1807 Collection (#2)

Cotinus-leaved dais, Dais cotinifolia
5856366 Cotinus-leaved dais, Dais cotinifolia; (add.info.: Cotinus-leaved dais, Dais cotinifolia, with delicate pale lilac flowers. Shrub from the Cape, South Africa)

Indian chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum
5856365 Indian chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum; (add.info.: Indian chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum, with crimson flower)

Persian cyclamen, Cyclamen persicum
5856358 Persian cyclamen, Cyclamen persicum; (add.info.: Persian or florist's cyclamen, Cyclamen persicum, pink and white flowers and purple underside leaves)

Creeping cereus, Cactus flagelliformis
5856357 Creeping cereus, Cactus flagelliformis; (add.info.: Creeping cereus, Cactus flagelliformis, with vivid crimson flower)

Round-headed buddleia, Buddleia globosa
5856352 Round-headed buddleia, Buddleia globosa; (add.info.: Round-headed buddleia or orange-eye butterfly bush, Buddleia globosa, with round orange flowers)

Blue lily or Agapanthus umbellatus africanus
5856347 Blue lily or Agapanthus umbellatus africanus; (add.info.: A sky-blue agapanthus lily flower shown in full bloom in the top of the page)

Shining-leaved sage, Salvia formosa
5856393 Shining-leaved sage, Salvia formosa; (add.info.: Shining-leaved sage, Salvia formosa, with scarlet flowers from Peru)

Winged-podded sophora, Sophora tetraptera
5856390 Winged-podded sophora, Sophora tetraptera; (add.info.: Winged-podded sophora, Sophora tetraptera, with pale green flowers)

Bastard foxglove, Maurandya semper florens
5856381 Bastard foxglove, Maurandya semper florens; (add.info.: Climbing maurandya or Bastard foxglove, Maurandya semper florens, with pale lilac flowers)

Received heath, Erica retorta
5856371 Received heath, Erica retorta; (add.info.: Received heath, Erica retorta, with pale pink flowers. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants" (1807)

Ivy-leaved geranium, Geranium pettatum
5856368 Ivy-leaved geranium, Geranium pettatum; (add.info.: Ivy-leaved geranium, Geranium pettatum, with pale lilac and pink flowers)

Snow-white cornflag, Gladiolus blandus (var. B)
5856364 Snow-white cornflag, Gladiolus blandus (var. B); (add.info.: Snow-white cornflag, Gladiolus blandus (var. B), with white flowers tinged with pink and yellow

Day-smelling or sea-green coronilla, Coronilla glauca
5856359 Day-smelling or sea-green coronilla, Coronilla glauca; (add.info.: Day-smelling or sea-green coronilla, Coronilla glauca, yellow flowered shrub with evergreen foliage)

Charles Lamb (1775-1834) English essayist, early 19th century. Lamb used the pseudonym Elia'
538501 Charles Lamb (1775-1834) English essayist, early 19th century. Lamb used the pseudonym Elia'. With his sister Mary wrote Tales from Shakespeare (1807) for children. Britsh

Rose vervain, Verbena aubletia
5856395 Rose vervain, Verbena aubletia; (add.info.: Rose vervain, Verbena aubletia, with small purple flowers. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants")

Heart-leaved protea, Protea cordifolia
5856385 Heart-leaved protea, Protea cordifolia; (add.info.: Heart-leaved protea, Protea cordifolia, with large pink and green flowers, and crimson edged foliage and stalk)

Purple magnolia, Magnolia purpurea
5856379 Purple magnolia, Magnolia purpurea; (add.info.: Purple magnolia, Magnolia purpurea, with large purple and white flowers. A native of China)

Green-stained ixia, Ixia crocata
5856373 Green-stained ixia, Ixia crocata; (add.info.: Green-stained ixia, Ixia crocata, with unique turquoise green and blue flowers)

Yellow-flowered geissorphiza, Geissorphiza obtusata
5856370 Yellow-flowered geissorphiza, Geissorphiza obtusata; (add.info.: Yellow-flowered geissorphiza, Geissorphiza obtusata, with pale white, pink and yellow flowers)

Partridge-breast aloe, Aloe variegata
5856349 Partridge-breast aloe, Aloe variegata; (add.info.: Partridge-breast aloe, Aloe variegata, succulent plant with tall stalk bearing pink and scarlet drooping flowers)

Cape Aitonia, Aitonia capensis
5856348 Cape Aitonia, Aitonia capensis; (add.info.: A branch of Cape aitonia, Aitonia capensis, with many curly leaves and pale pink flowers, and a large pink angular berry at its base)

Large-flowered monsonia, Monsonia speciosa
5856378 Large-flowered monsonia, Monsonia speciosa; (add.info.: Large-flowered monsonia, Monsonia speciosa, with large pink flowers. A native of the Cape, South Africa)

Barbadoes lily, Amaryllis equestris
5856376 Barbadoes lily, Amaryllis equestris; (add.info.: Barbados lily, Amaryllis equestris, with deep crimson flower and dark foliage)

Bladder senna, Colutea frutescens
5856353 Bladder senna, Colutea frutescens; (add.info.: Bladder senna, Colutea frutescens, with bright orange and yellow flowers, vivid green small pinnately compound leaves)

Common Indian reed, Canna indica
5856392 Common Indian reed, Canna indica; (add.info.: Common Indian reed or shot, Canna indica, with vivid scarlet and yellow flowers, a native of Asia, Africa and America)

Dwarf pomegranate tree, Punica nana
5856387 Dwarf pomegranate tree, Punica nana; (add.info.: Dwarf pomegranate tree, Punica nana, with crimson flowers. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse)

Scarlet-flowered crassula, Crassula coccinea
5856354 Scarlet-flowered crassula, Crassula coccinea; (add.info.: Scarlet-flowered crassula, Crassula coccinea, from the Cape, South Africa)

Egyptian bindweed, Convolvulus cairicus
5856351 Egyptian bindweed, Convolvulus cairicus; (add.info.: Egyptian bindweed or mile-a-minute vine, Convolvulus cairicus, with deep blue flowers and dark green foliage)

Alexander I Russia and Napoleon I of France meeting on a raft in the middle of the river Nieman, 25 June 1807
532127 Alexander I Russia and Napoleon I of France meeting on a raft in the middle of the river Nieman, 25 June 1807. engraving c1880; (add.info.: Napoleonic Wars)

Investigating atmospheric electricity
865087 Investigating atmospheric electricity; (add.info.: Investigating atmospheric electricity in normal cloudy conditions, but not during a thunderstorm)

Blue sophora, Sophora australis
5856391 Blue sophora, Sophora australis; (add.info.: Blue sophora, Sophora australis, with pale blue flowers from Asia and America)

Black-flowered protea, Protea lepidocarpon
5856384 Black-flowered protea, Protea lepidocarpon; (add.info.: Black-flowered protea, Protea lepidocarpon, with large hairy dingy flowers and pink veined leaves)

Panicled wachendorfia, Wachendorfia paniculata
5856396 Panicled wachendorfia, Wachendorfia paniculata; (add.info.: Panicled wachendorfia, Wachendorfia paniculata, with yellow and orange flowers)

African sparmannia, Sparmannia africana
5856394 African sparmannia, Sparmannia africana; (add.info.: African sparmannia, Sparmannia africana, with white flowers from the Cape)

Creeping phlox, Phlox stolonifera
5856388 Creeping phlox, Phlox stolonifera; (add.info.: Creeping phlox, Phlox stolonifera, with vivid blue flowers. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse)

Neapolitan mezereon, Daphne collina
5856383 Neapolitan mezereon, Daphne collina; (add.info.: Neapolitan mezereon, Daphne collina, with small purple flowers. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse)

Whorled-leaved mimosa, Mimosa verticillata
5856380 Whorled-leaved mimosa, Mimosa verticillata; (add.info.: Whorled-leaved mimosa, Mimosa verticillata with yellow flowers and starry foliage)

Superb hibiscus, Hibiscus speciosus
5856372 Superb hibiscus, Hibiscus speciosus; (add.info.: Superb hibiscus, Hibiscus speciosus, with large crimson flower. Native to Carolina, America)

Scarlet fuchsia, Fuchsia coccinea
5856367 Scarlet fuchsia, Fuchsia coccinea; (add.info.: Scarlet fuchsia, Fuchsia coccinea, with vivid scarlet and purple flowers)

Caper shrub, Capparis spinosa
5856362 Caper shrub, Capparis spinosa; (add.info.: Caper shrub, Capparis spinosa, with white flowers, pink stamen and stalks, heart-shaped leaves)

Cross-leaved chironia, Chironia decussata
5856361 Cross-leaved chironia, Chironia decussata; (add.info.: Cross-leaved chironia, Chironia decussata, with scarlet flowers and furry leaves)

Silky-leaved convolvulus, Convolvulus althacoides
5856360 Silky-leaved convolvulus, Convolvulus althacoides; (add.info.: Silky-leaved convolvulus, Convolvulus althacoides, with pink flowers and downy, silvery foliage)

Three-flowered Crotalaria, Crotalaria triflora
5856356 Three-flowered Crotalaria, Crotalaria triflora; (add.info.: Three-flowered Crotalaria, Crotalaria triflora, with bright yellow flowers)

Philadelphian lily, Lilium philadelphicum
5856375 Philadelphian lily, Lilium philadelphicum; (add.info.: Philadelphian lily, Lilium philadelphicum, with crimson, orange and yellow flowers)

1807 Cary Map Of South America John Cary 1754 – 1835
1807, Cary Map of South America, John Cary, 1754 - 1835, English cartographer

1807 Buache Map Of Boston Massachusetts Topography
1807, Buache Map of Boston, Massachusetts

1807 Cary Map Of Nova Scotia And Newfoundland
1807, Cary Map of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Canada, John Cary, 1754 - 1835, English cartographer

1807 Bridges Map Of New York City 1871 Reissue
1807, Bridges Map of New York City, 1871 reissue

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"1807: A Year of Global Significance and Exploration" In 1807, the world witnessed a multitude of remarkable events that shaped history. From the vast Empire of King Alexander the Great to the innovative Bell Rock Lighthouse near Arbroath, Scotland, this year was marked by extraordinary achievements. As explorers set sail across uncharted waters, maps became invaluable tools for navigation. The Map of Persia (Iran) unveiled new territories waiting to be discovered. Meanwhile, Haiti's Royal Palace stood as a symbol of resilience amidst struggles for independence. The political landscape also experienced seismic shifts during this time. The Map - Spain and Portugal depicted an era overshadowed by conflict from 1807-1814. In another realm entirely, Linnaeus introduced his groundbreaking Plant Sex System in 1807, revolutionizing botanical studies forever. Notable figures emerged on various fronts throughout this eventful year. Robert E Lee showcased his military prowess alongside Pyle and Spirit in their quest for glory. Chasseurs à Cheval galloped into battle with unwavering determination while Elizabeth I left her indelible mark through her signature. Artistic endeavors flourished as well; Garibaldi and Collette captivated audiences with their creative brilliance in 1860. Even amidst war-torn times like the Napoleonic Wars when British Navy took Curacao under its control, art continued to thrive as a testament to human resilience. Reflecting upon these diverse moments encapsulated within one year reminds us of our shared humanity and interconnectedness across borders and cultures, and is through understanding our past that we can shape a brighter future filled with exploration, innovation, and unity.