Discovered Collection (page 3)

German weapons found in Essen 1945
Essen in Germany, was a target for bombing due to its industrial centre. In April 1945 Essen was occupied by allied troops

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

Willem De Beukelszoon
Emperor Carl V visits the grave of Willem Beukelszoon, a fisherman of Biervlet, who discovered how to preserve herrings by leaving the pancreas inside the fish. Date: circa 1550

John Keast Lord
JOHN KEAST LORD Naturalist : worked as vet, studied snake-charming, discovered animal species in the course of travels, built private collection. Date: 1818 - 1872

Thomas, Lord Coningsby 1656 - 1729 (1692). Bate, Thomas fl. c. 1692. This is the only work known by Thomas Bate, who worked in Ireland towards the end of the seventeenth century

Russia, Siberia, Yakutsk - Export of Woolly Mammoth Tusks. Date: circa 1907

John Frank Stevens - Discovered Marias Pass over the Rockies
John Frank Stevens (1853-1943) - an American engineer who built the Great Northern Railway in the United States and was chief engineer on the Panama Canal between 1905 and 1907

The Perilous Situation of Major Money
Plate showing The Perilous Situation of Major Money. When he fell into the sea with his balloon on th 23 July 1785 off the coast of Yarmouth; was providentially discovered

Canoes of various islands visited and discovered by the Waak
Canoes from the Lord Howe Islands, the Admiralty Islands and the Duke of York Islands. Drawing number 29 from the George Raper Drawing Collection held within the Natural History Museum, London

GALVANI, Luigi (1737-1798). Italian physicist and doctor. He discovered the principles of bioelectricity. De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari mutinae

SPAIN. CATALONIA. GERONA. Romanyࠤe la Selva
SPAIN. CATALONIA. GERONA. Romanyࠤ e la Selva. Megalithic dolmen known as Cova d en Daine (Daine Cave), discovered in 1894

Germany. Weimar Republic (1929)
Reproduction of Zinjanthropus Bosei skull (1, 8 millions of years), hominid discovered by Mary Leakey in 1959 at the Olduvai

Extraterrestrials
Drawing discovered by Henri Lhote at Tassilin-Ajer in southern Algeria, interpreted by some theorists as depicting the Great Martian God Date: circa 7000 BC

FEG. kidney remedy. The newly discovered herb medicine. Sold everywhere. Patent medicine poster showing Paul and Virginia, caricatures of an African American couple on a swing. Date c1887. FEG

Richard II discovered by Blondel
" From " Historical Events", a series of postcards. " Date: 1905

ICE CAVERN
Ice cavern discovered by Shackletons Antarctic expedition : the size is indicated by the two hurricane lamps whose illumination made the photograph possible. Date: circa 1907

William Robert Brooks
WILLIAM ROBERT BROOKS English-born astronomer in USA who built his own telescope at age 14. His speciality was comets, of which he discovered several. Also wrote poetry. Date: 1844 - 1921

Raffaellos Remains
The remains of RAFFAELLE SANZIO are discovered in the Pantheon, Rome. His skull will henceforth be displayed in the accademia di san Luco. Date: 1520+

Bowling pavilion in Bishops Park, Fulham
The bowling pavilion in Bishops Park, Fulham, after the fire. The fire at the pavilion was discovered at 1.30am of 7th May 1913

BALBOA (1475 - 1517)
VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA Spanish explorer of South America. Discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513. Date: 1475 - 1517

Premature Presents
Presents prematurely discovered by small boy, to his nurses dismay Date: circa 1890

Portrait of Mesmer
Portrait of Franz Anton Mesmer, who discovered animal magnetism or mesmerism Date: 1784

Greek Flag - Sculpture by Praxiteles
Sculpture by Praxiteles of Hermes with the Infant Dionysus, (discovered at Olympia in 1877) set in a border of the modern Greek flag

The Discovery of The Chamber of Wonders, 1922
Howard Carter, Mrs Arthur Merton, Lady Allenby and Lord Carnarvon waiting to enter the newly discovered Chamber of Wonders

Fossils found in Buckinghamshire
A deposit of fossils discovered in a bed of clay on the farm of Mr Greaves at Tingwick, Bucks, excited considerable curiosity and speculation as to their nature and origin

Replace the... ?
How coal was first discovered in Scotland by a golfer playing bad golf. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

A German telescopic field-periscope
A photograph of a German army field-periscope captured by the French army in 1916. The device, whose telescopic tube could be extended up to twenty-five meters in height

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Section of the W
There was a crisis at the Bank of England in the early nineteenth century when it was discovered that a large proportion of the 8, 000, 000 gold sovereigns in circulation were light

A Nest of Billy Biters lately discovered in an ancient chape

Giovanni D Cassini Oval
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CASSINI later Jean-Dominique, first Director of the Paris Observatory, who discovered four of Saturns moons between 1671 and 1684

Guadeloupe Map
The two main islands, Guadeloupe and Grande Terre, are separated by a narrow channel : they were discovered by Columbus in 1493

The Portland Vase
The destruction of the Portland Vase in February 1845, by a visitor to the British Museum. The vase, originally known as the Barberini Vase, was discovered in the 16th century at the Monte del Grano

The gold wig of Mes-Kalam-Dug
A gold helmet discovered at the royal grave at Ur, rivalling the gold mask of Tutankhamen. The discovery was made by Mr C

Queen Her-nets tomb
The great tomb of Queen Her-net, discovered by Professor Emerys at North Sakkara. Buried in the reign of the Pharaoh Udimu this photograph shows a deposit of pottery left as offerings

The great gallery, tombs discovered in Sakkara
Tombs discovered in Sakkara, 1853 - the great gallery. Candles were used to light the chambers to enable viewing of the interior

Roman pavement in Cannon Street
A Roman tesselated pavement discovered by workmen at a depth of 12 feet from the surface. The pavement, made up of tiles of red tesserae was without pattern

RMS Forth, 1849
Engraving of the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Companys paddle-steamer Forth. Built in Leith in 1841, the Forth went missing between Southampton and the West Indies early in 1841

Mr De Morgan at Dahshur
Mr De Morgan lifting a golden crown from the mummy of Queen Khnemit. De Morgan discoved many important tombs during 1894-1895

Roman Antiquities
A group of Roman vases and utensils discovered in Barrow-on-Soar near Leicester. Skeletons were also discovered by labourers digging for limestone

Hypocaust at Lincoln
An excavated hypocaust discovered at Lincoln

A City on Uranus
Though discovered by Herschel in 1781, we know little about the seventh planet from the sun : the city of Metalia, made of metal and glass, is what life may be like there

Dr Slade: spirit writing trial
Sketches of the trial of Henry Slade, showing Slade in the centre. Slade first practised his spirit communication in America before travelling to England where he gave seances from his lodgings in

Louis Pasteur in his laboratory
Born in 1822, he studied chemistry under Delafosse. He discovered the nature of the fermentation and went on to research his germ theory of disease

Louis Pasteur experimenting on a chloroformed rabbit
Born in 1822, he studied chemistry under Delafosse. He discovered the nature of the fermentation and went on to research his germ theory of disease

Italy Villa Found
Archeologists discover a Roman villa in the villa Prisco in Bosco Reale near Vesuvius

The Mayor of Vancouver visiting the grave of George Vancouve
Photograph showing the Mayor of Vancouver, Mr. G. McGreer, laying a wreath on the grave of Captain George Vancouver in the graveyard of the Parish Church of Petersham, London, 11th October 1936

Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942)
Photographic portrait of Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, the British explorer, who discovered the Murtagh Pass, opened up Tibet to the Western world and was founder of the World Congress of Faiths

Sir Francis Younghusband and the American Ambassador, 1922
Photograph showing the American Ambassador to Great Britain, Mr. Harvey (on left), presenting an American Geographical Society Medal to Sir Francis Younghusband; London, 1922

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