Azores Collection

MAPS / AZORES
maps of the individual islands of the Azores group Date: mid 19th century

Old Entrance of Porta Delgada - St. Michaels, The Azores, Portugal. Date: circa 1910s

Poster advertising White Star to the West Indies
Poster advertising White Star cruises to the West Indies, via the Azores and the Spanish Main, on the Britannic. The cruise lasts 40 days, and costs from 70. "

Rua da Calheta, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
Rua da Calheta in the city of Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1908

View of Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
Embankment and view of the city of Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1908

Fayal, Azores 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Sir Francis Drake attacking a Spanish treasure ship (actually a Portuguese carrack, the Sao Filipe, containing gold, spices and silk), off the Azores, 8 June 1587

Map of Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1920

United States Air Force - Consolidated XC-99 43-52436. First flight 23 November 1947

The English Armada. Statement of causes which moved the chief commanders of the Navy of Her Most Excellent Majesty the Queen of England on the Voyage and Expedition to Portugal

Scenes from the Barbary coast of Africa, 1820
Barbary corsair pirates boarding a ship 1, audience with the Emperor of Morocco 2, and Christian enslaved persons harnessed to a wagon 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Portuguese man-of-war and zoophyte
Indo-Pacific Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia utriculus 1, Azores man-of-war, Physalia physalis 2, and Siphonophora zoophyte, Physsophora disticha 3. Physalies, Physsophore

Praia da Victoria, Terceira Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean
Street scene, Praia da Victoria (Vitoria), Terceira Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1930

Distant view of Horta, Faial (Fayal) Island, Azores
Distant view of the coastal city of Horta from Lomba, Faial (Fayal) Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1930

Lounge, Hotel Terra Nostra, Santa Maria Island, Azores
View of the Lounge, Hotel Terra Nostra, Santa Maria Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1940

Bullock carts near Horta, Faial (Fayal) Island, Azores
Bullock carts near the city of Horta, Faial (Fayal) Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1930

Aerial view of Porto Pim, Faial (Fayal) Island, Azores
Aerial view of the artificial harbour and bay of Porto Pim, Faial (Fayal) Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1908

Customs House, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
Customs House Square and quay in the city of Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1908

Praca da Republica, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
Street scene, Praca da Republica in the city of Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1930

Entrance to Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
Street scene, entrance to the city of Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1920s

Arched entrance to Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
Ancient arched entrance to the city of Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1908

Typical rural houses, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
Typical rural houses, with local people posing for the camera, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1900s

Joao Franco Street, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
View of Joao Franco Street, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1905

Boeing B-50A Superfortress 46-10 Lucky Lady II
United States Air Force - Boeing B-50A-5-BO Superfortress 46-10 (msn 15720) Lucky Lady II, which made first non-stop flight around the world, from 26 February - 2 March 1949

TORPEDOED CREW HELPED
Italian submarine helps crew of torpedoed English ship to reach Azores in safety Date: September 1940

Azores, Portugal - Ox wagon with solid wheels - wicker sides
Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal - Ox wagon with solid wheels - wicker sides Date: 1910s

Map of the islands in the Atlantic Ocean -- Azores or Western Isles, Madeira, Bermuda, Canary Islands, Cape Verde. Date: 1851

RAF crew with Nimrod at Lajes air base, Azores
RAF crew of 42 Squadron with Nimrod aircraft at Lajes air base, Azores. Date: circa 1980s

Azores, Portugal - Maize Pyramids. Date: 1910s

Casino by the sea - Fayal, Azores
Casino by the sea - Fayal (Faial) Island, Azores, Portugal. Date: circa 1930s

Atlantis Site ?
Are the Azores, in mid- Atlantic, the site of the Atlantis continent ?

Maize farm and windmill, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1908

Death of Humph Gilbert
SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT is drowned in a storm off the Azores Date: 1539 - 1583

Atlantic Is. Azores
The islands of the Azores, recently discovered : Flores is in the lower left of the map. Date: 17th century

Portugal - Azores - Horta, the port. Date: circa 1910s

Lieutenant-Commander A C Read USN
Lieutenant-Commander A.C. Read, USN, who commanded the Curtiss NC-4 flying boat which accomplished the first aerial crossing of the Atlantic ocean (by stages via the Azores)

View at St. Michael, Azores 1873

Buildings on mountainside, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Bridge over stream bed
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Buildings and figures on mountainside
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Chart of oceanic section, Bermuda to Azores
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

St. Michael, Azores 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Terracing on steep valley sides, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Small harbour and headland
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Distant view across valley, c. 1870

View over terraced mountain scenery, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Hot spring Fuernaz, Azores 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Geyser springs, Fuernaz, Azores 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

View near Fuernaz, Azores, 1873
Lake in Crater of extinct volcano, St. Michael, Azores

Distant view down gorge, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Sulphur springs, St. Michael, Azores 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Orange Grove, St. Michael, Azores 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Private garden, St. Michael, Azores 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Distant mountains with snow, cactus in foreground
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Venetian portolan chart. Anonymous, 14th c. It includes the Atlantic coast to the Middle East, and from the African coast of the Mediterranean to England and Ireland

Two men from Lajes do Pico, Azores
Costumes of two men from Lajes do Pico, a municipality on the Island of Pico in the Azores. Date: circa 1910s

Traditional Costume - The Azores
Traditional Costume at St. Michael on the Azores. A woman in a long black hooded cape sits astride a small donkey Date: 1912

Portugal - Azores - St. Michaels, Ponta Delgada - The landing steps and Chrich Date: circa 1930s

REVENGE (CIG. CARD)
Warship used by Drake, and later by Grenville at the battle of the Azores in August 1591, when after a gallant fight she surrenders to the Spanish

THE REVENGE
At Flores in the Azores, sir Richard Grenvilles Revenge is defeated by the Spanish, and he scuttles his ship rather than let her be taken

Anglo-Spanish War 1591
At Flores in the Azores, Sir Richard Grenville in the Revenge fights 53 Spanish ships, eventually scuttles rather than be captured, during the Anglo-Spanish War 1591

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