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Europe 165 years ago today: Siege of Sevastopol (05 Nov 1854) https://buff.ly/34tkwyG The Allies decided to destroy Russian power in the Black Sea by capturing the key naval base of Sevastopol, on the Crimean peninsula. While they were en route, Austria succeeded in pressuring Russia to withdraw from Moldavia and Wallachia. This could have ended the war, but the Allies sailed on to besiege Sevastopol and punish the Russians nonetheless. #1850s #1854 #19thcentury #november #austrianempire #cartografia #cartographic #crimea #crimeanwar #europe #europeanhistory #frenchempire #geopolitics #histories #historybuff #historygram #historymaker #historymatters #mapmaking #maps #november5 #prussia #russianempire #ottomanempire #britishempire #victorian #victorianera #todayinhistory #historytoday #thisdayinhistory (at Sevastopol, Ukraine) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ejf6kAC3n/?igshid=o8qsniml3iec

NEW MAP: Australasia 1859: Colony of Queensland (06 Jun 1859) https://buff.ly/2JpTr6o Although there had been a call for northeastern Australia to be separated from New South Wales since the 1840s, debate raged over whether it should be a free or convict colony and where its southern border should lie. Eventually it was agreed that the new colony would be free, with Brisbane as its capital, and in 1859 the British Government established the Colony of Queensland. #australasia #history #welovemaps #map #1850s #1859 #australia #australianhistory #crimeanwar #colonialaustralia #june #june6 #historyofqueensland #newsouthwales #newzealand #newzealandhistory #nzhistory #britishempire #queensland #imperialism #queenslandday #southaustralia #tasmania #colonisation #victorianera #queenvictoria #historyofaustralia #oldqueensland #westernaustralia #maps (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpgR-vDA62g/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1awyvd1k5tn8a

Europe 164 years ago today: Outbreak of the Crimean War (28 Mar 1854) http://omniatlas.com/maps/europe/18540328/ In 1853, Russia occupied the Ottoman vassal states of Moldavia and Wallachia. After the Russians refused an ultimatum to withdraw, the Turks declared war, but quickly lost control of the Black Sea when the Russians defeated their navy at Sinop. Unable to accept Russian dominance over the Ottoman Empire, France and Britain formed an alliance and entered the war a few months later. #europe #history #welovemaps #1850s #1854 #crimea #crimeanwar #europeanhistory #france #greatbritain #maps #march #march28 #british #napoleoniii #romania #russia #turkey #wallachia #war #map #ottomanempire #ottoman #russianempire #politics #geography (at Sinop, Turkey)

The Arctic 162 years ago today: Crimean War in the Arctic (02 Sep 1855) http://omniatlas.com/maps/arctic/18550902/ Other nations were soon to follow the United States in signing treaties with Japan, in particular Great Britain, which was currently fighting Russia in the Crimean War and busy hitting Russian bases along that country's vast coastline. With the use of Japanese ports, the British and their French allies were able to outflank the Russian naval base at Petropavlovsk and chase the outnumbered Russian Pacific fleet into hiding behind Sakhalin (which the Allies thought was a peninsula but the Russians knew to be an island). Nonetheless, the Russians managed to get their own emissary to Japan, opening up favorable relations and partitioning the Kuril Islands between them. #arctic #history #welovemaps #1850s #1855 #allies #arkhangel #china #crimea #crimeanwar #finland #france #greatbritain #japan #kamchatka #kurilislands #maps #napoleoniii #russia #russianhistory #september #september2 #urup (at Petropavlovskkamchatskiy, Kamchatskaya Oblast', Russia)

Europe 163 years ago today: Outbreak of the Crimean War (28 Mar 1854) http://omniatlas.com/maps/europe/18540328/ In 1853, Russia occupied the Ottoman vassal states of Moldavia and Wallachia. After the Russians refused an ultimatum to withdraw, the Turks declared war, but quickly lost control of the Black Sea when the Russians defeated their navy at Sinop. Unable to accept Russian dominance over the Ottoman Empire, France and Britain formed an alliance and entered the war a few months later. #europe #history #welovemaps #1850s #1854 #crimea #crimeanwar #europeanhistory #france #greatbritain #maps #march #march28 #moldavia #napoleoniii #romania #russia #turkey #wallachia (at Sinop, Turkey)

The Arctic 163 years ago today: Opening of Japan (31 Mar 1854) http://omniatlas.com/maps/arctic/18540331/ Across the Pacific, Japan had kept itself closed off from the world since the 17th century, restricting its contact with the West to a Dutch trading post off Nagasaki. Determined to change this stance, the United States sent a naval expedition under Commodore Matthew Perry to negotiate a treaty in 1852. Unable to counter Perry's modern steam-powered warships, the Japanese backed down and ended their era of isolation. #arctic #history #welovemaps #1850s #1854 #americanhistory #britishcolumbia #canada #canadianhistory #crimea #crimeanwar #france #greatbritain #haida #japan #japanesehistory #maps #march #march31 #queencharlotteislands #russia #unitedstates (at Uraga)