Basil Gallery

Map of the Byzantine Empire in the Ninth Century, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Map of the Byzantine Empire in the Ninth Century, 1890. The Byzantine Empire underwent a revival under Macedonian emperors from Basil I (867-886) in late 9th, 10th, and early 11th centuries. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

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The Great China Race. The Clipper Ships Taeping and Ariel passing the Lizard, Cornwall, 1866. Artist: Thomas Goldsworth Dutton

The Great China Race. The Clipper Ships Taeping and Ariel passing the Lizard on 6 September 1866 on their homeward voyage from Foo-Chow-Foo, 1866. After a voyage of 14, 000 miles, Taeping docked in London just 28 minutes before Ariel'. The Great Tea Race of 1866 was extensively covered in the British press. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd., London, 1925]

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The Nancy Packet, 1784. Artist: James Gillray

The Nancy Packet, 1784. The wreck of the Nancy, an East India Company ship, in a storm off the Scilly Isles in 1784. One of the passengers killed in the disaster was the celebrated opera singer Ann Cargill, pictured in the lifeboat as it is overwhelmed by the waves. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd., London, 1925]

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