Province Collection (page 45)

Philopoemen Poisoned
Philopoemen, Greek hero and patriot, who did all he could to prevent Greece from becoming another Roman province, accepts poison from a servant in prison in Messene

China / Yungang Grottoes
YUNGANG GROTTOES in Datong City, in the province of Shansi. These buddhist caves contain about 51000 statues from the 5th century carved during the Northern Wei dynasty

Egypt / Damietta
Damietta town and Oschamma mosque in the Dumyat province. Of commercial and strategic importance in the Middle Ages, Dumyat was pillaged by the Byzantines & Sicilian Normans

Farm in Quebec
A settler who has made good. The residence of William Cunningham esq. at Lot 20, Rasnge 5, Godmanchester, Huntingdon County, province of Quebec

Fort Chambly 1814
Canadians are understandably alarmed when war breaks out between Britain and the USA : Fort Chambly in Quebec province is a strategic defence and site of a camp

Lithuanian Serfs
Serfdom is abolished in Lithuania, which at this time is a province of Russia

Chinese Christianity ?
An inscription on stone found in 1625 at Si- gan-fou, in Chinas Chen-si province, seems to testify to a Christian presence there as early as 635

Military Checkpoint 1920
A British military checkpoint which was set up (in vain) to control disorder in the province

Border Afghanistan
Tur Khum Gardens near Landikhana, North West Frontier Province, showing the boundary line between the Afghan and British territory

Ancient Mexican Bridge
Ancient bridge in Tlascala province, Mexico

Maori Village
Maori Pah, or fortified village, in the province of New Plymouth (Taranaki); the ornate gabled houses are characteristic of the indigenous building style

Flushing / Peters
Flushing in the province of Zeeland: A view of the entrance into the port showing a couple of sailing barges being tossed by the raging sea

Flushing 4 / Pillement
Flushing in the province of Zeeland: depicting barges laden with cargo. A sailor walks a plank between two vessels using a pole to aid his balance

Flushing 2 / Pillement
Flushing in the province of Zeeland in South-West Netherlands: depicting barges laden with cargo including barrels

Racial Type / Kohat Pass
A native type of the Kohat Pass district, a mountain pass in the North-West Frontier Province of India, connecting Kohat with Peshawar

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