Mediterranean Sea Gallery

A trireme, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans

A trireme, with three banks of oars, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Alexandria, Egypt, in the 1500s

Map of Alexandria, showing the lighthouse Pharos at the harbor entrance in the 1500s.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

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World map of the flat earth printed by Beatus Rhenanus Bildaus Rheinau early 1500s - North is left, Mediterranean Sea middle
Printed color lithograph reproduction 19th century

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