Trade Gallery

EXPL2A-00139

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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1800s, 1828, 19th Century, Africa, African, Art, Caille, Caillie, City, Civilization, Commerce, French Sudan, Historic, History, Illustration, Mali, Native, Rene Auguste Caillie, Sahara, Sahara Desert, Songhai, Songhai Empire, Soudan, Sudan, Timbuctoo, Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Town, Trade, Travel, Vintage, West Africa

Wall Streets Tontine Coffee House in the late 1700s

Tontine Coffee House, corner of Water and Wall Street, meeting-place of New York brokers who formed the NY Stock Exchange.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1790s, 1800s, 18th Century, 19th Century, American, Art, Boat, Brokerage, Cargo, Cargo Ship, City, Coffee, Commerce, Harbor, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, Import, Manhattan, Maritime, Merchant Ship, New York, New York City, New York Stock Exchange, North America, Ny Stock Exchange, Nyse, Port, Sailing Ship, Sea Port, Ship, Stock Exchange, Tontine Coffee House, Tontine Coffeehouse, Trade, Traditional, United States, Us A, Vintage, Wall Street, Water Front, Wharf, Worker

PNAV2A-00033

Us Navy squadron commanded by Matthew Perry sailing for Japan, 1852: USS Susquehannah, Saratoga, St Mary's, a supply ship, Plymouth, Perry in rowboat, Mississippi, and Princeton (left to right).
Hand-colored woodcut of an 1850s illustration

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1800s, 1850s, 1852, 19th Century, Art, Asia, Battle Ship, Commander Perry, Diplomacy, Historic, History, Illustration, Japan, Maritime, Matthew Perry, Military, Naval Ship, Navy, Ocean, Opening Japan, Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Sailing, Sailing Ship, Sea, Ship, Steam Ship, Trade, Treaty, United States, Us A, Us Fleet, Vintage, Voyage, War Ship