Civilization Gallery

Maps of Italy in ancient times

Map of early tribes in Italy (top). of the Roman hills (lower left). and the vicinity of Rome (right) in the time of the Roman Empire.
Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

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Timbuktu in Africa, as drawn by Rene-Auguste Caillie, the first European visitor, 1828.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of Caillie's illustration

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Pharos, the lighthouse of ancient Alexandria

Harbor and lighthouse of ancient Alexandria, a great center of Hellenistic culture and trade.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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