Broadsheet: “The Great and Terrible Flood,” January 1651
Potrayal of the devastation caused by a massive flood along stretches of the Danube, Neckar, Main, and Rhein in January 1651.
Potrayal of the devastation caused by a massive flood along stretches of the Danube, Neckar, Main, and Rhein in January 1651.
Two graphs covering the last 420,000 years. One indicates the concentration of CO2 in the earth’s atmosphere, the other fluctuation in the average temperature on earth. Both include predictions for the remainder of the twenty-first century.
A graphic novel for children inspired by the disappearance from Białowieża Primeval Forest of the wild European bison.
This graphic novel tells the story of a town shaped by asbestos mining.
An account of the destruction in Nuremberg by major flooding along the Pegnitz River.
The graphic reproduction shows the icebear hunt in Greenland, several sailing ships and boats from that time, the long-tailed monkey mentioned in the title, and even a whale in the background.
The broadsheet shows illustrations from a huge earthquake taking place in Italy in 1627.
Natural scientific paper from 1753 with an illustration of a full-grown crocodile and a hatching baby as well as a lizard, reportedly the crocodile’s main food.
In 1879, eight-year-old Maria Justina discovered spectacular paintings in the Altamira cave in northern Spain.
In October 1861 Philipp Reis presented his “telephone” to the members of the physics association in Frankfurt.