Images Dated 2011 December

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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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Battle of Cannae plan, 216 BC

Map of the Battle of Cannae, in which Hannibal defeated the Romans during the Second Punic War, 216 BC.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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200s Bc, 216 Bc, 3rd Century Bc, Ancient, Ancient History, Ancient Roman, Ancient Rome, Army, Art, Battle, Battle Of Cannae, Bc, Cannae, Carthage, Carthaginian, Classical Civilization, Diagram, Europe, European, Hannibal, Historic, History, Illustration, Italy, Map, Military, Plan, Punic Wars, Roman, Roman Empire, Rome, Second Punic War, Vintage, War, Warfare

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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