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Little Orphan IslandTravels Around the World (1873)

Two hundred and fifty miles above nanking, the [Yang-tse-kiang] river flows swiftly through a narrow gorge between two mountains, one called the Eastern, the other the Western Pillar. Above this stra [...]

Keywords: rivers, islands, monasteries, rocks, colour

Places shown: Little Orphan Island; Nanking; China

Added: 2004-01-02

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Entrance to the Cave of the ElephantaTravels Around the World (1873)

We ascended an easy flight of stone steps to a plateau one hundred and fifty feet above the sea. [...] Passing to the centre of the plateau and turning to the right, we confronted a work of human art [...]

Keywords: people, trees, temples, water, rocks, bare feet, ceilings, interiors, colour

Places shown: Elephanta Island; Bombay; India

Added: 2004-01-02

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A Street in CairoTravels Around the World (1873)

Keywords: streets, crowds, windows, buildings, colour

Places shown: Cairo; Egypt

Added: 2004-01-02

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Temple of DenderaTravels Around the World (1873)

It is more modern and better preserved, though less interesting, than the Memnonium. Its construction was begun by one of the Ptolemies, two hundred and fifty years before the Christian era, and was [...]

Keywords: temples, ruins, people, ancient egypt, colour

Places shown: Abydos; Egypt

Added: 2004-01-02

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Gate at KarnakTravels Around the World (1873)

[Karnak] is the most imposing ruin in the world, devastated sadly, but not in a heap of débris. The ruins cover an area of nearly two miles in circumference. Was there one symmetrial structure, dedica [...]

Keywords: temples, entrances, gates, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Karnak; Egypt

Added: 2007-03-27

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JaffaTravels Around the World (1873)

(p. 626). Historians belive that Jaffa is the only port in the world which can boast uninterrupted inhabitation throughout its entire existence. The Canaanites founded the city in the 18th Century BC [...]

Keywords: cities, water, boats, cityscapes, colour

Places shown: Palestine

Added: 2004-02-17

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JaffaTravels Around the World (1873)

A version of the Jaffa picture cut down so you can use it as a desktop image (wallpaper, as Windows people say).

Keywords: cities, water, boats, backgrounds, wallpaper, cityscapes, greyscale

Places shown: Palestine

Added: 2004-03-15

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Pool of HezekiahTravels Around the World (1873)

The engraving is signed in the bottom left corner Meeder Chubb, which I take to be Philip Meeder and F. Y. Chubb. Tradition links this pool (also called the Pool of Siloam) with the work mentioned in [...]

Keywords: cities, boats, temples, cityscapes, views, greyscale

Places shown: Jerusalem; Israel

Added: 2005-03-04

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