EditorialThe Storming of Monopoly Fort. 1813. The Storming of Monopoly Fort or the Directors in Dismay'. Hand coloured political cartoon by Argus, 1813, with key to main characters. Argus fecit, published Feb 1 1813 by M. Jones, No. 5 Nowate Street. Originally...
EditorialThe Storming of Monopoly Fort. 1813. The Storming of Monopoly Fort or the Directors in Dismay'. Hand coloured political cartoon by Argus, 1813, with key to main characters. Argus fecit, published Feb 1 1813 by M. Jones, No. 5 Nowate Street. Originally...
EditorialA Scheme for a New East India Company. The East India Company was founded in 1600 for the purpose of trading in South-East Asia, but its monopoly in that region soon raised concerns in England about the company’s influence. This anonymous treatise in...
EditorialA Scheme for a New East India Company. The East India Company was founded in 1600 for the purpose of trading in South-East Asia, but its monopoly in that region soon raised concerns in England about the company’s influence. This anonymous treatise in...
EditorialEntry of the Count of Thurn and Taxis into Hemissen, ca. 1651, Etching; only state, Plate: 9 3/4 ? 16 1/8 in. (24.7 ? 41 cm), Prints, Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607?1677 London), In 1649 the count of Thurn and Taxis inherited the postal monop...