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Canary Islands Collection

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Cochineal Plantation, Tenerife

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

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Dragon Tree, Tenerife 1873

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

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: The Mole, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, 1873

The Mole, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Town Plaza, Santa Cruz, Tenerife 1873

Town Plaza, Santa Cruz, Tenerife 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Cochineal Plantation, Tenerife 1873

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

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Buildings on mountainside, c. 1870

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

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Chart of oceanic section, Tenerife to Sombrero

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

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Buildings and figures on mountainside

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

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Chart of Roadstead, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Chart of Roadstead, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Terracing on steep valley sides, c. 1870

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

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: The Mole at Gibraltar

The Mole at Gibraltar
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: View over terraced mountain scenery, 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

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Distant view down gorge, c. 1870

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

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Euphorbia canariensis, Canary Island spurge

Euphorbia canariensis, Canary Island spurge
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Raper drawing No. 6

Raper drawing No. 6
Salvages [and] Salvages [and] Island of Teneriffe. Painting by George Raper, Ca. 1790

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Santa Cruz, Tenerife 1873

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

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Locust Tree, Tenerife 1873

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

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Section of the plains of Patagonia diagram

Section of the plains of Patagonia diagram
Section of the plains of Patagonia, on the banks of the S.Cruz cross-section diagram (p.114) from Charles Darwins Geological Observations on South America, 1846

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Mouth of the river Santa Cruz, map

Mouth of the river Santa Cruz, map
Map (p.338 - 339), from Charles Darwins Narrative of the voyages of HM Ships Adventure and Beagle part 2, 1839

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Phoenix canariensis, Canary Islands date palm

Phoenix canariensis, Canary Islands date palm
Sketch 219 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCanary Islands Collection: Parus caeruleus, blue tits (subspecies from the Canary Islan

Parus caeruleus, blue tits (subspecies from the Canary Islan
Watercolour by Henrik Gr� ld c. (1920). Subspecies from top to bottom: degener, teneriffae, palmensis, ambriosus


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