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The Hereford Mappa Mundi of 1280 - Jerusalem is at the center, Europe lower left, Africa lower right.
Printed color halftone reproduction 19th century

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1200s, 1280, 13th Century, Africa, Art, Asia, Cartography, Document, Earth, Europe, Flat, Flat Earth, Geography, Hereford, Historic, History, Illustration, Jerusalem, Map, Mappa Mundi, Medieval, Mediterranean, Mid East, Middle Ages, Navigation, Ocean, Sea, Vintage, World, World Map

First use of anesthesia in surgery, 1846

First public demonstration of surgical anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1846.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustratioin

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1800s, 1846, 19th Century, American, Anesthesia, Anesthetic, Art, Boston, Cf Hayward, Dentist, Doctor, Ether, H Bigelow, Historic, History, Hospital, Illustration, John Warren, Mason Warren, Massachusetts, Massachusetts General Hospital, Medical, Medical Treatment, Medicine, North America, Patient, Physician, Sd Townsend, Surgeon, Surgery, Traditional, United States, Us A, Vintage, William Morton, Wtg Morton

British army advancing at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815

Duke of Wellington ordering the entire British line to advance at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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1800s, 1815, 19th Century, Army, Art, Arthur Wellesley, Attack, Battle, Battle Of Waterloo, Belgium, British, British Army, Duke Of Wellington, English, Europe, European, France, French, Heritage, Historic, History, Horse, Horse Back, Illustration, Infantry, Military, Military History, Napoleonic War, Napoleonic Wars, Officer, Traditional, Vintage, War, Waterloo, Wellington