Colonialism. Africa. Anglo-Egyptian troops fighting against the Sudanese army (1896-1898). Drawing by Wollen, 1898. Colored.
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CARLYLE, Thomas (1795-1881). British writer. Colored engraving.
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English literature. 17th century. Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731). English novelist. Robinson Crusoe rescuing of the boat all what could be before of its sinking. Colored engraving.
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DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882) British naturalist. Colored engraving.
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English literature. 17th century. Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731). English novelist. Robinson Crusoe surprised to find out the footprint of a bare foot. Engraving by Wal Paquet. Colored.
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NAPIER, Sir Charles (Merchiston Hall ,1786-London 1860). British admiral. Engraving.
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Cetshwayo kaMpande (ca.1826-1884). King of the Zulu Kingdom from 1872 to 1879. Cetshwayo to be taken to Cape-Town as a captive. Engraving by Vela. Colored.
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India. Sepoy Rebellion (1857). India revolution that erupted as a reaction against British colonial policy. In 1857 the sepoys revolted and deprived of all authority to the East India Company (1858).
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Newcomen steam engine invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. It consisted of a pump designed to reduce water steam in the galleries of mines. Engraving.
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Henry IV of France "The Great" (1553-1610). King of Navarre in 1562 (Henry III), king of France in 1589-1610 and head of the Huguenots (1569). Colored engraving.
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Military Order of  Calatrava, founded in the kingdom of Castile in the 12th century (1158) by Abbot Raymond of Fitero, and Order of Santiago, originating in the 12th century (1175) in the Kingdom of L
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Nao Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception,  used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage. Engraving by Rico. Colored.
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James Watt in his small workshop in Glasgow.
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A coal mine in Newcastle, with wagons drawn by horses on wooden rails.
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Newcomen steam engine, used in London in the eighteenth century, for the pumping up of water.
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Entrance of the atmospheric London to Sydenham railway established in 1865.
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The locomotive contest in Liverpool in October 1829.
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Joseph Black conducts the experiment of caloric latent before students of the University of Glasgow.
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Thomas Russell Crampton, English.
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BONAPARTE, Eugene Louis Napoleon (Paris ,1856-Ulundi, 1879). French Prince. Southampton. Shipment of Prince Louis Napoleon to take part in military operations against the Zulu. 19th century. Colored e
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Dr. David Livingstone's (1813-1873) hut . Scotish explorer in the region of Ujiji. Colored engraving of "The Spanish and American Illustration" (year 1872).
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LIVINGSTONE, David (1813-1873). Scottish explorer. In 1852 he discovered the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi, and reached the Indian shores in 1856. Colored engraving.
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Reading the newspaper in the tavern. Colored engraving, 1876.
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BOULTON, Mathew (Birmingham, 1728-Birmingham, 1809). Ingenierio inglés. Construyó máquinas para acuñar monedas e introdujo nuevos sistemas para la fabricación de acero. Grabado de John W. Hall de un r
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