Images Dated 22nd August 2023

Peter the Great's small boat on display in St. Petersburg, 1723
Peter the Great's small boat or botik on display in a stone cabin in St. Petersburg, 1723. Built with Dutch shipbuilder Karsten Brant, the botik is now in the State Museum (Peter and Paul Fortress)

View of the Wetterhorn, Mettenberg and Eiger glaciers
View of the Wetterhorn (L), Mettenberg (C), and Eiger (R) overlooking the village of Grindelwald, Bernese Mountains, Switzerland. Glaciers de Grindelwald

Firecracker plant and common buckeye
Red buckeye or firecracker plant, Aesculus pavia 1A, fruit 1B, and common buckeye or yellow buckeye, Aesculus flava 2a, fruit 2b. The botanicals were drawn by Henriette and Conrad Westermayr, F

Varieties of triggerfish and leatherjacket
Lagoon triggerfish or Picassofish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus 1, queen triggerfish or old wife, Balistes vetula 2, rough triggerfish, Canthidermis maculata 3, and fan-bellied leatherjacket

Peter the Great's cabin, Zaandam, Holland, 1697
Peter the Great's cabin in the whaling town of Zaandam, Holland, 1697. He studied shipbuilding there under the name Peter Michailowitz. Cabane de Pierre le Grand a Saardam

German fresh-water fish species
Common roach, Rutilus rutilus 1, ide or orfe, Leuciscus idus 2, asp, Leuciscus aspius 3, and zope or blue bream, Ballerus ballerus 4. German fresh-water fish

Juniper tree, Juniperus communis. Branch with berries, leaves, section through trunk. The botanicals were drawn by Henriette and Conrad Westermayr, F. Götz and C. Ermer

View of the Rosenlaui Glacier, Bernese Alps, Switzerland
View of the Rosenlaui Glacier in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland. Le Glacier de Rosenlawin ou L'avalanche des roses. After a landscape painting by Gabriel Lory

View of the Reichenbach waterfall, Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Gentlemen tourists at the foot of the Reichenbach waterfall in Meiringen valley, Bernese Alps, Switzerland. La Vallee de Meyringen. After a landscape painting by Gabriel Lory

Portuguese man o war and other marine creatures
Portuguese man o war, Physalia physalis 1, blue sea dragon, Glaucus atlanticus 2, and species of marine colonial tunicate, Pyrosoma atlanticum, exterior 3A, interior 3B

Indian cobra and unknown snake species
Indian cobra, Naja naja 4, and unknown species called Kalla-Dschin in India 5. Vipere a Lunettes, Coluber naja, Vipere bigarree, Coluber variegatus

Checkered keelback and other exotic snakes of India
Exotic snakes of India. Unknown species called Duhblih 1 and Schittih 2, with checkered keelback or Asiatic water snake, Fowlea piscator 3

View of Westminster Hall, London, 1800s
View of Westminster Hall, London. Arched entrance porch to the Gothic style hall, part of the ancient Palace of Westminster, built in 1097. Now part of the Houses of Parliament

View of Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church, London
View of Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church, London

Walnut tree, Juglans regia
Persian walnut, English walnut, Carpathian walnut, Madeira walnut, or common walnut tree, Juglans regia. With branch, leaf, fruit, section through nut

Children playing Babki and Swaika in a Moscow street, 1800s
Children playing Babki (knucklebones) and Swaika (dropping a heavy nail into a ring on the ground). Popular street games in Moscow, Russia

Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Russia. Established by Peter the Great in 1724 on Universitetskaya Embankment

Varieties of treefrogs
Veined tree frog, Trachycephalus typhonius 3, rusty tree frog or giant gladiator treefrog, Boana boans 4, and red-snouted treefrog; Scinax ruber 5

Orinoco lime treefrog and northern orange-legged leaf frog
Orinoco lime treefrog, Sphaenorhynchus lacteus 1, and northern orange-legged leaf frog or tiger-legged monkey frog, Pithecopus hypochondrialis 2. Both native to South America

View of a large timber raft on the Rhine near Godesberg Castle
View of a large timber raft on the Rhine near the ruins of Godesberg Castle, Bonn. Made up of 1, 000 logs, the raft was powered by a crew of 900 oarsmen. Vue d'un Radeau du Rhin

Arrival of a large timber raft on the Rhine at Bonn. Made up of 1, 000 logs, the raft was powered by a crew of 900 oarsmen. After a painting by landscape artist Laurenz Janscha

View of the town of Kaub, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With toll castle Pfalzgrafenstein Castle on Pfalz island, and Gutenfels Castle on the hill. Vue de Palatinat et de la villa de Caub

View of the Mouse Tower on the Rhine, Germany
View of the Mouse Tower (Mäuseturm) on a small island in the Rhine, outside Bingen am Rhein, Germany. Vue de la tour des souris pres de Bingen. After a painting by landscape artist Laurenz Janscha

Horse chestnut tree, Aesculus hippocastanum. Vulnerable. With blossom, fruit, nut, seed, leaf, section through branch. Horse-chestnut, European horse-chestnut, buckeye or conker tree

Lartigue Monorail, Listowel, Ireland, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

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