Ibrahim I, Ottoman Emperor mb-code DCA_110408 Ornithological study of the Rhinoceros

Ornithological study of the Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) native to the Pacific coast of North America

giving an account of some plants and enclosing a draught of the town of Guaspaltepeque in the Bishopric of Oaxaca with its explanation

Behind him are his supporters

This relates to the decision by Disraeli's government to undertake another attempt to complete the mapping of the Northwest Passage through the archipelago that stretches from the North American mainland towards the North Pole

Taylor (1784-1850) had a 40 year career in the US Army before he entered politics

Ibrahim I, Ottoman Emperor mb-code DCA_110408 Ornithological study of the RhinocerosIbrahim I, Ottoman Emperor, (1808). Ibrahim (1615 48) succeeded his brother Murat IV as Sultan in 1640. Mentally unstable, his reign was disastrous for the empire and was brought to an end when he was deposed in a coup by the Grand Mufti in 1648. From A series of Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey, 1808.