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Hermes and Calypso
Mercury and Calypso, black ink on ivory wove paper, c. 1775-1826. Hermes (Mercury, to the Romans) brings to the nymph Calypso the command from Zeus that her captive Odysseus must be allowed to leave the island of Ogygia, as famously told...
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Miklós Horthy Bust at Kenderes
Miklós Horthy Bust at Kenderes, photograph by Csanády, 2009. Put up in his hometown of Kenderes in 1993, this bust of Miklós Horthy celebrated the return of his remains from Portugal and his role as leader of Hungary between 1920 and 1944...
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Miklós Horthy Waiting with Other Witnesses at Nuremberg
Miklós Horthy waiting with other witnesses at Nuremberg, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Nuremberg, 24 November, 1945. Former regent of Hungary Miklós Horthy (far left) speaks with other witnesses during a break at the International...
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Reich Chancellery with Nazi Swastikas and Hungarian Flags
Reich Chancellery with Nazi Swastikas and Hungarian Flags, Bundesarchiv, Berlin, August 1938. The Reich Chancellery (Die Reichskanzlei), built in 1878, was the official office of the German chancellor (Reichskanzler) until its bombing and...
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Miklós Horthy Meeting Adolf Hitler
Miklós Horthy Meeting Adolf Hitler, photograph by the National Archives, Berlin, c. 1933-1944. Adolf Hitler (left), elected German chancellor in 1933 and later becoming Führer, shakes hands with Miklós Horthy (right), admiral and regent...
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P-51 Mustangs, 1944
A photograph of four North American P-51 Mustang fighter planes in 1944 during the Second World War (1939-45). 375th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, RAF Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, Britain.
Imperial War Museums
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Lady Alice P-51 Mustang
A photograph of a North American P-51 Mustang, 'Lady Alice', fighter plane at the Chino Airshow 2014.
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P-51 Mustang in Flight
A photograph of a North American P-51 Mustang fighter plane at the Chino Airshow 2014.
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Map of a Circumnavigation of the Black Sea c. 130 CE - Arrian of Nicomedia’s Periplus Ponti Euxini
The Periplus Ponti Euxini (“Circumnavigation of the Black Sea”), written by Arrian of Nicomedia (c. 86–after 146 CE), is a major example of Roman geographical and administrative writing from the early 2nd century CE. A periplus, from the...
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Seven Invasions of Great Britain, 43-1940. - Major Foreign Attempts to Conquer the Island
Great Britain’s insular position has long made it both protected and coveted. Situated between the North Sea and the Atlantic, the island commanded important maritime routes and offered political, economic, and strategic advantages to those...
