Africa Collection (page 20)

Africa. Loanda. San Pablo de Loanda. Panorama of the port
History of Africa. 19th century. Loanda. St. Paul of Loanda. Panorama of the port. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Royal Tomb in Cabinda
History of Africa. 19th century. Royal Tomb in Cabinda. At the death of a member of the royal family or of a distinguished family

Diogo Cao (ca. 1452-1486). Portuguese navigator, discoverer of the mouth of the Congo river. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Roberto Ivens (1850-1898). Portrait
Roberto Ivens (1850-1898). Portuguese explorer of Africa. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

A Moorish Market
An oil painting of a market populated mainly by citizens of a town in north Africa, of the Muslim faith. Date: circa 1921

Agapanthus
This painting shows a smooth textured representation of the Agapanthus flower, also known as the African Lily, native to South Africa. Date: circa 1915

A Map of New Zealand
A truly outstanding, and large scale, Empire Marketing Board poster map designed by Leslie MacDonald ('Max') Gill

Post Office Radio Telephone Services and Fisheries
A wonderful, original, poster map showing Post Office Radio Telephone Services commissioned by the General Post Office and designed by Leslie MacDonald Gill, 1935

A Map Of Irish Free State And Northern Ireland
a, map, of, irish, free, state, and, northern, ireland, 1929, truly, outstanding, large, scale, empire, marketing, board, poster, designed, by, leslie, macdonald, max, gill, this, design, for,

Car transported across the Lufira River, Lubumbashi, Congo
A car (an Austin) being transported by raft/rope ferry across the Lufira River, a tributary of the Lualaba River near Lubumbashi (Elisabethville, Elisabethstad)

A native canoe on the Zambezi River above the Victoria Falls - modern Zambia and Zimbabwe. Date: circa 1910s

Ten-horse Royal Mail Coach fording a stream - South Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Young boy riding on ox along the edge of the Nile flood with the pyramids of Giza in the background, Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1905

Rickshaw boys of Durban, South Africa in their remarkable costume. Introduced from Japan, the rickshaw became a form of transport in Durban in the late 19th century. Date: circa 1910s

Johannesburg, South Africa - Rickshaws in Market Square. Date: circa 1901

Union Castle Line, RMS Pretoria Castle - instruments
Union Castle Line, RMS Pretoria Castle, later SA Oranje - rare collection of brass engine room instruments together with the ship's bulkhead clock, fixed to an oak shield-shaped panel. 32 inches

Union Castle liner - RMS Windsor Castle, South Africa
Union Castle agent's print showing the RMS Windsor Castle off Cape Town, South Africa. Framed and glazed. 33 x 24 inches. Date: 20th century

Union Castle Line, RMS Pretoria Castle ocean liner
Union CastleLine, RMS Pretoria Castle ocean liner, framed and glazed agent's print. 27 x 17 inches. Date: mid-20th century

RMS Scot - Union Steam Ship Company Ltd, agent poster, Union Line for South & East Africa, on hardboard. 19 x 29 inches. Date: circa 1900

Advert, Union-Castle Line, South African steamships Date: 1937

Advert, Travel East by KPM, MS Boissevain
Advert, South African KPM Line Steamship MS Boissevain Date: 1937

Advert, Air Travel in South Africa, South African Airways Date: 1937

South Africa Springbok Rugby Team in New Zealand Date: 1937

Travel advert, South Africa Date: 1937

Cover design, Cape Times Annual, Jan Van Riebeeck
Cover design, Cape Times Annual, Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck, Dutch navigator and colonial administrator, in the Cape, South Africa, 6 April 1652 Date: 1652

Missing Link Skull
Missing link skull between ape and man. Dart came to the world's attention in 1925 with his announced discovery of the skull he named Australopithecus africanus,  (South African ape)

Mr Kruger's reception in Paris
Kruger seen arriving at the Lyons Station in Paris, Mr Crozier (the Director of the Protocol), senator Guerin, the president of the municipal council and large crowds

Mr Kruger delivering a speech
Mr Kruger in Marseilles France delivering a speech. Full name, Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (October 1825 ??July 1904) was a South African politician

Kruger landing at Marseilles
Mr Kruger landing at Marseilles, arriving from the Gelderland (Netherlands). He is surrounded by Dr Leyds, Mr Eloff and the Boer officials

Lord Roberts and daughters
Lord Roberts and his daughters, Hon Aileen Mary and Hon Ada Edwina Stewart photographed at Pretoria South Africa. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts,  (September 1832 ?)

Memorial service to the fallen guards in South Africa
A memorial service for the fallen guards in South Africa during the Boer war, Oct 1899 ??May 1902), where around 22, 000 British men lost their lives

The Duchess of York's Brothers. Sitting down is Prince Adolphus of Teck, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (August 1868- October 1927)

Crossing a flooded Ashanti River called the Offin river (Ghana). A bridge has been submerged and the troops are up to their waists in water

General Bullers return from the Boer War
General Sir Redvers Buller driving through the decorated streets of Aldershot. Lady Audrey Buller is seen sitting beside her husband

Sir Milner and the YMCA
Sir Alfred Milner is seeing talking to the YMCA (Young men's Christian association) about the great future of South Africa

Aurania Ocean Liner
The Aurania ocean liner with the City of London Imperial Volunteers (C.I.V's) aboard, left Cape Town on October 7 where she had been used during the Boer war (11 Oct 1899 ?? 31 May 1902)

Zulu impi invading general Bullers camp
A Zulu impi marching into one of general Buller's camps. Impi is a Zulu word meaning war or combat, and by association any body of men gathered for war

Formation of the Irish Guards
Irish Guard formation (1st April 1900) due to the bravery and courage shown by the Irish regiment in South Africa during the Boer war (11 Oct 1899 ?? 31 May 1902)

Home-coming of general Buller
General Sir Redvers Henry Buller (December 1839 ?? June 1908) saying good bye at Lydenburg. He was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross

Battle of Colenso memorial
Cairn of stones recalling the battle where 103 soldiers lives were lost of December 15th. The battle of Colenso was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War

Hausa soldiers cutting the bush with their bayonets
Agroup of Hausa soldiers (The largest ethnic group in sub-Saharan Africa) cutting down the bush with their bayonets surrounding their encampment

Boer and British munition mementos
Photograph shows the Boer and British munitions (cartridges) shot, used in the second Boer War (11th October 1899- 31st May 1902)

Her Majesty, the Queen amongst sandbags
Her Majesty, the Queen photographed amongst sandbags, in an arched doorway in South Africa House, with the King, George VI in the background

Springbok Hunting, South Africa
Various depictions of the process of Springbok hunting by Bushmen in South Africa. We see their camps, lookout spots, methods of using bow and arrow or dogs, stalking ostriches

Scenes of Life in Abyssinia, 1885
Various depictions of rural life in Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia). We see a trial, a family dinner, drinking mead, and a Broundo - raw meat feast

A Herd of Red Hartebeest, Mount Kilamanjaro
A herd of Red Hartebeest (Alcephalus Cokei) graze on the plains around Mount Kilamanjaro, Tanzania. The Hartebeest is very well camouflaged by its surroundings - red anthills which appear incredibly

A Maasai Warrior with traditional dress and weapons. The Masai are a semi-nomadic ethnic group who inhabit Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania

Kenyan Waterbuck
Inhabitants of Nyeri, Kenya, with a slain waterbuck antelope. Date: circa 1932

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