Strait Collection (page 2)

Plan of Constantinople and its Suburbs, 1856. Creator: John Dower
Plan of Constantinople and its Suburbs, 1856. Map showing the city of Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey), including the Golden Horn or the Port'; the Bosphorus or Channel of Constantinople

Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. between 1900 and 1906

Sailing Boats in Guldborg Sound, 1861. Creator: Vilhelm Kyhn
Sailing Boats in Guldborg Sound, 1861

The Crossing over the Little Belt at Snoghoj. Moonrise, 1787. Creator: Jens Juel
The Crossing over the Little Belt at Snoghoj. Moonrise, 1787

Le combat inegal du corsaire allemand "Emden" et du torpilleur francais "Mousquet", 1914
'La Guerre de Course; Le combat inegal du corsaire allemand "Emden" et du torpilleur francais "Mousquet", 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I"

Pin parasol à l'embouchure du Bosphore, between 1870 and 1900. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Pin parasol a l'embouchure du Bosphore, between 1870 and 1900. Umbrella pine on the Bosphorus at sunrise. In the distance is the city of Constantinople and the silhouette of the Hagia Sophia

Boatman of the Bosphorus; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Boatman of the Bosphorus; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

French Baltic Fleet going through the Great Belt, 1854. Creator: Unknown
French Baltic Fleet going through the Great Belt, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

The Port of Bouyouk Dere, near which the combined fleets were anchored, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Port of Bouyouk Dere, near which the combined fleets were anchored, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Valley of Sweet Waters on the Bosphorus, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Valley of Sweet Waters on the Bosphorus, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Coffee-House on the Bosphorus, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Coffee-House on the Bosphorus, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

The Bosphorus; Bosporus of Thrace 1854, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Bosphorus; Bosporus of Thrace 1854, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Wrecks of the "Caduceus" and the Steamer "Melbourne", 1854. Creator: Unknown
Wrecks of the "Caduceus" and the Steamer "Melbourne", 1854....the steam-propeller Melbourne towed the sailing-vessel Caduceus

Constantinople, le caïque de la sultane, between 1880 and 1890. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Constantinople, le caique de la sultane, between 1880 and 1890

Sérail à Constantinople, la danse de l'almée, between 1880 and 1900. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Serail a Constantinople, la danse de l'almee, between 1880 and 1900

Fantasia à Constantinople, between 1880 and 1895. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Fantasia a Constantinople, between 1880 and 1895

Constantinople, le repos de la sultane. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Constantinople, le repos de la sultane

Les eaux douces d'Asie, between 1870 and 1890. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Les eaux douces d'Asie, between 1870 and 1890

Constantinople, le kiosque des Janissaires, between 1880 and 1885. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Constantinople, le kiosque des Janissaires, between 1880 and 1885

Constantinople, Sainte-Sophie au soleil levant, between 1870 and 1890. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Constantinople, Sainte-Sophie au soleil levant, between 1870 and 1890

L'Embouchure du Bosphore, between 1880 and 1890. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
L'Embouchure du Bosphore, between 1880 and 1890

Hospital Ship near the Seraglio, at Constantinople, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Hospital Ship near the Seraglio, at Constantinople, 1854. Crimean War. The English have a spacious and tolerably comfortable hospital near Cadikeiry [where]...they remain till they become

The Kuleieh Barracks, Constantinople - the Royal Artillery disembarking from "The Jason", 1854. Scene from the Crimean War, British soldiers arriving in Turkey

The French Screw Steamer "Charlemagne" passing the Castles of Europe and Asia, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The French Screw Steamer "Charlemagne" passing the Castles of Europe and Asia at Constantinople, 1854. The waters of the Bosphorus have teemed with transports

Honours paid to the remains of Captain Hyde Parker, by the English, French and Turkish... 1854. Creator: Smyth
Honours paid to the remains of Captain Hyde Parker, by the English, French and Turkish Troops - from a sketch by Lieutenant Bredin, 1854

The Dardanelles - Fort of Chanah-Kalesi, from the Middle of the Channel, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Dardanelles - Fort of Chanah-Kalesi, from the Middle of the Channel, 1850. Perhaps, of all the eight batteries that guard the channel, the most formidable is that of Chanah-Kalesi

The Turkish Fleet in Bashika Bay, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Turkish Fleet in Bashika Bay, 1850....we must not fancy that the Turks have not much better means of destruction now than then

The Dardanelles - the Battery and Stone Shot, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Dardanelles - the Battery and Stone Shot, 1850. View of...the battery from which the stone shot are discharged [at] the Fort of Chanah-Kalesi, [in modern Turkey]

Pulo Penang, 1835. Creator: Unknown
Pulo Penang, 1835. View of the Strait of Malacca, Penang Island, Malaya (now Malaysia). From "Views in India, China and on the Shores of the Red Sea, Vol. II". [Fisher, Son & Co

Nagato Province: Shimonoseki (Nagato, Shimonoseki), from the series "Famous Places... 1856
Nagato Province: Shimonoseki (Nagato, Shimonoseki), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)", 1856

Carte re´duite des de´couvertes des Russes, entre l'Asie et l'Amerique, (1747?). This French map of Alaska, Siberia, and the North Pacific, published in 1747

The unique map of California, 1888. Creator: E. McD. Johnstone
The unique map of California, 1888. It was issued in 1888 by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the California State Board of Trade as part of a campaign to promote the economic, cultural

The Prestenizza beacon on the island of Cherso, 1886. Creator: Gottfried Seelos
The Prestenizza beacon on the island of Cherso, 1886. The picture shows the strait between Istria and the northeast coast of the island of Cres with the Lighthouse near Porozina on Cres that still

Glenarm, Co. Antrim, mid-late 19th century. Creator: James Howard Burgess
Glenarm, Co. Antrim, mid-late 19th century. View of the village of Glenarm in County Antrim, situated on the north west coast of (Northern) Ireland. A cholera epidemic afflicted the town in 1854

Allied positions on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, First World War, July 1915, (c1920). The Operations in the Southern Area of Gallipoli

Map of the Dardanelles, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Map of the Dardanelles, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Bird s-eye View of the Dardanelles from the Entrance to the Straits to the Narrows

Constantinople, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Constantinople, 1890. Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire (330-395), Byzantine Empire (395-1204 and 1261-1453), and a Crusader state known as the Latin Empire (1204-1261)

Map of the Gallipoli Peninsula, 1919. Creator: George Philip & Son Ltd
Map of the Gallipoli Peninsula, 1919. The Gallipoli peninsula in western Turkey saw heavy fighting during the First World War, 1914-1919, with many casualties on both sides

The gaff rigged cutter Bloodhound sailing on a broad reach, August 1912. Creator
The gaff rigged cutter Bloodhound sailing on a broad reach, August 1912. The 40 ton cutter, Bloodhound was designed by William Fife and built in 1874

Map of Victoria and Tasmania. Map showing a southern section of Australia, Melbourne, the Bass Strait and the island of Tasmania. Plate 107 from The Times Atlas

Minamoto no Yoshitsune Rescuing Kenrei Mon'in during the Battle of Dannoura, 1889. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Minamoto no Yoshitsune Rescuing Kenrei Mon'in during the Battle of Dannoura, 1889

Sailing-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sailing-Qagyuhl, c1914. Three Kwakiutl people in a canoe with a single sail

In the midst of Leviathan. ; A Boat adventure in the Behrings Sea, 1875. Creator: Unknown
In the midst of " Leviathan." ; A Boat adventure in the Behrings Sea, 1875. [Dramatic arctic scene with whales and sailing ship in rough seas]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

View of the Surroundings of Regio in Calabria, ca. 1770. Creator: Charles Nicolas Dufour
View of the Surroundings of Regio in Calabria, ca. 1770

Amoy Harbour, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
Amoy Harbour, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. xiii from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume ii" (1873)

Off The Skagerrak, 1884. Creator: Whitworth Wallis
Off The Skagerrak, 1884. Whitworth Wallis was the first director of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. The Skagerrak is a strait between Norway, Sweden, and Denmark

Yacht Racing on the Solent, ca. 1827. Creator: Unknown
Yacht Racing on the Solent, ca. 1827. Formerly attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner and Peter DeWint

South East Corner of Tangier, 1669-73. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
South East Corner of Tangier, 1669-73

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