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Geography: visitors at Niagara Falls. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

Baths and waterfalls, Pfäfers, St. Gallen, Switzerland: women washing their clothes. Line engraving by F.D. Née after J. Le Barbier.

Hong Kong: the waterfall at Pokfulum. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Bocanema, Colombia: a waterfall. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.

Geography: Victoria Falls, seen from a distance. Wood engraving.

Sarawak: falls on the Baram River. Photograph.

Geography: a waterfall on the Mohawk river, North America. Coloured engraving, c.1740.

Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from a distance. Coloured lithograph, ca.1890.

Geography: a grouping of the highest mountains and waterfalls, and the longest rivers. Coloured mixed method engraving after C. V. Monin.

Niagara Falls: a view of the American side of the Falls, from the foot of the Staircase. Coloured aquatint with etching by J. Hill after H.J. Bennett, ca. 1829.

Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from nearby. Coloured lithograph.

Terni: the waterfall. Engraving by W.F. Gmelin, 1795.

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Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from nearby. Coloured lithograph.

Terni: the waterfall. Engraving by W.F. Gmelin, 1795.

Bocanema, Colombia: a waterfall. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.

Geography: Victoria Falls, seen from a distance. Wood engraving.

Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from a distance. Coloured lithograph, ca.1890.