Title
National Medals
Subject
[Medals, Napoleonic Wars, British History, Rulers]
Description
This medal celebrates the reign of King George III of the United Kingdom. Ascending the throne in 1760, King George III rule the realm for some six decades, retaining his popularity despite the loss of the American colonies. He presided over the British triumph over France during the Napoleonic Wars. The last years of his reign were overshadowed by his illness, which required a regency led by his son, the future George IV.
The bronze medal commemorates George III’s reign. The verso features the king’s profile as a classical Greco-Roman character wearing a laurel; inscriptions include “HOC AUSPICE ORBIS SALVIS” (“safety of this world”); “MDCCCXVII,” “Mudie D.,” and “Webb F.”
Date
1817
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[Napoleonic Wars, Medals, British History, Rulers]
Description
This medal celebrates the reign of King George III of the United Kingdom. Ascending the throne in 1760, King George III rule the realm for some six decades, retaining his popularity despite the loss of the American colonies. He presided over the British triumph over France during the Napoleonic Wars. The last years of his reign were overshadowed by his illness, which required a regency led by his son, the future George IV.
The bronze medal commemorates George III’s reign. The reverse features two Graces dressed in Greco-Roman attire. The woman to the left wears a veil and holds a cross in her right hand and a lion lies at her feet. This character represents religion. She holds the hand of the woman to the right to is seated on a rock holding a cornucopia and a horn.
There are the inscriptions “RELIGIONE. FIDE ET CONSTANTIA’’ translates to ‘’by religion, faith, and consistency,” “MDCCCXVII,” “J. Mudie. D,” and “Depaulis. F.”
Date
1817
Title
I Carte de L'Itineraire de Perse fait par Herber L'an 1627
Creator
Pierre Du Val
Coverage
Iran
Title
II Carte de L'Itineraire de Perse fait par Herber L'an 1627
Creator
Pierre Du Val
Date
1665
Coverage
Iran
Title
Route ou Itineraire de Goa a Visapour et de Visapour a Dabul; tire de la Relation du Voyage de Mandeslow, fait en l'annee, 1638
Creator
Pierre Du Val
Date
1665
Coverage
India
Title
Louisiana
Creator
Charles Morse
Date
1856
Coverage
Louisiana
Title
Louisiana
Creator
Anthony Finley
Date
1824
Coverage
Louisiana
Title
Plan Routier de la Ville De Paris et de ses Faubourgs
Creator
Jacques Esnauts
Date
1818
Coverage
France, Paris
Title
Johnson's Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
Creator
Alvin Jewett Johnson
Date
1862
Coverage
[Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana]
Title
Louisiana and part of Arkansas
Creator
Thomas Gamaliel Bradford
Date
1835
Coverage
[Louisiana, Arkansas]
Title
Perse [Persia]
Creator
Conrad Malte-Brun
Date
1812
Coverage
[Iran, Caucasus, Central Asia]
Title
Persia Sive Sophorum Regnum
Creator
Matthaus Merian
Date
1636
Coverage
[Iran, Afghanistan, Arabia, Caucasus, Iraq]
Title
Provinciarum Persicarum Kilaniae nempe Chirvaniea Dagestniae . . .
Creator
Johann Baptist Homann
Date
1720
Coverage
[Iran, Caucasus, Central Asia]
Title
Tabula Asiae VII [Central Asia and Russia]
Creator
Giovanni Antonio Magini
Date
1597
Coverage
[Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan]
Title
Turcicum Imperium. Turckiche Reich. Concordia res parvae crescunt Discordia maximae dilabuntur
Creator
Matthaus Merian
Date
1636
Coverage
[Middle East, Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Caucasus]
Title
Turkey in Asia
Creator
Robert Wilkinson
Date
1794
Coverage
[Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Caucasus, Cyprus, Middle East]
Title
Turquie d'Asie
Creator
Conrad Malte-Brun
Date
1812
Coverage
[Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Middle East, Caucasus, Cyprus]
Title
Persia
Creator
John Pinkerton
Date
1815
Coverage
[Iran, Caucasus, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iraq]
Title
The Caspian Sea. Khivah and the Surrounding Country Compiled from the best Sources
Creator
John Arrowsmith
Date
1841
Coverage
[Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan]
Title
Persia, Caspian Sea
Creator
Herman Moll
Date
1728
Coverage
[Iran, Central Asia, Caspian Sea]
Title
Title Page, Atlas universel.
Creator
Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766
Date
1757
Title
Égypte
Creator
Malte-Brun, Conrad, 1775-1826
Date
1812
Coverage
Egypt
Title
A New Map of the British Dominions in North America
Creator
Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784
Date
1763
Coverage
[United States, Canada, North America]
Title
Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi Seu Provinciae Ludovicianae A R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss In America Septentrionali Anno 1687 . . .
Creator
Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Date
1720
Coverage
[North America, United States, Louisiana, Florida]
Title
Angleterre
Creator
Malte-Brun, Conrad, 1775-1826
Date
1812
Coverage
[England, Great Britain, Wales]
Title
Barbarie
Creator
Malte-Brun, Conrad, 1775-1826
Date
1812
Coverage
[Africa, North, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya]
Title
Britannicae Insulae in quibus Albion seu Britannia Major, et Ivernia seu Britannia Minor, juxta Ptolemoei mentem divisae, tum in suas majores partes, tum in populos exhibentur
Creator
Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
Date
1750
Coverage
[Great Britain, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales]
Title
Carte Contenant Le Royaume Du Mexique Et La Floride, Dressez sur les meilleures observations & sur les Memoires les plus Nouveaux
Creator
Chatelain, Henri Abraham
Date
1719
Coverage
[Western Hemisphere, North America, Central America, Caribbean Area, United States, Mexico, Florida]
Title
Chemin de Moscovie au Cathai dressé sur les Relations des Tartares de Boghar, et sur les observations qu'en ont faites Antoine Jenkinson et Richard Johnson Anglois, en leur voyage de L'an 1598
Creator
Duval, P. (Pierre), 1619-1682
Date
between 1660 and 1680?
Coverage
[Asia, Asia, Central]
Title
Description De L'Empire du Sophi Des Perses tirée en partie de l'Arabe de Nubie, et en partie de plusieurs et diverses Relations . . .
Creator
Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Date
1658
Coverage
[Iran, Caucasus, Asia, Central, Iraq]
Title
Espagne Occidentale et Portugal
Creator
Malte-Brun, Conrad, 1775-1826
Date
1812
Coverage
[Spain, Portugal]
Title
France
Creator
Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873.
Date
1842
Coverage
France
Title
Gallia Antiqua in Provincias et Populos divisa
Creator
Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766
Date
1750
Coverage
France
Title
Gallia Benedictina seu Abbatiae et Prioratus tam Monachorum quam Monialium Ord. S. Benedicti
Creator
Carl, Rupert
Date
1738
Coverage
France
Title
Volunteer Sappers and Miners from the F.F.V. or Merchandise Contraband of War
Date
1861-1865
Title
I wouldn't pull down that flag...
Creator
John G. Wells.
Date
1861-1865
Title
Southern Rights Will Be Defended by Southern Men
Date
1861-1865
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