What were the 22 most famous places on our planet 175 years ago. Feel the difference!
175 years ago, pigeons were just starting to fly into St. Mark's Square in Venice, the Leaning Tower of Pisa was already tipping to the ground, and boats were sailing along the Moscow River. But then there was no photograph, it was replaced by daguerreotypes created using mercury and metal plates. Noel-Marie Peymal Llebur was a master of daguerreotype, who in 1841 sent his students around the world to explore the most beautiful and amazing places and fix them on daguerreotypes.
Then he ordered engravings from these daguerreotypes and images of other travelers and made a unique selection called "Dagger travels, representing the most remarkable views and monuments of the globe." Now let's see how these places looked 175 years ago and what we see them now.