Discovery Collection (page 2)

Spheniscus magellanicus, Magellanic penguin
Ff. 83. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Fossil trees in coal mine
Fossilised trees and plants found in a coal mine. Date: C.1870

Festival of Britain - View from River with Skylon
Festival of Britain - View of the South Bank site seen from over the River Thames, with Skylon, Shot Tower and Royal Festival Hall all visible

Advert for Festival of Britain constructional engineers
Advertisement for constructional engineers, Horseley Bridge and Thomas Piggott Ltd and Carter-Horseley (Engineers) Ltd, who built some of the structures for the Festival of Britain exhibition

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, music sheet
Music sheet cover design, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, written and sung by Mr Harry Clifton. Various scenes are depicted, with the discovery of the footprint in the sand at the centre

Landlady discovers the lodger in the bath
The Lodger was in the bath. A landlady receives a nasty surprise as she comes across the lodger taking a bath

The Jurassic Coast of Lyme Regis, Dorset

Discovering Atlantis
Discovery of Atlantis and other Submerged Civilisations Date: Circa 1950

Gunpowder / Discovery
Guy Fawkes is discovered under the House of Lords

Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits find a cabbage
A Great Discovery -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits escape from their hutch and find an enticing-looking cabbage. Date: 1912

Moho nobilis, Hawaii o-o
Moho nobilis. Ff. 26, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Thalassarche chlororhynchos, yellow-nosed albatross

Anas undulata, yellow-billed duck
Ff. 72. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas xanthorynchus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Anas erythrorhyncha, red-billed duck
Ff. 73. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas pyrrhoryncha and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Meteorite in Antarctica
A large meteorite found in the MacAlpine Hills, Antarctica in 1988

Lieutenant Fanshawe and Family, (1873)

View of Sydney Harbour, Sydney, Australia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Panoramic: Bahia, Brazil, South America 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

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

Bahia, Brazil, South America 1873
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, Madeira, Portugal to St. Vincent
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

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

Plate 117 from the report of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Pygoscelis antarcticus, chinstrap penguin
Ff. 82. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Aptenodytes antartica and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Sir James Clark Ross
SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS Scottish explorer. Made a number of arctic expeditions, determining the position of magnetic north in 1831

Scipio Africanus discovering military conspiracy
SECOND PUNIC WAR : Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Roman general and statesman, surprises a military conspiracy

The Golden Man, Saka warrior of south-eastern Kazakhstan
Saka (Scythian) warrior of Issyk Kurgan, from a skeleton found in a burial mound in south-eastern Kazakhstan. The discovery was named The Golden Man because of the rich burial goods included with it

Diagram of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area on June 17

Photograph of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area on June 17

Cartoon - sex before marriage?
"You won't marry a man who snores in bed? But darling, how are you going to find out?" An interesting comment on the question of sex before marriage. Date: circa 1940

Discovery of the body of Tipu Sultan, Siege of Seringapatam, India, 4 May 1799, ending the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798-1799) between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore

Front cover of The Illustrated London News, 6 February 1926, featuring the gold mask of Egyptian pharoah, Tutankhamen. Date: 1926

The Age of the Sea-Monster, discovery in Alaska
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on the discovery of the remains of aa sea-monster on the Kenai peninsula. 1950

Sir Walter Raleigh laying his cape over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth I at Greenwich. She wears a bonnet, huge lace ruff collar, puff sleeves and hoop dress

The seal of a royal Minoan signet ring found at Knossos in Crete. Date: 1931

George V inspecting Roman galley unearthed in London 1912
George V and Queen Mary inspecting the only Roman boat to be found in Britain during a visit to the London Museum. The galley was unearthed in London on the site of the new County Hall

Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, discovered in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area in a lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) on June 17, 1921 by Tom Zwiglaar, a Swiss miner. H

The Unfortunate Discovery - hand-coloured mezzotint
The Unfortunate Discovery, hand-coloured mezzotint, printed for and sold by Carington Bowles after John Collet, published 24 July 1777. Date: 24/06/1777

Map of Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand, with a scene depicting Captain Cook and natives (Cook landed in New Zealand in 1769). Date: 1838

Diogo Cao (ca. 1452-1486). Portuguese navigator, discoverer of the mouth of the Congo river. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

RMS Lusitania - propaganda medal, leaflet and other items
RMS Lusitania - Carlton ware model 6.5 inches, together with German propaganda medal, leaflet, and other items. The bronze German Lusitania medal was designed by Karl Goetz

Egyptian tomb discovery
Sectional view of a discovered shaft and tomb at Giza. It was the tomb from the Seneferu's period. It lead to confusion at it was older than Cheops

Discovery of the Tomb of Senoferu in Egypt, showing the location of the tomb and artefacts found within. The expedition was driven by Harvard and Boston university

Missing Link Skull
Missing link skull between ape and man. Dart came to the world's attention in 1925 with his announced discovery of the skull he named Australopithecus africanus,  (South African ape)

Embarkation of Christopher Columbus at Palos de la Frontera
Discovery of America. Embarkation of Christopher Columbus at Palos de la Frontera (Spain), on August 3, 1492. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Vasco da Gama (1460-1524). Portuguese explorer
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (1460-1524). Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Navigator and colonist of the Americas. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Une Trouvaille
Oil painting showing an excited bird making the discovery of a huge bunch of bright yellow bananas. Date: circa 1931

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