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[Map of Europe as queen]

Description: Map shows a stylized Europe in the form of a woman. [Spain] is her head and [Gaul], [Germany], [Denmark], [Poland], [Hungary], [Greece], [Bulgaria], [Macedonia], and Scythia are the remainder of her body. Europe is shown surrounded by Africa, [England], [Scotland], [Scandinavia], and Asia. Includes text in lower margin. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1550..1570]
Creator: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Carte de l'Egypte et de la Palestine jusqu'au temps de Moïse.

Description: Map shows the extent of Egypt during the times of Moses, David, and Solomon, of the area in the Middle East ruled by Hebrew kings David and Solomon; the route of the Hebrews - led by Moses - from out of Egypt and through the desert; cities along the extent the Nile River through Egypt and Ethiopia. Includes notes and landmarks. Inset: "Ethiopie au dessus de l'Egypte" [Ethiopia at the top of Egypt]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1870]
Creator: Delamarche
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Glass Slide of Carriages in front of Shepheard’s Hotel (Cairo, Egypt)

Description: A glass slide showing a photograph of carriages in front of a place identified as the Shepheard’s Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. The hotel was the leading hotel in Cairo and one of the most celebrated hotels in the world from the middle of the 19th century until it was burned down in 1952 in the Cairo Fire. The slide carries the logo of the Chicago Transparency Company.
Date: [1882..1929]
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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