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![[Detail map of Constantinople. 1550]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1NTAvMDEvMDEvZGV0YWlsLW1hcC1vZi1jb25zdGFudGlub3BsZS0xNTUwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/244/jpg "[Detail map of Constantinople. 1550]")
![[The burnt column, Constantinople, Turkey] view, photochrome print postcard.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDMvdGhlLWJ1cm50LWNvbHVtbi1jb25zdGFudGlub3BsZS10dXJrZXktY2RjMGI1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "[The burnt column, Constantinople, Turkey] view, photochrome print postcard.")
![Map of the siege of Vicksburg. [1864].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTkvbWFwLW9mLXRoZS1zaWVnZS1vZi12aWNrc2J1cmctMTg2NC0wZmI4YTgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/67/webp "Map of the siege of Vicksburg. [1864].")
![[Scutari, Constantinople, Turkey] view, photochrome print postcard.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvc2N1dGFyaS1jb25zdGFudGlub3BsZS10dXJrZXktYzk3MGZlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/52/webp "[Scutari, Constantinople, Turkey] view, photochrome print postcard.")
![[Overlay to the map of the siege of Petersburg, 1864-5].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTMvb3ZlcmxheS10by10aGUtbWFwLW9mLXRoZS1zaWVnZS1vZi1wZXRlcnNidXJnLTE4NjQtNS0wODUwOWItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/38/webp "[Overlay to the map of the siege of Petersburg, 1864-5].")
![[Barbers near Seraskierrat (i.e., Seraskerat) Constantinople, Turkey]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDgvMjkvYmFyYmVycy1uZWFyLXNlcmFza2llcnJhdC1pZS1zZXJhc2tlcmF0LWNvbnN0YW50aW5vcGxlLXR1cmtleS1lZDgzZmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Barbers near Seraskierrat (i.e., Seraskerat) Constantinople, Turkey]")
![[Relief map] Historic map, Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzAvMDEvMDEvcmVsaWVmLW1hcC02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Relief map] Historic map, Library of Congress")
