Rivers Collection (page 9)

Fountain and monument, Kiev, Ukraine
View of a fountain in Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) with a monument to the legendary founders of the city of Kiev, the three brothers Kyi (also Kiy, Kij or Kyj)

Russia - River Shilka. Flows north east from the mountains to the east of Lake Baikal thus providing river traffic link to Khabarovsk and onwards to the Pacific Ocean at Nikolaevsk

Jajce - Bosnia Herzegovina
Jajce is located in the central part of Bosnia Herzegovina. It is on the crossroads between Banja Luka, Mrkonji Grad and Donji Vakuf, on the confluence of the rivers Pliva and Vrbas

Unidentified area with river, India
An unidentified area with a river at the centre, in India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

River and riverbank, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
View of a river and riverbank in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Hancocks Acquatic Dress - a basin-type device for walking across deep rivers. The rather opn design rathers opens the possibility for flooding

NECTARINES
Lord Napier (Rivers) Humboldt (Rivers) Dryden (Rivers)

Bingen am Rhein - Germany
Bingen am Rhein (or Bingen or Bingen on the Rhine) is a city located at the junction of the rivers Rhine and Nahe in the district of Mainz-Bingen

Poland Kostrzyn
(aka Kustrin) situated at the confluence of the Oder and Warta rivers : often held by the Germans, but finally bestowed on Poland in 1945

America, Street View in San Francisco, from a sketch by a co
San Franciscos commerce was growing by the day in 1850, as gold fever reached its height. Four rivers produced gold worth over 30 million dollars in the last 5 months of 1850

American Indians. The Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Explorin
In the expedition party were 14 Iroquois Indians, 2 French Canadians and various geologists, civil engineers, suveyors and draughtsmen. Here the party is seen carrying a canoe between lakes and rivers

USA Harpers Ferry
Located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, and scene of John Browns ill-considered, ill- fated but heroic gesture

Russia Omsk
situated at the confluence of the Irtysh and Om rivers

Italian Bridge-layer on Army Manoevres, 1936
Photograph showing an Italian Army tank, which carried and laid a metal bridge, taking part in manoevres near Naples, 1936

Al Qurnah, Iraq (Kurnah)
Al Qurnah (previously known as Kurnah) is located at the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Native boats and an early steamboat are to be seen

Bournes River Steam Train, 1849
Engraving of John Bournes proposal for a River Steam Train for use on the rivers of India, 1849. At that time, India had a poor transport network and Mr

Alexandria in C16Th
A fascinating early plan of Alexandria, showing the remains of Alexanders Palace, Pompeys Pillar, the Pharos, the city gates, the African coast and the Mediterranean

The River Gannel
Two boys walk back from the beach with their towels, by the shores of the River Gannel, near Newquay, Cornwall

The Riley Amphibian Floatercar
Two photographs showing the Riley amphibian floatercar, designed to cross rivers and swamps in Africa, bearing British samples and salesmen

ROME /s AGNESE C1840
SANT AGNESE, in the Piazza Navona

Erme River, Devon
The Erme river, Devonshire is overhung with trees and enclosed by rocks

Afghanistan Kushik
Junction of the Murghab and Kushik rivers : Ak-Tapa in the distance

Jews at Babylon / Martin
The Jews, taken in captivity to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar II, grieve by the rivers of Babylon (the Euphrates) and hang their harps upon the willows in the midst thereof

River & Moss
Moss-covered stones in a river in the Tirolean Alps, Austria

Russia Volga Women
Two women from the region between the Volga and Sura rivers

Chepstow / Wye / Severn 1909
Chepstow, with Wye and Severn rivers

World Map / Beatus 11C
11th century copy of an 8th century map, showing Adam, Eve and the Serpent, various rivers, and the four winds blowing

New York / Street Plan
New York: street plan, showing the rivers, roads and public transport options

Ship on Lower Thames
The Lower Thames

Cataracts of the Nile above Aswan, Upper Egypt
View of the Cataracts of the River Nile above Aswan (Assouan), Upper Egypt

Rapids (Whimper)
Rapids on a North American river

Canadian Rapids C1860
A paddle steamer negotiates the La Chine Rapids of the St Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada

Brazil / Amazon C1890
Tropical forest lines the banks of the lower Amazon, Brazil

River Wiley, Stapleford
Scene at Stapleford on the River Wiley

The River Lea
Two young men, on their way home from a days fishing, pause to admire the swans on the River Lea at Ware, Hertfordshire

View of Gloucester C18Th
A perspective view of the city looking down & across the surrounding countryside. The cathedral, local sailing boats, the river Severn & turnpike road are all depicted

Map of India Etc / Mallet
Crude map of northern India, previous to any extensive colonisation, including parts of Pakistan & Bangladesh & the sources of two great rivers the Ganges & Indus

Chief Rivers of World
A comparative view of the chief rivers in the world with their respective lengths and the principal towns situated on them

Shakespeare / Droes / Rivers
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE English playwright and poet. Rectangular portrait

Tourists / Rhine / Kronheim
Tourists admire the Rhine. Sitting on a rock they look along the valley at the Rolandseck, the Drachenfels and the Island of Nonnenwerth

Raising Water Level
CHINA Wang-che-tchen, who learnt the magic secret of how to raise the water level of rivers - he is depicted raising the Yellow River (Hwang Ho)

USA / Charleston
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - Arx Carolina, fortified settlement at the junction of the Ashley and Cooper rivers

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