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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
George Miller Dyott - aviator, cinematographer, explorerGeorge Miller Dyott (1883-1972) - English pioneer aviator, cinematographer, and explorer. Dyott mounted an expedition to search for the missing British explorer Percy Fawcett in the Amazon
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
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 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
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
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
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)
BUFFALO BILL, William Frederick Cody, also called (1846-1917). North American adventurer. Engraving
Karl Friedrich BahrdtKARL FRIEDRICH BAHRDT German writer and adventurer Date: 1741 - 1792
Timbuktu, Mali - House belonging to BarthTimbuktu, Mali - House belonging to German Explorer Heinrich Barth (occupied 1853 - 1854)
Ain Sefra, Algeria - Headquarters of the African HuntersThe Headquarters of the African Hunters at Ain Sefra, Algeria. The town is called " The Gateway to the Desert" and is very close to the Moroccan border
Stanley and Tippoo Tib leaving Matadi, 1887Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre right on horse) and Tippoo Tib (1837-1905) (right of Stanley, with sword) leaving Matadi, on the Congo river, 1887
Tippoo Tibs Ivory Store at Stanley Falls, Lualaba River, cPhotograph of Tippoo Tibs Ivory Store at Stanley Falls on the Lualaba River, c.1887. Stanley Falls are now known as the Boyoma Falls and are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Andrew Rs BowesANDREW ROBINSON STONEY BOWES Adventurer who married the Countess of Strathmore : portrait done in 1799
D annunzio & HenchmenPoet and adventurer Gabriele D Annunzio and his entourage celebrate the anniversary of the battle of the Piave river (aka Sernaglia) when Italians defeated the Austrians 1918
Oswald Von WolkensteinOSWALD VON WOLKENSTEIN German lyric poet and adventurer, one of the last of the Minnesingers
Casanovas Wax ImageThe Italian adventurer CASANOVA inspects the wax image of himself made by a witch for a Spanish contessa who wished him harm
John James HeideggerJOHN JAMES HEIDEGGER Adventurer, operatic manager
Edward WhymperEDWARD WHYMPER Prolific alpinist and talented wood engraver. Illustrated his books on alpine exploration with wood engravings
F-E Vidocq / Stops MusicFRANCOIS-EUGENE VIDOCQ French police officer and adventurer stops the music at a lively gathering
F-E Vidocq / CoignetFRANCOIS-EUGENE VIDOCQ French police officer and adventurer Date: 1775 - 1857
John Smith /s De PasseJOHN SMITH English colonist in America and military adventurer
Chevalier D eon, MasonCharles-Genevieve-Louis- Auguste-Andre Timothee, le Chevalier d Eon, French adventurer and transvestite, depicted here as a Freemason in 1768
Casanova / Orbok PlayGIOVANNI GIACOMO CASANOVA Italian adventurer
CAGLIOSTRO (1743 - 1795)GIUSEPPE BALSAMO, aka CAGLIOSTRO, Italian adventurer here learning occult secrets from his master Althotas, who may never have existed
