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Tuberculosis is a serious disease that has lost none of its horror even today. 10 million people suffer from it worldwide. More than 50 cases were ...

We recently brought news of a WW2 Junkers Ju-52 transport plane discovery off mainland Greece, but how about this Ju-88 bomber, wrecked off a Greek island?

The Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads has been advised on the procurement of stage 3 of the Gold Coast Light Rail (GCLR) project. Firm: Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Queensland

Antique Maps of New York. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of New York and New York City from the 17th to the 19th century.

Antique Maps of South and North America. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of North America, South America & the Western Hemisphere from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Antique Maps of South and North America. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of North America, South America & the Western Hemisphere from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Antique Maps of the Arctic & Antarctic. Gallery of authentic historic & rare maps of the Arctic & Antarctic, North & South Pole & proximal Polar Regions 16th - 19th centuries.

Description This is a Matthäus Merian view of London, engraved in 1638 for inclusion in his Archontologia cosmica. It was based on an earlier, 1616 panorama of the city by Claes Visscher (1587 - 1652.) The four-sheet, nearly seven-foot-long Visscher is an all but unobtainable rarity, with only a handful of known copies in institutional and private hands. (An example sold at Christies in 2018 for nearly $150,000.) The Merian expertly reduces the image, preserving much of its detail and eleganc...