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Colonel Alexander Hamilton, dressed in the uniform of the New York artillery during the American Revolutionary War. Painting by Alonzo Chappel, c. 19th century.

A painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris showing the Scottish privateer turned pirate Captain Kidd (c. 1645-1701) in New York harbour. William Kidd was found guilty of piracy and hanged in 1701. (Library of Congress)

The route of the St Jean Baptiste and Captain James Cook's Endeavour around the North Cape of New Zealand in December 1769.

The lighting of fires during the Aztec New Fire Ceremony of 1507, a ritual held every 52 years to ensure the continuation of the Sun. The priests carry fire bundles and wear turquoise masks in imitation of the fire god Xiuhtecuhtli...

On 20 December 1803, after the Louisiana Purchase, the American flag is hoisted in New Orleans. Oil on canvas painting by Thure de Thulstrup, 1902. Louisiana State Museum.

The map show the political situation within the western regions of the Mediterranean after the deposition of the last Western emperor, Romolus Augustulus, by Odoacer, the commander of the Italian...

In Principio window, photograph by Sena Bolek, 2025. A stained-glass window on the northern side of the Mitchell Vestibule at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The In Principio...

New York Postmaster's Provisional Stamp, USA, 1845. The kind of stamp that may have been used to send enslaved people, such as William "Box" Peel Jones to freedom in 1859.

The Temple of Mandulis (also known as the Temple of Kalabsha) is a Roman Period Egyptian temple built as a tribute to Mandulis, a sun god of ancient Nubia. It was constructed by Emperor Augustus around 30 BCE, presumably...

The vision of a new Jerusalem as described in the book of Revelation, folio 55 recto, MS A. II. 42, Bamberger Apokalypse, c. 1000. Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg.