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Old Map of Birmingham 1893 from the Comprehensive Gazetteer Atlas of England and Wales

This detailed reproduction plan of Birmingham has been re-worked from an antique originally published in the oComprehensive Gazetteer of England and Waleso 1893. All roads, railways and individual stations have been identified. The parks in and around Birmingham are now established, this map is most likely to be the first to show the Warwickshire Cricket Ground. The village of Harborne to the bottom left of the plan is yet to be drawn into the expanding conurbation. The plan includes Handsworth, Lozzells, Gibheath, Winston Green, Hockley, Brookfields, Saltley, Ladywood, Deritend, Bordsley, Highgate, Sparkbrook, Harborne, Edgebaston, and Balsall Heath

Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, c1872. Creator: George J Stodart

Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, c1872. Portrait of Franz Joseph (1830-1916) who became Emperor of Austria after the Revolution of 1848 which led to the abdication of his uncle, Ferdinand I. His ultimatum to Serbia in 1914 after the assassination of his heir, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, led to the outbreak of the First World War. From "The Franco-Prussian War: its causes, incidents and consequences", Volume I, by Captain H M Hozier. [William Mackenzie, London, 1872]

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Map of the Battle of Wissembourg, 4 August 1870, (c1872). Creator: R. Walker

Map of the Battle of Wissembourg, 4 August 1870, (c1872). Map: Drawn under the Superintendance of Captain Hozier, showing the enemy positions. The Battle of Wissembourg (or Weissenburg), was the first of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. Three German army corps surprised the small French garrison at Wissembourg, which has at different periods in history been part of both France and Germany. From "The Franco-Prussian War: its causes, incidents and consequences", Volume I, by Captain H M Hozier. [William Mackenzie, London, 1872]

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