Images

Gen. Zachary Taylor leads the American troops at the Battle of Palo Alto (8 May 1846). By an artist with the initials C.S., published by N. Currier, 1846. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

US President James K. Polk (1795-1849) at the end of his term, February 1849. Reproduction of a daguerrotype by Mathew Brady. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna surrenders to Sam Houston's Texian force after the Battle of San Jacinto (21 April 1836), securing Texas' independence. Painting by William Henry Huddle, 1886; in the Texas State Capitol, Austin...

Antonio López de Santa Anna, oil on canvas by Manuel Paris, mid-19th century. Museo Nacional de Historia Castillo de Chapultepec

The Fall of the Alamo or Crockett's Last Stand by Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, 1903. Governor's Mansion of Austin, TX.

Battle of Buena Vista (23 Feb 1847) between US and Mexican armies during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Hand-colored lithograph by Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, after a drawing by Carl Nebel, 1851.

Battle of Río San Gabriel (8 Jan 1847) between US forces and the Californios during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), oil on canvas by James Walker, circa 19th century.

This map illustrates the US-Mexican War of 1846-1848, triggered by the US annexation of Texas and a disputed border at the Río Grande. Under President James K. Polk (1845-1849) and a succession of Mexican leaders, fighting spread from the...

As part of Herod the Great's building program, about Herod's Harbor in Caesarea Maritima, Josephus mentions “a great number of arches where the mariners dwelt” and “very large towers on a wall that ran around it.” The breakwater arms to which...

Queen Maya’s dream is explained, stone relief from the Gandhara region, modern-day Pakistan, circa 100-300 CE. Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.