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Extensive Collection (page 3)

Background imageExtensive Collection: Lubeck as Trade Centre

Lubeck as Trade Centre
Lubeck, strategically located on the Baltic coast, becomes a leading trading centre of the Hanseatic League, doing extensive business with Scandinavia

Background imageExtensive Collection: British Embassy

British Embassy
As the Communards deliberately fire official buildings, the British Embassy is under threat and shots are exchanged, but no extensive damage is done

Background imageExtensive Collection: Portsmouth Wherry

Portsmouth Wherry
Wherry of Portsmouth, Hampshire - note the extensive spread of sail

Background imageExtensive Collection: Insurrection in Milano

Insurrection in Milano
The people of Milano revolt - not for the first or the last time - against their Austrian overlords : extensive street fighting takes place but the rising is inconclusive

Background imageExtensive Collection: The Sphinx / Circa 1970

The Sphinx / Circa 1970
The Sphinx, believed to have been built by the Pharoah Chephren around 2650 BC. Extensive weathering has eroded the monument which is undergoing extensive repair

Background imageExtensive Collection: Mr. Lairds ship-building yard, Liverpool

Mr. Lairds ship-building yard, Liverpool
Engraving of Mr. Lairds ship-building yard in Liverpool. Iron ship-building on an extensive scale originated from this prolific ship-yard

Background imageExtensive Collection: Mahogany, Guatemala

Mahogany, Guatemala
Felling mahogany trees in Guatemala : the enormous demand for this hard furnishing wood leads, alas, to extensive deforestation for it re-grows slowly

Background imageExtensive Collection: Mahogany, West Indies

Mahogany, West Indies
Mahogany trees in the West Indies : the enormous demand for this hard furnishing wood leads, alas, to extensive deforestation for it takes many years to re-grow

Background imageExtensive Collection: The streamlined rail car for Great Western suburban traffic

The streamlined rail car for Great Western suburban traffic
Britains first streamlined rail car. The rail cars were introduced for services between Reading and Slough. The shape came about from extensive wind resistance experimentation

Background imageExtensive Collection: Rail Construction 1836

Rail Construction 1836
An extensive team of navvies build a retaining wall near Part Street, Camden Town, London

Background imageExtensive Collection: Peru Iquique

Peru Iquique
View of the town and harbour before the earthquake which caused extensive damage

Background imageExtensive Collection: London / Sion College

London / Sion College
A society of Anglican clergymen, with at one time an extensive library

Background imageExtensive Collection: Santa Barbara Mission

Santa Barbara Mission was founded in 1786. Portions of five units of its extensive water works survive today. Ruins of tanning vats and pottery kilns also survive

Background imageExtensive Collection: Blunt / Parhelia (2) Pl 96

Blunt / Parhelia (2) Pl 96
Seen with a halo - an extensive luminous ring most commonly seen about the moon. Here it is shown about the sun, and you can see a rainbow

Background imageExtensive Collection: Wimpole Hall 1704

Wimpole Hall 1704
WIMPLE in the County of CAMBRIDGESHIRE. A bird s-eye view of the hall built in 1643 showing formal gardens, tree- lined walks, a deer park and extensive parkland

Background imageExtensive Collection: Urus (Bewick)

Urus (Bewick)
The Urus, or Wild Bull, is chiefly to be met with in the extensive forests of Lithuania. Not any more, it ain t



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