EditorialRusso-Japanese War (1904-1905). Japan went to war with Russia in order to ensure the interests in Korea and South Manchuria. Wooden mortar reinforced with bamboo ropes used by the Japanese in attacks on Port Arthur. Drawing of a English correspondent.
EditorialLetter of Sir Edward Dering sending Magna Carta to Sir Robert Cotton (Dover Castle, 10 May 1630.) Very few people can claim to have been sent a copy of Magna Carta, but that is exactly what happened to Sir Robert Cotton on 10 May 1630, when he receive...
EditorialRusso-Japanese War (1904-1905). Japan went to war with Russia in order to ensure the interests in Korea and South Manchuria. Arrival of General of the Russian Imperial Navy Nikolai Linevitch (1839-1908) to Kutchulin after inspecting the Russian lines. ...
EditorialEvening party at Coblentz (between rue Taitbout and rue Neuve-Lepelletier, Paris). A group of women and children (including a black woman) sit listening to music from a hurdygurdy man and woman with tambourine. "In 1791-1792, the previously unfashionab...
EditorialHonorary stele, marble, on which stood the statue of Quintus Sallustius, magistrate, judge and censor, who was also " patron of the colony", defending Pompeii's interests before the authorities in Rome.