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Parmentier, Antoine Augustin (1737-1813). Vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe. Engraving

LORRIS, Guillaume. Roman de la Rose
The Romance of the Rose. s.XIV. The young lover, redeemer of the garden of delight, reaches a source and finds an inscription saying that there brother Narcissus died. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Zambesi river
Black and white lantern Slide of Zambesi river - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Engraving of worm-driven fire squirt
Engraving of people operating a large worm-driven fire squirt mounted on two wheels, to put out a fire in a burning building, reproduced from Besoni, Theatrum Instrumentorum et Machinarum, 1568

Visions de Guerre - French troops in the trenches
From the French series Visions de Guerre - French troops in the trenches. Felix Valloton (1865-1925). In The 1890 S, Valloton Initiated The Modern Movement In The Use Of Woodcut

Combat between French and German soldiers
From the French series Visions de Guerre - HERR PROFESSOR - Halt !. Halt !. This is not the Haig Convention. A cartoon showing a mortal combat between a French and German soldier

Visions de Guerre - Marechal Joffre
From the French series Visions de Guerre - Marechal Joffre. Felix Valloton (1865-1925). In The 1890 S, Valloton Initiated The Modern Movement In The Use Of Woodcut

Visions de Guerre - Lord Kitchener
From the French series Visions de Guerre - Lord Kitchener. Felix Valloton (1865-1925). In The 1890 S, Valloton Initiated The Modern Movement In The Use Of Woodcut

Film, wireless and gramophone in the home by G. H. Davis
Talkies a self-contained cinema, gramophone and radio-set for household use, mechanism of synchrophone. Date: 1931

Germanys desperate oil situation by G. H. Davis
The merciless statistics of Germanys desperate oil situation during the Second World War. The relative value of Germanys normal sources of oil supply, cut in half by the Allied blockade

Decorative 16th century fountain
An engraving of a decorative 16th century fountain adorned with mock birds and foliage. Date: 1588

MAP AFRICA
Portuguese and other early navigators got the African coast fairly well, but the interior, including the source of the Nile, is somewhat fancifully depicted. Date: 16th century

India Yamuna River
The source of the Yamuna (Jumna) river in the Himalayas; it will eventually flow into the Ganges, by way of Delhi and Agra. Date: circa 1835

France Niort
General view of Niort, in western France, the major source of angelica in all France... Date: 1835

Obtaining Encyclopaedia Britannica books
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 16 larger double volumes instead 32 single volumes. General knowledge books with some colour illustrations. Small monthly payments. Date: 1925

Marguerite Roberval
MARGUERITE ROBERVAL Unfortunate French girl abandoned on an island off Canada coast until rescued 1545 after two years : read full story in source below. Date: CIRCA 1542

Thomas Pennant - 2
THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798

Thomas Pennant - 3
THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798

Spittal Pond, Bermuda - West Atlantic British Overseas Island territory. Date: circa 1910s

Syria - The Source of the Fidjeh Stream (Pharpar)
On the road from Damascus to Baalbek, not far from the village Dar Kanon (Hazar-Enan), there is a village called Fidjeh (Figa), north of which is the source of the stream of the same name

South Africa - Women carrying mealie-meal - a relatively coarse flour made from maize (called mielies or mealies). A staple food in South Africa, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi

Nursery Tale - The Fairy Fountain - Jack and Jill reach the water source at the summit of the hill - their downfall is imminent... Date: 1880

Manganese Mine, Insuta, Gold Coast, Ghana, West Africa. Discovered in 1915 when allies were in dire need of Manganese ore

Greece, Corfu - Gastouri
The village of Gastouri, Corfu, Greece - one of the most famous places in Corfu, thanks to the Palace of Achilleion, constructed in early 1900s by Elisabeth

Egyptian Style 1914
An image that demonstrates that the interest in Egypt as a source of inspiration predates the discovery of Tutankhamens tomb by Howard Carter in 1922. Date: 1914

Trebinjica (i. e. Trebiunjica) River, the source, Herzegowin
Trebinjica (i.e. Trebiunjica) River, the source, Herzegowina, Austro-Hungary. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Ragusa, source of the Ombla, Dalmatia, Austro-Hungary. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Site of Dan and source of the Jordan, Tel-el-Kadi, Holy Land, (i.e. Israel). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Source de la Grande Grille, (drink hall), Vichy, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Altai Mountains - 2
Scene in the Altai mountains, western Siberia, near the source of the Tschugash. Date: 1858

Source of the Thames
The source of the River Thames, at Seven Springs, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Date: 1930s

Meadow Spring
A spring in a meadow at Sevensprings Farm, below Seven Springs, the source of the River Churn, at Coberley, Gloucestershire, England. Date: 1930s

Ravensbourne River, Kent

Source L Hopital - Vichy, France - Temperature of the healing waters is 31 degrees. Delivers 2500 litres of water per hour! Date: circa 1910s

Chadwell Spring, near Ware, Hertfordshire, England, one of the sources of the New River. This splendid pillar marks the Spring, which opened in 1608. Date: 1930s

Wallace Heel Spring
Wallace Heel, a spring on the banks of the River Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. This freshwater spring comes from a heel-shaped hole in the ground. Date: 1950s

Hungarian Artist
An old, dilapidated part of Budapest, Hungary, is a source of interest to this artist at his easel. Date: 1930s

Plants / Erythroxylon Coca
Medicinal plant whose leaves are the source of cocaine, chewed cheerfully by Bolivian natives but frowned on by those who know better. Date: 1873

Cotoneaster Horizontalis, a short shrub cultivated as an ornamental plant. Depending on the time of year it has white or pink flowers and red berries (pomes), and is a source of food for birds

Buna River source - near Mostar, Bosnia
The Buna Source is one of the most beautiful water sources in Europe. The groundwater rises up 200m through cave systems to form the Buna River

Celik Palace Hotel, Bursa, Turkey - Water Treatments
Celik Palace Hotel, Bursa, Turkey. This Hotel boasts a standard mineral bath from a mountainside source but also a radioactive water source

Algerian Oasis - Biskra
An oasis close to Biskra in Algeria. Still waters and palm trees in the desert conjure up a romantic Northern Saharan scene. There is another oasis in the far distance

Aix-les-Bains - Source de St Simon
Refreshment Bar (Tap Room) of the Source de St. Simon - Aix-Les-Bains (Savoie), France

Seller of Quince, Constantinople, Turkey

Gold in New Zealand 1853
The New Zealand gold field: discovery of gold near the source of the Kapanga Stream, about 40 miles from Auckland; miners camped close to the river pan for gold

Sikhs on the march
Indian troops on the march in September 1914. The Sikhs are identified by a stell quoit, the old-time national battlefield weapon of the Sikhs, in the Sepoys turbans

Sir Richard Francis Burton disguised as a Pathan, c. 1853
Engraving of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), the English explorer, linguist and diplomat, disguised as a Pathan, c.1853

Sir Samuel Baker (1821-1893)
Engraving of Sir Samuel White Baker, the English explorer, pictured in 1873. Baker undertook extensive exploration of Central Africa, in search of the source of the Nile River, in the early 1860 s

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