the terrace and by the fountain

Racial / Mexicans C1850
Group of Mexicans in traditional dress with horse and dogs

Folklore / Grand bete
The GRAND BETE (= Great Beast) is a scary monster of Berry, central France, usually in the form of a huge bull, though sometimes as a dog, hare or sheep - but always gigantic

Monk of the Marshes
THE MONK OF THE MARSHES a huge and sinister figure seen by countryfolk who pass ponds in Berry, central France, at night Date: 1858

Apparitions / Demoiselles
LES DEMOISELLES faceless white female figures who may be encountered in the woods of Berry, central France - but who or what they are, no one knows

Folklore / Casseur De Bois
LE CASSEU DE BOIS (= branch-breaker) of Berry, central France, entity who breaks tree branches and may challenge the peasant as he gathers his firewood

Folklore / Wolf-Charmer
LE MENEUR DE LOUPS (= Wolf-charmer) of Berry, central France - a power handed down from father to son in certain families

Lavandieres De LA Nuit
LES LAVANDIERES DE LA NUIT (= Laundresses of the night) sinister washerwomen of Berry, central France, who launder infant corpses by stagnant pools

Stone Men Apparitions
The STONE MEN - fearful apparitions seen at night by the countryfolk of Berry, in central France

Vespucci / Hostile Natives
Amerigo Vespucci encounters hostile natives

Spanish Fight Mexicans
The Spaniards and their allies fight the Mexicans

Giles Australian Trips
Ernest Giles leads a series of journeys into Central and West Australia : his camel train makes its way through the scrub

Cortes on Mexican Lake
Cortes brigantines rout the Aztec vessels on Mexico lake

Charles Stewart Parnell re-elected
Charles Stewart Parnell is re-elected as leader of the Irish Party, in Committee Room 15 at the House of Commons, Central London

Wet day in Piccadilly, Central London
A wet day in Piccadilly, Central London, with pedestrians and a hansom cab

Fashionable people in the Row, Hyde Park, London
Fashionable riders and strollers in the Row, Hyde Park, Central London

Temple at Chichen Itza, Yucatan State, Mexico
Facade of one of the temples at the pre-Hispanic city of Chichen Itza, Yucatan State, Mexico

View inside the Halles Centrales, Paris, France
View inside the Halles Centrales, an indoor market in Paris, France

Rome making peace with Latium
Rome makes peace with Latium (the modern name for the area is Lazio), the tribe of the Latins in central western Italy

Futuristic central heating
A futuristic form of central heating, using radium -- perhaps not the healthiest of ideas, as it is radioactive?

View of Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, Central America
A view of the Cerro de los Remedios (Hill of the Remedies) in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, Central America. This was an ancient Aztec religious site on which a Catholic mission was built

View of Mexico City, Mexico, Central America
A view of Mexico City, Mexico, Central America

Solanos staff produces a spring
In Mexico, Francisco Solano strikes his staff into the ground and, lo! a spring of water gushes out

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TIMUR LENK (variously spelt as Tamerlaine, Tamburlaine etc) Asiatic ruler: Turkic conqueror of most of Central Asia

Rail Construction
Work on the Great Central Railway, near Lords cricket ground, north London Date: 1897

Newcastle Station
The Great Central Railway Station at Newcastle- upon- Tyne Date: 1850

Baker / Camels in Africa
Samuel and Lady Baker riding camels in central Africa

Panama sacked by Henry Morgan
Panama is sacked by Henry Morgan

Oxford Circus from Upper Regent Street, London
View of Oxford Circus from Upper Regent Street, Central London

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