Desert Collection (page 5)

Mandinka man playing a balafon with sticks
Mandinka man playing a balafon or gourd xylophone with sticks. In the background, men sit outside a hut or granary near a river. A negro playing on the balafo

Vegetation from the first half of the Mesozoic era. Colour print after an illustration by Hugo Wolff-Maage from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932

France - Trade - Dates from the desert oasis
Dates in wooden crates as they arrive direct from the desert oasis to the French warehouse of Champagne Freres Ld. Date: circa 1910s

Persian army in a desert - Polyaenuss discussion of Dariuss expedition against Saka of the Central Asia (VII.11.12): The treachery of the Sakian Sirakes, the guide

Deteriorating army of Darius the Great in desert - According to Polyaenus, Sirakes, a pastor of Saka, mislead Darius the Greats army to desert for death

Victorian scrap, Robinson Crusoe, footprints in the sand
Victorian scrap, Robinson Crusoe discovers footprints in the sand and realises that he is not alone on his island

Robinson Crusoe on the beach
Robinson Crusoe walking with his dog on the beach of his desert island

Motor Car and Camel Train, Egypt
Crossing the Desert old and new - Motor Car and Camel Train, Egypt. circa 1923

View of the village of Mina, in the desert of Arafat (Tent City, Mecca, Saudi Arabia). Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia

Desert horned viper, Cerastes cerastes (Gonyechis cerastes). Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches

Arabian camel and critically endangered Bactrian camel
Arabian camel, Camelus dromedarius, and critically endangered Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus. Chromolithograph from Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History (Naturgeschichte), Schreiber

Cascabel rattlesnake and desert horned viper
Cascabel rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus, and desert horned viper, Cerastes cerastes (Cerastes cornutus). Handcolored engraving by Madame Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d

Bedouin arabs of Egypt, 1820s, with basket, stick, and mother carrying a baby on her back. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Exotic cockroaches and stink bugs
Banana cockroach, Panchlora nivea 1, Central American giant cockroach, Blaberus giganteus 2, Egyptian desert cockroach, Polyphaga aegyptiaca

Desert rose, Adenium obesum (Honghel bush, Adenium honghel). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register

Blond plantain or desert Indianwheat, Plantago ovata (Plantago ispaghula). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Pantomime poster, Robinson Crusoe

Frieze, Egyptian scene with pyramids and camels

Advertisement, Thomas Cooks Nile Service. 1912

Frontispiece illustration, The Ice Desert, by Jules Verne -- He had plunged his knife up to the hilt in the animals throat. Date: circa 1900

Front cover design, The Ice Desert, by Jules Verne. Date: circa 1900

Mounted police troopers on camels, South Australia
Mounted police troopers on camels in the stony desert of South Australia. circa 1900s

Jews celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles
The Feast of Tabernacles also known as Sukkot is a Jewish holiday that is celebrated over the course of a week, five days after Yom Kippur

Feast of the Tabernacles (Sukkot)
This engraving depicts Sukkot also known as the Feast of Tabernacles which is a Jewish holiday celebrated over one week that comes five days after Yom Kippur (day of atonement)

View of the eastern Nevada Desert, USA, west of Wendover. Date: circa 1930s

View of the Nevada Desert, USA, with hills in the distance. Date: circa 1930s

Camel in Nubian Desert, South Sudan, East Central Africa
Woman riding on a camel in the Nubian Desert, South Sudan, East Central Africa. 1922

Saharan woman on a camel, Algeria, North Africa
Saharan woman inside a litter draped with carpets on a camel, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1922

Tribesman in the desert, Algeria, North Africa
Tribesman in the desert with ornamental gun, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1922

Spahi cavalryman on a camel, Algeria, North Africa
Spahi cavalryman on a camel, Sahara Desert, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1922

Poster, cruises to Egypt via Cunard, showing a man riding a camel. Date: 20th century

Desert Chums, boy and donkey, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (Oasis Confectionery photo, Fremont Street, Las Vegas). Date: 1910

Casa del Desierto, Santa Fe Hotel, Barstow, California, USA
Casa del Desierto (House of the Desert), Santa Fe Hotel, in Spanish renaissance style, at Barstow, California, USA, with the Santa Fe railway lines in the foreground. Date: 1921

Bab-Darb Quarter of Biskra Old Town, Algeria Date: circa 1910s

Death Valley, California, USA Date: circa 1920s

Taylor AeroCar N103D. The Taylor Aerocar was probably the most successful of the road-able aeroplane genre, though production was limited. The door of the car says... see you at

United States Air Force - Consolidated XC-99 43-52436. First flight 23 November 1947. Flew from San Antonio, Texas to Frankfurt

Singing in the desert! Date: 1930s

SAINT ANTONY OF EGYPT is tempted, unsuccessfully, by a satyr, Below, the saint in the desert Date: 251 - 356

Solomons Pillars a natural rock formation in the Negev Desert, Israel. Date: 1960s

An Arab camp - a camel is given water whilst men rest in tents, smoking and drinking. Date: early 19th century

Camels palanquins on the racing grounds
circa 1910s

Pipes Taken Thru Desert Date: 1950

Mojave in Desert

Striated Hills

Saint John in the Desert by Domenico Veneziano (c.1400-1461) - originally from the Predella of the Saint Lucy Altarpiece at the Santa Lucia dei Magnoli, Florence. Date: 15th century

MOROCCO / OUAZAZATE 1984
Ouazazate, Morocco, north-west Africa: aerial view of part of the town, with the desert in the background. Date: 1984

MAP / AFRICA / SAHARA 1719
Map of the Sahara Desert with Nubia, part of Egypt and part of Abyssinia Date: 1719

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