Images

A Perspective View of the Action at Cartagena, etching, c. 1741. Depicted here is the harbour at Cartagena de Indias, in what is now Colombia, besieged by the Kingdom of Great Britain's Royal Navy during the War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1748...

Portrait of Admiral Blas de Lezo, oil on canvas painting, c. 1853. Portrayed here is the Spanish naval officer Blas de Lezo (1689-1741), whose illustrious career saw the loss of his left eye, left leg, and the use of his right arm. Besieged...

A coloured illustration by Maurice Pillard Verneuil of the signing of the Armistice between the Allies, represented by their overall military commander Marshal Foch (standing on the right), and Germany on 11 November 1918 which ended the...

A photograph showing Supreme Allied Commander Marshal Ferdinand Foch (standing, second on the right) after the signing of the armistice with Germany on 11 November 1918 which ended the First World War. The train was Marshal Foch's campaign...

A photograph shwoing French, British, American, and Belgian men and women in celebrating in Belgium the signing of the Armistice on 11 November 1918 which ended the First World War. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of men and women in London riding in a US car and celebrating the signing of the armistice on 11 November 1918 which ended the First World War (1914-1918). Imperial War Museums, London.

A photograph of crowds outside Buckingham Palace in London celebrating the signing of the Armistice on 11 November 1918 which ended the First World War. (Imperial War Museums)

The General History of the Things of New Spain or Florentine Codex, an ethnographic codex by Bernardino de Sahagún, Book 7, Folio 9v, Mexico, 16th century. Written in the mid- to late 16th century, this collection of images and histories...

A gouache on paper painting titled "Vienna Waltzes" by Nicha Sursock. Vienna, late afternoon. Before the Sperl Tanzsalon, the air hums with waltzes and laughter. A yellow Pferdetramway (horse tramway) clatters past the Stadthalle Musikpavillon...

The Odyssey, traditionally attributed to Homer and composed around the 8th–7th century BCE, recounts the decade-long journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, as he attempts to return home after the Trojan War. Although set in a recognizable Mediterranean...