EditorialMap of Louisbourg, Canada. Nova Scotia. It depicts the successful siege of the great French fortress by the British in 1758 who finally took Louisbourg on July 26, 1758. Published in 1765 by the cartographer Jean de Beaurain (1696-1771) as an illustrat...
EditorialRegency man riding a horse sliding down a hill on its hind legs, its forelegs straight. A man with a peg leg and eyepatch tumbles behind. How to Travel Upon Two Legs in a Frost. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustrat...