Cultures

Elisha Kent Kane

View of Geneva, Switzerland

Erebus and Terror, ships of the Franklin expedition to the Northwest Passage

Babylon

Erection of buildings in ancient Egypt

Ancient Susa

Assyrian writing

Assyrian tablet with writing

Alhambra in Granada, Spain

Magyars arrive in Hungary

View of Athens and the Long Walls from Piraeus

Ancient Corinth

Tombs of the Caliphs in Damascus, Syria

19th-century view of Manila suburbs

Victoria, fleet of Ferdinand Magellan

Landing of Columbus by Vanderlyn

Discovery of the Mississippi by Powell