Mediterranean Sea Collection

Medieval Europe at the start of the Crusades
Map of Europe at the time of the First Crusade, 1097 AD. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Map of ancient Palestine kingdoms of Judah and Israel
Map of Phoenicia and Judea in the time of King Solomon, 10th century BC. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Map of the Roman Empire
Map showing the extent of the Roman Empire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Barbary Pirates threatening US commander Stephen Decatur
Commodore Stephen Decaturs life saved in a shipboard battle off Algeria. Color lithograph

PROY2A-00017
Map of Europe in the time of Charlemagne, 768-814 AD. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

Rock of Gibraltar in the British Empire
British troops occupying Gibraltar, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Undersea exploration in 16th-century Europe
Underwater diver and man-at-arms, France, 1532. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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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Map of the empire of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Ancient Mesopotamia
Map of the ancient Tigris and Euphrates region. Printed color 19th-century illustration

Roman Empire, circa 200 AD
Map of the Roman Empire in the third century. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Phoenician ship in the Mediterranean
Phoenician galley passing the Rock of Gibraltar. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Carrack, a merchant ship of the late 1400s
Armed Genoese carrack, a merchant ship of the 1400s and 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ancient Phoenician traders in port
Phoenician sailors trading goods in an ancient Mediterranean seaport. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Ptolemys map of the world, illustrating a concept of the flat earth. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

Battle of Actium, 31 BC
Sea battle of Actium, in which Octavius defeated Antony and Cleopatra, 31 BC. Hand colored wodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Persian Empire about 500 BC
Map of the Persian Empire under Darius I, with principal satrapies, about 500 BC. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Roman ship with a rudder
Ancient Roman trading ship with an early rudder. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Seaport of Sidon, Lebanon
Sidon, a chief seaport of ancient Phoenicia on the Mediterranean. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Europe in the mid-1500s
Map of Europe during the early Protestant Reformation. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Pauls shipwreck while on a missionary journey
Shipwreck of Apostle Paul off Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

Rome and Carthage, 264 BC
Territories of Rome and Carthage at the outset of the Punic Wars, 264 BC. Color lithograph

Sicily during the First Punic War, 264 BC. Color lithograph

Roman defeat of the Carthaginians at Mylae, 260 BC
Roman naval victory over the Carthaginians at Mylae during the First Punic War, 260 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Babylonia, Lydia, and Medea in ancient times
Map of ancient Babylonia and of the kingdoms of Lydia and Medea, circa 550 BC. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Hebrew traders in a Phoenician seaport
King Solomons ships unloading goods to trade with Phoenicians. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

GAFR2A-00012
Tangier, Morocco, overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Barbary Pirates attacked in Algiers, 1541
Emperor Charles Vs attempt to capture Algiers, home of the Barbary Pirates, 1541. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

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Marco Polo leading the Venetian ships at Korcula in the Adriatic Sea. Hand-colored woodcut

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Ships of Marco Polo on the Mediterranean Sea, 1300s. Hand-colored woodcut

Traders approaching Sidon, a seaport of ancient Phoenicia
Camel caravan approaching Sidon, a seaport of ancient Phoenicia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EXPL2A-00065
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

Crusaders sailing for the Holy Land
Crusaders setting sail for Jerusalem from Damietta in northern Egypt, 1200s. Hand-colored 19th-century engraving of an earlier illustration

EXPL2A-00061
Ptolemys world map, circa 150 AD, from the edition of 1472. Color halftone reproduction of the first printed edition of 1472

BUSN2A-00049
Transporting merchandise on the great Silk Road in the Middle Ages. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

PBIB2A-00067
King Hirams fleet brings gifts to Solomon. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

PANC2A-00059
Alexander the Great laying out the city of Alexandria in ancient Egypt, 332 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

PANC2A-00092
Roman Emperor Tiberius enjoying his villa on Capri. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Map of the Mideast in ancient times
Map of the ancient Near East, birthplace of civilization. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

PBIB2A-00061
Apostle Paul leaving his friends to spread Christianity in Asia Minor. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

GMDE2A-00055
Map of northern Palestine in ancient times. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Europe at the time of the Crusades
Map of Europe during the Crusades, 1000 to 1200 AD. Printed color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

GEUR2A-00002
Moonlight on Genoa harbor, circa 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EXPL2A-00096
Trade in a seaport of the Mediterranean about the time of Marco Polo. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century reproduction of a miniature in a 15th-century manuscript of the Travels of Marco Polo

Ceremony marrying Venice to the sea, 1609
Doge of Venice carried in the galley Bucentaur, to espouse the sea, 1609. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 17th-century illustration

GEUR2A-00090
Sailboats on the lagoon of Venice. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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