Antique Print of Punishment and the Church of Telipole Ceylon, Sri Lanka

Antique print titled 'Paneteripou, Manipay, Changane, Vanarpone'. Antique print with four views of the churches of Paneteripoum, Manipay, Changane and Vanarpone (Ceylon/Sri Lanka). This print originates from 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts'. Artists and Engravers: Published by Awnsham and John Churchill...

Antique print titled 'Cathay, Waranni'. Copper engraving of the churches of Cathay and Waranni, Sri Lanka (Ceylon). This print originates from 'A true and exact description of the mo...

Antique print titled 'Illondi Matual, Ureputti, Catavelli, Paretiture'. Antique print with four views of the churches of Ilondi Matual, Ureputti, Catavelli and Paretiture. (Ceylon/Sr...

Antique print titled 'Kopay, Poutour, Navacouli, Chavagatzeri'. Antique print with four views of the churches of Kopay, Poutour, Navacouli and Chavagatzeri (Ceylon/Sri Lanka). This p...

'Convento di agagna nell' Isola Guam. Occupazioni domestiche in Guam.' Italian lithograph, c1841. Originally from 'Galleria universale di tutti i popoli del mondo' by Giuseppe Anton...

'Coupang : Ile Timor. Divers Travaux Mécaniques' Steel-engraving by Friedrich Schroeder (1768-1839) after F Garnier after Alphonse Pellion. Alphonse Pellion, artist and naval draughtsman, was a midshipman aboard l'Uranie on Louis de Freycinet's three-year scientific and ethnographic expedition around the world in 1817-1820. From Louis Freycinet's 'Voyage Autour du Monde, Entrepris par Ordre du Roi ... Execue sur les Corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne Pendant les Annees 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820', published in Paris in 1825. Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (1779-1842) joined the French Navy in 1793 and was a veteran of the Baudin's voyage of discovery (1801-1803). He also completed the narrative of the expedition which appeared under the title of 'Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes'. In 1817 de Freycinet successfully lobbied the Government and King Louis XVIII agreed to support a new global campaign. Its mission was to finally determine the shape of the earth and return with detailed reports on geography, people, government, commerce and art of this new world. The 350-ton corvette Uranie had a complement of 120 men and 23 officers including the artist Jacques Arago and a priest. Over the next three years Uranie visited Australia, East Timor...

Ancient View of Madras is an original modern artwork realized in the Early 19th Century. Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper. Inscripted on the lower margin in Capital Letters:...

Great image of Macao Copper-plate engraving. Published by Sherwood, Neely & Jones . C.1810 Unframed.