EditorialPalestine: 'The Citadel of Jerusalem, without the Walls, Tower of David'. Colour lithograph by David Roberts (24 October 1796 - 25 November 1864), c. 1839
EditorialChina: British and Chinese officials on board HMS Wellesley a day before the capture of Chusan (5-6 July, 1840) in the First Opium War. British Commodore Sir James Gordon Bremer (table, 3rd left) and Chinese Admiral Chang (table, 3rd right), Karl Gützlaf
EditorialNetherlands: William I (24 August 1772 - 12 December 1843), King of the Netherlands (r. 1815-1840). Oil on canvas painting by Joseph Paelinck (1781-1839), 1819
EditorialJapan: Eiichi Shibusawa (1840 - 1931), a Japanese industrialist known as 'the father of Japanese capitalism' and the founder of the first modern bank in Japan. Photo early 20th century
EditorialJ.M.W. Turner’s “Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steam Boats of Shoal Water” (1840), hangs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on April 3, 2022. (Matt Cosby/The New York Times)