Disputed Territory Collection (page 2)

Capes Pherient and Aia, and Balaclava Bay, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Capes Pherient and Aia, and Balaclava Bay, 1854. Crimean War. Cape Fiolent and Cape Aya, headlands at the entrance to Balaclava Harbour on the Black Sea. From "Illustrated London News", 1854

Entrance to Balaclava Harbour, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Entrance to Balaclava Harbour, 1854. Crimean War. The town of Balaclava is situated close to the harbour, along the foot of the mountain, but it is not provided with good water

Balaclava - view inside the port, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Balaclava - view inside the port, 1854. Crimean War. View of the'...inside of the port, which is only accessible through a very narrow circuitous channel, in the form of the letter S

Balaclava Harbour, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Balaclava Harbour, 1854. Crimean War....Balaclava has been completely changed into a Greek town...[It] is situated close to the harbour, along the foot of the mountain

Opening of the Bombardment of Sebastopol - Chapman's Battery, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Bombardment of Sebastopol - Chapman's Battery, 1854. Crimean War. The Russian fire, though well directed

The "Agamemnon" and "Sanspareil" attacking Sebastopol, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The "Agamemnon" and "Sanspareil" attacking Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War: Royal Navy ships....the Agamemnon...opened fire from her large pivot gun on the "Wasp" Fort

Siege of Sebastopol - Preparing a Train for the Trenches, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Siege of Sebastopol - Preparing a Train for the Trenches, 1854. Crimean War: British Army position. Sebastopol will fall, no one doubts it - the question is only one of time...It is satisfactory...to

The Road to Sebastopol - Commissariat Waggons, Conveyances of Fascines, etc, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Road to Sebastopol - Commissariat Waggons, Conveyances of Fascines, etc, 1854. Crimean War: equipment being moved to forward positions

Siege of Sebastopol - Mr. Guthrie's Ambulance Waggons, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Siege of Sebastopol - Mr. Guthrie's Ambulance Waggons, 1854. The latest accounts from the Crimea inform us that the Ambulances...have at length reached the spot where they are wanted...although a

Sebastopol, sketched from Fort Constantine, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Sebastopol, sketched from Fort Constantine, 1854. Crimean War: strategic port on the Black Sea under siege. [British commander] Lord Raglan, it is said, received a few days ago

Camp of the 21st Fusiliers, on the Heights of Sebastopol, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Camp of the 21st Fusiliers, on the Heights of Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War: British soldiers repairing uniforms, cooking, and cleaning guns

The Sunken Ships at the Mouth of the Harbour of Sebastopol, sketched by Lieut. Montagu... 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Sunken Ships at the Mouth of the Harbour of Sebastopol, sketched by Lieut. Montagu O'Reilly, H.M.S. Retribution, 1854. Crimean War

The Inhabitants leaving Balaclava, by Order of Lord Raglan, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Inhabitants leaving Balaclava, by Order of Lord Raglan, 1854. Crimean War: expulsion of Greek civilians by the British Army

British Outposts, near Sebastopol, 1854. Creator: Unknown
British Outposts, near Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War: panorama showing Cossacks; Fort; English Steamer; Russian Soldiers Camp Cooking Houses

Lord Raglan's Head-Quarters, at Balaclava, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Lord Raglan's Head-Quarters, at Balaclava, 1854. Crimean War: view of a house at Balaclava in the Crimea, used by field marshal FitzRoy Somerset of the British Army

Heaving Guns, at Balaclava, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Heaving Guns, at Balaclava, 1854. Crimean War. British soldiers in the Crimea, engaged in the...heaving of the siege train...we must remember that the work is not half done when the guns

Lord Raglan and General Canrobert visiting the French Outposts opposite Sebastopol, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Lord Raglan and General Canrobert visiting the French Outposts opposite Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War. General Canrobert...is looking at Sebastopol through his telescope...In the distance...may be

Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly explaining his Sketch of Sebastopol to the Sultan, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly explaining his Sketch of Sebastopol to the Sultan, 1854. Crimean War: Royal Navy officer with Ottoman sultan Abdulmejid I

English Encampment on the Coast near Toula, in the Crimea, 1854. Creator: Smyth
English Encampment on the Coast near Toula, in the Crimea, 1854. Crimean War: British military camp at the time the Battle of the Alma was fought

Sebastopol - from an original drawing, 1854. Creator: Edmund Evans
Sebastopol - from an original drawing, 1854. Crimean War. Warships on the Black Sea near the port of Sebastopol. The Siege of Sevastopol was the subject of Crimean soldier Leo Tolstoy's

Map of the Crimea and plan of Sebastopol, 1854. Creator: John Dower
Map of the Crimea and plan of Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War. In the expectation of great sacrifices and severe contests that must attend the attack upon Sebastopol

The Official Arrangement of the British Division off the coast of the Crimea, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Official Arrangement of the British Division off the coast of the Crimea, 1854. Crimean War: plan of attack. Diagram showing the positions of Royal Navy ships carrying troops of the Light

Fortifications of Bomarsund, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Fortifications of Bomarsund, 1854. Crimean War. Map of Russian forts on the Baltic Sea coast in Findland. Also shown are positions of the English and French armies

Boat Attack at the Sulineh Mouth of the Danube, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Boat Attack at the Sulineh Mouth of the Danube, 1854. Crimean War: the Royal Navy destroys a Romanian town under Russian control

Arab Tabia and Islanli Tabia, Silistria, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Arab Tabia and Islanli Tabia, Silistria, 1854. Crimean War. Interior of Arab Tabia, as it remains since the 25th of June, when the siege of Silistria was abandoned by the Russians...View of Arab

Arab Tabia, Silistria, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Arab Tabia, Silistria, 1854. Crimean War. Interior of Arab Tabia, as it remains since the 25th of June, when the siege of Silistria was abandoned by the Russians...View of Arab Tabia and Illanli

Steam-ships reconnoitring at Sveaborg, in the Gulf of Finland, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Steam-ships reconnoitring at Sveaborg, in the Gulf of Finland, 1854. Crimean War: Royal Navy ships off Russian-held Sveaborg [modern Suomenlinna]

Sailors, probably American, and some civilians posed on a cruiser berthed in New York(?), c1905

Japanese soldiers on a beach in Manchuria, c1905. Creator: Underwood & Underwood
Japanese soldiers on a beach in Manchuria, c1905

A crowd of Japanese soldiers; Chinese coolies in right foreground, Manchuria, c1905. Creator: Underwood & Underwood
A crowd of Japanese soldiers; Chinese coolies in right foreground, Manchuria, c1905

Carrying wounded Russian in a jinriksha from the front down to the hospital in Port Arthur, c1905

Bicycle stretchers bringing Russian wounded to a surgical station -- siege of Port Arthur, c1905

Inside a Russian fort during the siege - shell marks around a dummy gun - Port Arthur, c1905

Asia Minor, the Caucasus Region and Mesopotamia, First World War, c1915, (c1920). Map of part of the Middle East, showing eastern Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine

Poland and the Partitions of 1772, 1793 & 1795, (c1920). Creator: John Bartholomew & Son
Poland and the Partitions of 1772, 1793 & 1795, (c1920). Map showing how territory in Europe was divided between the empires of Russia, Prussia and Austria in the 18th century

Namur, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Namur, 1890. The Citadel of Namur on the confluence of Sambre and Meuse rivers was a disputed territory between Spain, France, England

Eupatoria - French Head-Quarters, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Eupatoria - French Head-Quarters, 1854. Yevpatoria is a city in Western Crimea on the Black Sea. It was the first port landed at by the allies during the Crimean War

Eupatoria - The Promenade, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Eupatoria - The Promenade, 1854. Yevpatoria is a city in Western Crimea on the Black Sea. It was the first port landed at by the allies during the Crimean War

Eupatoria - Jews Synagogue and Schools, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Eupatoria - Jews Synagogue and Schools, 1854. Yevpatoria is a city in Western Crimea on the Black Sea. It was the first port landed at by the allies during the Crimean War

Eupatoria - Residence of Captain Brock, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Eupatoria - Residence of Captain Brock, 1854. Yevpatoria is a city in Western Crimea on the Black Sea. It was the first port landed at by the allies during the Crimean War

Plan of the Attack at 5.30pm, when these were almost exclusively the Ships engaged with the... 1854 Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Attack at 5.30pm, when these were almost exclusively the Ships engaged with the Forts, 1854. Crimean War. Map showing the besieged Black Sea port of Sebastopol

The Burmese Frontier Difficulty, Types of the Native Tribes (engraving)
1053494 The Burmese Frontier Difficulty, Types of the Native Tribes (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Burmese Frontier Difficulty)

The Occupation of Mashonaland, with the British South African Cos Forces (engraving)
1062321 The Occupation of Mashonaland, with the British South African Cos Forces (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Occupation of Mashonaland)

Sketches on the Venezuelan Boundary (litho)
1599019 Sketches on the Venezuelan Boundary (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches on the Venezuelan Boundary)

The Crisis in Siam, Map showing the Disputed Territory (engraving)
1062788 The Crisis in Siam, Map showing the Disputed Territory (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Crisis in Siam, Map showing the Disputed Territory)

Map of North America, showing the... positions of Texas and Oregon with the United States
Map of North America, showing the relative positions of Texas and Oregon with the United States, 1845. It may...be requisite to subjoin here a few leading details of the Oregon Territory

The Rock of Gibraltar, Great Britains Stronghold at the Tip of Spain, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
The Rock of Gibraltar, Great Britains Stronghold at the Tip of Spain, c1930s. From " Tour of the World". [Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa. New York, Chicago, London]

Map showing the border between France and Germany, First World War, c1915, (c1920). The Franco-German Frontier, disputed territory

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"Territorial Disputes: A Historical Journey through Contested Lands" Embarking on a historical voyage, we delve into the depths of disputed territories that have shaped the world as we know it. From Asia Minor to Mesopotamia and the Caucasus Region, these lands have witnessed countless conflicts and power struggles throughout history. In the midst of the First World War around 1915, boundaries blurred and tensions soared in regions like Asia Minor, where nations vied for control over strategic positions. Meanwhile, Poland faced its own turmoil during the partitions of 1772, 1793, and 1795; an era marked by territorial divisions that left lasting scars. Traveling back to Namur in 1890, an unknown creator captures a snapshot of uncertainty. The Burmese Frontier Difficulty unfolds before our eyes with engravings showcasing diverse native tribes caught amidst territorial disputes. Similarly, Mashonaland's occupation by British South African Cos Forces reveals another chapter in contested lands. Venturing across continents brings us to Venezuela's boundary crisis depicted through lithography sketches. As we cross North America's vast expanse on a map from Texas to Oregon alongside United States' claims, geopolitical complexities become evident. The Rock of Gibraltar emerges as Great Britain's stronghold at Spain's tip during the c1930s – a testament to enduring territorial disputes. France and Germany find themselves entangled along their border during both World Wars; Alsace witnesses French troops occupying villages while Germany takes land from Russia amid conflict. These glimpses into history remind us that borders are not merely lines on maps but bear witness to human strife for power and control over land. Territorial disputes continue shaping our world today as they did decades ago – reminding us of the intricate tapestry woven by human ambition and struggle for dominance.