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Historical views of TurkeyView of Constantinople (Istanbul) in the early 19th century 25, Muslim mosque with dome and minarets 26, and young Greek women kissing each other on the eyes 27
Views of Norway, early 19th centuryFox catching crabs on the beach of Norway 7, shepherd recovering a lost sheep from a mountain 8, and ship pulled into the maelstrom of Norway or Moskstraumen 9
Historical views of Russia. The Imperial Winter Palace at St. Petersburg 16, Russian peasants with sledges on ice 17, market of frozen animals on the frozen Neva River in St. Petersburg 18
Historical views of Sweden. Gustav Eriksson addressing the men of Dalarna 13, women farmers ploughing fields with oxen 14, and a public whipping of a cruel boy 15
Historical views of England. View of Lands End, Cornwall 82, coach approaching London with St. Pauls cathedral 83, and sailor returning to his family home 84
Historical views of Portugal. Catholic kneeling before a statue of a saint 79, peasant threshing corn with oxen 80 and view of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 81
Historical views of Spain. Bullfighter about to kill a bull with dagger and lance in a bullring with female picador 76, burning heretics at the stake in an Auto da Fe 77
Historical views of Holland. Dutch man and woman in front of a town 67, woman skating on ice to market with a basket on her head 68, and horse-drawn barges or Treckschutz on the canal 69
Historical views of Paris, France. View of the cathedral of Notre Dame 70, piles of bones and skulls in the Catacombs 71, and the Massacre of St. Bartholomews Day in 1572 72
Historical views of Denmark. View of the city of Copenhagen 64, Danish watchman with lantern patroling the streets of Copenhagen 65
Historical views of Germany. Germans hunting wild boar on horseback with hounds 58, rafts of timber floating on the Rhine river 59, and the Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen 60
Historical views of Poland. Polish men in the city of Cracow 55, Peter the Wild Boy found in a forest near Hamelin 56, and the inflammable springs near Cracow 57
Views in the Icy Seas of Northern Europe, 18th centuryWhalers harpooning whales in the North Sea 4, sailors walking on ice fields in the Arctic 5, and view of Hekla volcano and geyser in Iceland 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Historical views of Austria. German postillion in his yellow jacket 52, the Prater pleasure gardens and amusement park in Vienna 53, and view of the city of Vienna in the 19th century 54
Historical views of Switzerland. Swiss peasants in the Alps 46, William Tell shooting an arrow at his son 47, and an avalanche or mountain snowball 48. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Historical views of Hungary. Hungarian peasants 49, Romany gypsies at an encampment 50 and a bridge of boats over the Danube 51. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79ADThe eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy, in 79AD. Lava flowing into Herculaneum and Pompeii 37, the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius 38, and the discovery of the buried city in the 18th century 39
Historical views of Italy. The volcanic Mount Etna in Sicily 34, the rocks of Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis 35, and Italians pushing a dog into the poisonous gas at the Cave of Dogs
Historical views of Greece. View of the city of Athens in the early 19th century 28, 300 Spartans fighting the Persians at the battle of Thermopylae 29, and the Colossus of Rhodes 30
Scenes in England, Regency era. English sailor setting out from home for the merchant navy 1, view of ships on the Thames in London 2, view of John o Groats in Scotland 3
Trades in Regency England: wheat harvest, oysters and buntine for flags. Farmers harvesting wheat in Essex 25, fishwife selling oysters from a stall in Colchester 26
Trades in Regency England: Turnery, broom-maker and paper making. Turner working on a wheel-driven lathe in a workshop in Tunbridge 22, broom-maker selling his wares door-to-door in Kent 23
Trades in Regency England. Hop picking, South Down sheep and effects of gunpowder. Man cutting hops, women and children picking off the hops in Farnham 19
Trades in Regency England. Carpet weaving, hog feedingTrades in Regency England. Carpet weaver at a loom in Wilton 16, pig farmer feeding hogs in Hampshire 17, and women knitting and embroidering with needles made in Chichester 18
Trades in Regency England. Sail cloth, stone quarries and timber for ship building. Sailors unfurling a canvas sail on a ship 13, men moving blocks of stone in a Portland quarry 14
Trades in Regency England. Tin mines, bullocks and pipe smoking. Miner on a ladder with a bucket of tin ore in a Redruth tin mine 10, beef cattle on a Devonshire moor 11
Trades in Regency England: china painting, pin makingTrades people in Regency England. Artist painting a porcelain vase in a Worcester china factory 7, girl using a foot-driven anvil to add heads to pins in a pin-making factory in Gloucester 8
Trades in Regency Ireland and England: Cork, Dublin and London Docks. Irish beef cattle bring driven to the port of Cork 79
Trades in Regency Ireland: bleaching, Irish cabin and salmon leap. Workers bleaching linen made from flax in Colerain 76, poor Irish potato farmers outside a cottage with pigs and dogs 77
Trades in Regency Scotland: distillery, cannon boring and paviours. Workers distilling whisky in a distillery in Edinburgh 70, worker boring a cannon at Carron Works factory 71
Trades in Regency England: charcoal burning, Jew selling pencils, and fishing. Worker at a charcoal pit in Furness 64, Jewish pedlar selling pencils door to door in Borrowdale 65
Trades in Regency England: Grinding cutlery, iron works and flax spinning. Workers seated at grinding wheels in a cutlery factory in Sheffied 58
Trades in Regency England: Cheese making, check manufacture and cotton printing. Dairymaid making cheese in Cheshire 55, man selling check cotton aprons door to door 56
Brewing, steel ware and gloves, and a mineral waters spa in Regency England. Brewers stirring vats of beer mash in a Reading brewery 4, women buying gloves in Woodstock 5
Trades in Regency England: Spar ornaments, pottery ware and salt refiner. Alabaster stone ornaments made in the Peak District on a mantlepiece 52, shop window with pottery from Etruria
Trades in Regency England: Ale-house, silk mill and stocking weaver. Customers drinking Burton ale outside a pub 49, workers dying and drying silk in a mill in Derby 50
Trades in Regency England: flannel market, copper mines and shoe-maker. Man showing rolls of flannel cloth in Welchpool 46, miners digging for copper ore in Parys Mine, Anglesea 47
Trades in Regency England: silk weaving, jewellery and iron forge. Man weaving silk cloth on a loom in Coventry 40, customers in a fancy jewellery shop in Birmingham 41
Trades in Regency England: basket making, geese plucking and whips. Basket-maker weaving willow into baskets and hampers on the Isle of Ely 34
Trades in Norfolk, Regency England. Barley, turnips and game. Farm laborers on a straw bail after a barley harvest 34, sheep eating turnips 35, and hunter poaching for game rabbits 36
Trades in Regency England. Brick making, butter churning and rabbit warren. Brickmaker with bricks, hod, kiln and wheelbarrow in Woolpit 31, woman churning butter in an urn in Bury dairy 32
Trades in Regency England: cable making, straw workTrades in Regency England. Men twisting rope in a cable making factory in Deptford 1, women and children making straw hats in Dunstable 2 and a woman making lace outside a cottage in Buckingham 3
Historical views of Japan. Japanese woman riding in a sedan chair on wheels 22, Japanese Christians forced to step on a crucifix (fumie) in Nagasaki, 17th century 23
Historical views of Kamchatka. Koryak man on a sledge drawn by dogs 19, interior of a Koryak hut 20, and glutton or wolverine, Gulo gulo, hunting a deer 21
Historical views of Siberia. Samoyed man outside a pit-house 16, discovery of an extinct mammoth skeleton 17, and Russian man exiled to the frozen wastes 18
Historical views of Tartary. Funeral rites of a Tatar chieftain 13, Tatars abandoning the sick and aged to die in a hut 14
Historical views of the Holy Land. The Dead Sea or the Lake of Sodom 76, Mount Tabor 77, and fisherman on the Sea of Galilee 78. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Historical views of Syria. Ruins of the city of Palmyra or Tadmor in the Desert 70, the bazaar in Aleppo 71, and weaver working on a damask loom in Damascus 72
