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View of Patras, with particular reference to the siege of the city by the Venetians in 1687.

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View of the Castle of Pylos (Niokastro) with reference to the sixth Ottoman–Venetian War.

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Views of the gulf of Pylos with Palaiokastro (Α), the Castle of Pylos (Niokastro) (Β), Agios Nikolais height (C) and Methoni (D).

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View of Methoni.

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View of the city ans fortress of Koroni, with reference to the conquest of the city by the Venetians during the sixth Ottoman-Venetian War.

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Cape Matapan. Plan of the Castle of Maini.

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View of Κoroni from the sea.

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Ottoman banner the Venetian took during the conquest of Κoroni in 1685.

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Tuğ (insignia of Ottoman officials)-the Venetians took as trophies after the conquest of Κoroni in 1685.

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Military plans of the battle of Kalamata (1685), between the Venetians and the Ottomans.

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The disposiition of the Holy League fleet during the Battle of Lepanto (1571).

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View of the Ottoman fortress of Kanli Kula in Herceg Novi, besieged by the Venetians.

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The disposition of the Holy League fleet and that of the Ottoman Army (semicircle) during the Battle of Lepanto (1571).

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The siege of Pylos (Navarino) and Methoni by the fleet of the Holy League (1571).

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Frontispiece: Map of Heraklion. Allegoric scene: Venice and the Ottoman Empire as warriors. Scene from the Ottoman siege of Candia.

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View of Chandax, in 1667-1668, and during it siege by the Ottomans.  After being besieged for twenty-four year (1645-1669), Crete became part of the Ottoman Empire (1669).

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Map of central Crete. After being besieged for twenty-four years, Crete bacame part of the Ottoman realm in 1669. In the foreground, scene from the naval battle of March 1668 between the Ottoman and the Venetian fleet, outside Chandax. General Morosini and Ottoman officials captivated.

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Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Siege of Corinth": Ottoman official and Greek slave girl at the ruins of the Temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth.

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The house of Caiaphas in Jerusalem, according to tradition, and other historical buildings.

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The alleged house of Annas, where Jesus was taken to after his arrest, according to the Bible.

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Map of part of Jerusalem with the main sights. A designates the Cenacle.

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Panoramic view of Thessaloniki during the Great Fire of 1890. From The Graphic, 1890.

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Scenes from the life of Alexander the Great. Monuments of Thessaloniki. Arch of Galerius.

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Massacre in the Hippodrome of Thessaloniki in 390. Wood engraving, possibly of the 16th century.

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Composition of scenes from the rise and fall of Sabbatai Zevi, the rabi who claimed to be the Messiah of the Jews until he was forced to convert to Islam by the Ottoman Sultan (17th century). Sabbatai Zevi claims to be the Messiah. Sabbatai Zevi enthroned by his followers. Ottoman soldiers arrest Sabbatai Zevi in the Dardanelles. From: J. Chr. Wagner, Delineatio Provinciarum Pannoniae et Imperii Turcici in Oriente, Augsburg, 1684.

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Murder of the French and German consuls by the mob in Thessaloniki, May 1876. From The Illustrated London News, May 1876.

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Mehme Rifa Pasha, general governor of Thessaloniki, deposed after the murder of the consuls in May 1876. From Le Monde Illustré (1876). 

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Murder of the French and German consuls by the mob in Thessaloniki, May 1876. Portrait of murdered consul of France Jules Moulin. From Le Journal Illustré, May 1876.

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Murder of the French and German consuls by the mob in Thessaloniki, May 1876.  

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Saatli Mosque in Thessaloniki, outside which the murder of the consuls took place (1876). House of the French consul. Greek church where the funerary service for German consul Abbot took place. House of German consul Abbot. House of the Governor or Dioikeτerion.

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