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Flying Officer W E Johns - Biggles stories in Modern BoyAdvertisement in The Modern Boy magazine for the forthcoming series of stories written by Flying Officer W. E. Johns concerning the wartime adventures of Captain James Bigglesworth
Leander Starr JamesonSIR LEANDER STARR JAMESON known as Dr Jameson Scottish-born physician; adventurer and administrator in South Africa
William WalkerWILLIAM WALKER American adventurer President of Nicaragua finally shot after a remarkable career
Beryl Markham (1902 1986), British-born Kenyan author, aviator, adventurer, and racehorse trainer. Photographed here, just after flying from Abingdon to Cape Breton Island
Robert Falcon Scott - at the AntarcticScott of the Antarctic. Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912) - who lost his life in an ill-fated race to be the first person to reach the South Pole
Sir Walter RaleighSIR WALTER RALEIGH adventurer and historian Date: 1554 - 1618
T Von Neuhoff / Magasin PiTHEODOR VON NEUHOFF German adventurer who became THEODORE I, King of Corsica
Portrait bust of Casanova, adventurer and authorPortrait bust of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer and author
Photo of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, explorerColonel P H Fawcett, the celebrated explorer who disappeared in Central Brazil in 1925. 1925
Byrd Antarctic Expedition II - Dog team on dangerous iceByrd Antarctic Expedition II - Dog team crossing treacherous pressure ice. On his second expedition in 1934, Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957)
Alfonso De Albuquerque - Adventurer
Mont BlancA climber on the arete du Rochefort, Mont Blanc. The image is reproduced from a book of photographic studies entitled Haute Montagne'. Date: circa 1931
Princess Blucher goes ballooningEvelyn Furstin Blucher von Wahlstatt (1876-1960) was an Englishwoman who married an anglophile Prussian aristocrat. She went on to spend the Great War years in Germany
Last Voyage Explorer Adventurer Discovery Northlast, voyage, explorer, adventurer, discovery, north, west, passage, america, arctic, ice, icebergs, fateful, fate, certain, death, open, boat, cast, aderift, abandoned, young, son, crew, henry
Islamic adventurer known as Mahdi meditating in a cave from a Persian manuscript. Mehhdy. Mehhedi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by L
The first four Caliphs, heirs of Prophet Muhammad, in chronological order: Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (top right), Umar ibn al-Khattab (top left), Uthman ibn Affan (bottom right)
Captain Paul Boyton, American showman and adventurer. 1893
Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, explorer, as part of an article by Sir John Squire. Fawcett led an expedition to central Brazil in 1925 and disappeared. 1953
Colonel P H FawcettColonel Percy H Fawcett (1867 - 1925), British geographer, artillery officer, cartographer, archaeologist, and explorer of South America. 1932
Lecture tour leaflet, Richard Cotton CarlineLeaflet for USA lecture tour, Richard Cotton Carline, official aerial war artist, adventurer, artist, lecturer. circa 1928
Cagliostro(Giuseppe Balsamo)Giuseppe Balsamo(1743-1795), known as Cagliostro, Italian adventurer and occultist
Theodore Roosevelt on the Roosevelt River in BrazilThe Rio da Duvida (or River of Doubt ) in Brazil, re-named The Roosevelt River (Rio Roosevelt, sometimes Rio Teodoro) after exploration by President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt who probed
Ted McNamara and burning barrel, Sennen Cove, CornwallTed McNamara, adventurer, drinking a toast to the barrel in which he was attempting to cross the Atlantic to Florida, until it capsized 50 yards from shore
Ted McNamara retrieving barrel, Sennen Cove, CornwallTed McNamara, adventurer, and Customs men, retrieving the barrel in which he was attempting to cross the Atlantic to Florida, until it capsized 50 yards from shore
Captain James Cook - British explorer, captain and navigatorCaptain James Cook - British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy (1728-1779). Date: 1776
Victorian scrap - Wanted nice little fillyVictorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - Wanted nice little filly with " thou" or two. late 19th century
The Nose Game - Inquisitive Nose B10, Denotes Spirit of Enquiry. 1927
Cristobal de Olid (1488-1524). Spanish conqueror. Colored engraving, 1726. Library University of Barcelona. Spain
Michel DescazeauxMICHEL DESCAZEAUX DU HALLY French adventurer in London, at one time imprisoned in the Fleet Prison. Date: 1710 - 1775
Sir Anthony Shirley (1565 - 1635) - Traveller, diplomat, adventurer, constantly in trouble in Persia, the Caribbean and elsewhere
John Smith - KelloggJohn Smith (?1580 - 1631) English colonist in America and military adventurer
MARINER 1827A young sailor holding a sextant points out to sea at his ship. Date: 1827
HOBART-HAMPDEN 1822-1886AUGUSTUS CHARLES HOBART-HAMPDEN Known as Hobart Pasa. English naval officer and adventurer. Date: 1822 - 1886
Wilhelm Von GrumbachWILHELM VON GRUMBACH German adventurer Date: 1503 - 1566
Rudolf Von SlatinRUDOLF ANTON KARL von SLATIN known as SLATIN PASHA Austrian soldier and adventurer Date: 1857 - 1932
Cagliostro (Figuier)GIUSEPPE BALSAMO known as CAGLIOSTRO Italian adventurer Date: 1743 - 1795
Cagliostro / SilhouetteGIUSEPPE BALSAMO known as CAGLIOSTRO Italian adventurer and charlatan Date: 1743 - 1795
Christopher Columbus nears the New WorldChristopher Columbus about to set his eyes on the New World for the first time, after his perilous journey across the Atlantic Ocean, sighting the Bahamas archipelago on 12th October, 1492
Tippoo Tib (1837-1905)Photograph of Tippoo Tib, then Chief of the Manyema, c.1887. His real name was Hamid ibn Mohammed and he was an African-Arab adventurer and warrior, who controlled a large section of Central Africa
Jan De WeertJAN DE WEERT Flemish military adventurer Date: CIRCA 1622
Paul SkalichPAUL SKALICH German savant and adventurer Date: 1534 - 1575
Jas. Geo. Semple LisleJAMES GEORGE SEMPLE LISLE Adventurer in Brazil and elsewhere, died in prison in London. Date: 1759 - 1799
Benjamin RumfordBENJAMIN THOMPSON, count RUMFORD scientist and adventurer Date: 1753 - 1814
Willem Baron RipperdaJOHAN WILLEM baron and duke of RIPPERDA Dutch-Spanish adventurer Date: 1682 - 1737
Felix Prince LichnowskyFELIX MARIA VINCENZ ANDREAS, prinz LICHNOWSKY - Polish-born adventurer, caught up in the revolutionary events of 1848, member of Prussian Assembly but murdered by Frankfurt mob. Date: 1814 - 1848
Wilhelm Von Grumbach - 2WILHELM VON GRUMBACH German adventurer in his 69th year. Date: 1503 - 1566
French Anarchist - possibly Zo d Axa or Han RynerA well-known French Anarchist - caricature by Phil May. This is likely to be either Alphonse Gallaud de la Perouse (18641930) (better known as Zo d Axa, an adventurer, anti-militarist, satirist)
FLOR, Roger de (1267-1305). Catalan knight and military adventurer, son of a German falconer.; Andronicus II Palaeologus (1258-1332). Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)