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Background imageAmazon Collection: Mrs Fearnley-Whittingstall in tennis shorts

Mrs Fearnley-Whittingstall in tennis shorts, with a Greek sculpture of an Amazon by Pheidias for comparison. Date: 1933

Background imageAmazon Collection: Amazonian Adventure - article in the Sphere

Amazonian Adventure - article in the Sphere
Amazonian Adventure - an account of a 3, 000 mile-journey along the Amazon written and illustrated by Victor Coverley-Price Date: 1st March 1932

Background imageAmazon Collection: Casmuniz 52 PT-AZU

Casmuniz 52 PT-AZU (msn 1, also, known as Casmuniz 5-2). The sole aircraft first flew in April 1952 and completed flight testing by 1955, whilst registered as PP-ZPD

Background imageAmazon Collection: Riding Habit 1899

Riding Habit 1899
English riding habit with Amazon corsage. Quite severe in its tailoring & worn with a top hat & buttonhole the only feminine note is the rider sitting side saddle. Date: 1899

Background imageAmazon Collection: Riding Habit 1857

Riding Habit 1857
Amazon corsage buttoning to the throat & with a small white collar & reversed cuffs. Black velvet hat ornamented with a plume & worn with a veil. Date: 1857

Background imageAmazon Collection: BRAZIL / AMAZON C1890

BRAZIL / AMAZON C1890
Amazon river: with lush vegetation Date: circa 1890

Background imageAmazon Collection: AMAZON GREETING

AMAZON GREETING
In this culture on the banks of the Amazon, the accepted form of greeting is to blow through a pipe from your nose to the others while he does the same to you Date: circa 1890

Background imageAmazon Collection: AMAZON SCENE

AMAZON SCENE
Victoria Amazonica on the Amazon, Brazil Date: 1913

Background imageAmazon Collection: VICTORIA AMAZONICA

VICTORIA AMAZONICA
or Victoria Regia, on the Amazon, Brazil Date: 1913

Background imageAmazon Collection: THE AMAZON SCULPTURE

THE AMAZON SCULPTURE
The Amazon A sculpture by Kiss, Berlin of an Amazon woman spearing a lion which is attacking her horse Date: 1851

Background imageAmazon Collection: Classical Myth - Amazon

Classical Myth - Amazon
Classical Mythology - An Amazon Warrior with bow and quiver of arrows

Background imageAmazon Collection: On the Amazon River c. 1825

On the Amazon River c. 1825
Passage on the River Amazon - journeying by boat between Lima and Paraguay. Date: c1825

Background imageAmazon Collection: Edwardian women in tricorne and bicorne hats 1912

Edwardian women in tricorne and bicorne hats 1912
Left tricorne, hat with three-cornered, in black tagal, trimmed with two pom - poms, one in black and the other white. Right, amazon, hat made of leghorn

Background imageAmazon Collection: AGUIRRE, Lope de (1515-1561). Spanish conquistador

AGUIRRE, Lope de (1515-1561). Spanish conquistador in South America. Nicknamed El Loco, the Madman, Aguirre is best known for his final expedition, down the Amazon river

Background imageAmazon Collection: Titanus giganteus, South American longhorn or titan beetle

Titanus giganteus, South American longhorn or titan beetle
The South American longhorn or Titan beetle is largest known beetle and inhabits the Amazon forests

Background imageAmazon Collection: Ateles paniscus, black spider monkey

Ateles paniscus, black spider monkey
Portrait of a red faced black spider monkey, native to the Amazon forest of Brazil. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Background imageAmazon Collection: Fantastic Adventures - Daughter of the Snake God

Fantastic Adventures - Daughter of the Snake God
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, May 1942, featuring the story Daughter of the Snake God by William P. McGivern and John York Cabot

Background imageAmazon Collection: Galleon Saint Lucia. 17th century

Galleon Saint Lucia. 17th century. The Grand Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany in 1608 organized an expedition to northern Brazil, commanded by English captain Robert Thornton

Background imageAmazon Collection: Battle of the Amazons, 1616-1618, by Rubens (1577-1640)

Battle of the Amazons, 1616-1618, by Rubens (1577-1640)
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Battle of the Amazons, 1616-1618. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Background imageAmazon Collection: Festival in Manaus, northern Brazil

Festival in Manaus, northern Brazil
Aerial view of a festival taking place in St Sebastian Square, in front of the opera house in the city of Manaus, northern Brazil

Background imageAmazon Collection: Tesselated pavement, Manaus, northern Brazil

Tesselated pavement, Manaus, northern Brazil
A tesselated pavement in St Sebastian Square, in front of the opera house in the city of Manaus, northern Brazil. The monument, inaugurated in 1900

Background imageAmazon Collection: Theodore Roosevelt on the Roosevelt River in Brazil

Theodore Roosevelt on the Roosevelt River in Brazil
The 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

Background imageAmazon Collection: Morpho menelaus, Amazonian butterfly

Morpho menelaus, Amazonian butterfly
An iridescent butterfly from the Amazon. Specimen from display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageAmazon Collection: Theraphosa leblondi, goliath tarantula

Theraphosa leblondi, goliath tarantula
This spider, from the northern Amazonia, has a leg-span of 250mm

Background imageAmazon Collection: Statue of Sciarra Amazon. Marble. 2nd century AD. Roman

Statue of Sciarra Amazon. Marble. 2nd century AD. Roman copy of a Greek bronze original from 5th century BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark

Background imageAmazon Collection: Relief with Amazonomachy. Athens, Greece. 2nd century AD

Relief with Amazonomachy. Athens, Greece. 2nd century AD. Marble. An Amazon wearing a short tunic and helmet is in combat with a naked Greek in a rocky landscape. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Background imageAmazon Collection: Advertisement, Amazon 37 Drying Tumbler

Advertisement, Amazon 37 Drying Tumbler, manufactured by James Armstrong & Co Ltd, London. 1957

Background imageAmazon Collection: Fantastic Adventures - Queen of the Panther World

Fantastic Adventures - Queen of the Panther World
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, July 1948, featuring the story Queen of the Panther World by Berkely Livingston. Amazon rides a black panther fighting a green dragon with a spea. Date: 1948

Background imageAmazon Collection: Fantastic Adventures - Princess of the Sea

Fantastic Adventures - Princess of the Sea
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, January 1947, featuring the story Princess of the Sea by Don Wilcox. Beautiful Amazon with red cloak rides a white horse through the waves of the sea. Date: 1947

Background imageAmazon Collection: Fantastic Adventures - The Floating Robot

Fantastic Adventures - The Floating Robot
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, January 1941, featuring the story The Floating Robot by David Wright O brien. Beautiful woman in white dress looks terrified at a floating robot with an old microphone

Background imageAmazon Collection: Head of an Amazon. Marble. Copy from an original of the 5th

Head of an Amazon. Marble. Copy from an original of the 5th
Roman Art. Head of an Amazon. Marble. Copy from an original of the 5th century B.C. It comes from Rome. Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy

Background imageAmazon Collection: The Treasure of the Athenians. Detail

The Treasure of the Athenians. Detail
Treasure of the Athenians. 510-500 BC. Metope depicting Theseus fighting the amazon Antiope. Delphi Museum. Greece

Background imageAmazon Collection: CREVAUS, Jules Nicholas (1847-1882). French doctor and explo

CREVAUS, Jules Nicholas (1847-1882). French doctor and explo
CREVAUS, Jules Nicholas (Lorquin, 1847-El Chaco, 1882). French doctor and explorer. Departure of the expedition of the Colony Crevaux. Colored engraving

Background imageAmazon Collection: Thalestris, Queen of the Amazons

Thalestris, Queen of the Amazons
Thalestris (fl 334 BCE), Queen of the Amazons. circa early 19th century

Background imageAmazon Collection: Music cover, L Amazone Berrichonne by Boisrenault

Music cover, L Amazone Berrichonne by Boisrenault
Music cover, L Amazone Berrichonne valse brillante, written for piano by L Huard du Boisrenault. circa 1858

Background imageAmazon Collection: Riding Habit / Albanesi

Riding Habit / Albanesi
Dark blue, tailored riding habit with a double row of brass buttons to the corsage & a white collar & a black top hat with a veil. Date: 1840s

Background imageAmazon Collection: C-M De LA Condamine

C-M De LA Condamine
CHARLES-MARIE DE LA CONDAMINE French naturalist and mathematician who made the first scientific exploration of the Amazon in 1743. Date: 1701 - 1774

Background imageAmazon Collection: Babil, Amazon Queen

Babil, Amazon Queen
BABIL the Amazon Queen, and her companion BIJOU Date: circa 1900

Background imageAmazon Collection: View of the River Amazon at Obidos, Para, Brazil

View of the River Amazon at Obidos, Para, Brazil
View of a fortress on the River Amazon at Obidos, Para, Brazil. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageAmazon Collection: Two Amazon women warriors with lance, axe

Two Amazon women warriors with lance, axe, shield and helmet.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

Background imageAmazon Collection: Two Amazons with shields and weapons, the one

Two Amazons with shields and weapons, the one below a captive in battledress.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of

Background imageAmazon Collection: Dugong, Dugong dugon (vulnerable) and Amazon

Dugong, Dugong dugon (vulnerable) and Amazon river dolphin, Inia geoffrensis.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France

Background imageAmazon Collection: Catasetum garnettianum, orchid native to the Amazon river

Catasetum garnettianum, orchid native to the Amazon river.. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by E

Background imageAmazon Collection: Scientific experiments in the jungle in the early

Scientific experiments in the jungle in the early 20th century. Illustration by Lluis Bargall󮠗 atercolour

Background imageAmazon Collection: Rubber : Cutting Trees

Rubber : Cutting Trees
Brazilian workers cutting trees in a rubber plantation, in the Amazon region Date: 1910

Background imageAmazon Collection: Blaise Comte De Pagan

Blaise Comte De Pagan
BLAISE FRANCOIS de PAGAN, comte de Merveilles French traveller, soldier, author of history & geography of the Amazon, and on fortification. Date: 1604 - 1655

Background imageAmazon Collection: Steamer Francisco Salles - Porto-Velho, Brazil

Steamer Francisco Salles - Porto-Velho, Brazil, the capital of the state of Rondonia, in the upper Amazon River basin. Pictured on the Madeira River

Background imageAmazon Collection: Amazonia, Brazil - Igarape near Boa Vista on the Branco

Amazonia, Brazil - Igarape near Boa Vista on the Branco River. Date: 1919



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