Discovery Collection (page 24)

RSS Discovery exhibition with celebrities and penguin
Scene on board RSS Discovery during an exhibition, showing the British actor John Mills, the naturalist Peter Scott (son of Captain Scott), a zoo keeper, and five Sea Scouts in polar costume

RN Prize presentation to Stephen McGory
Presentation of a Royal Navy Prize (for 1977) by Captain Charles Le Mesurier, representing Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command, to Stephen McGory (right) of Newtownards Sea Scouts

Scouting and Sea Scout leaders, London

RSS Discovery in the Antarctic. Launched in 1901 and designed for Antarctic research, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain

A Flimsy Excuse
A red-haired young thing wearing the skimpiest of red lingerie is shocked at the arrival of an unexpected visitor. Her dignity is little preserved by the thinest of see through drapes

Making a discovery
Whilst sketching in the gardens of a church, Dr Syntax notices the advances of a gentleman towards a young lady

The Abominable Clubman by Wyndham Robinson
Amusing, Festival of Britain themed cartoon, showing crowds rushing to see the sights of the Festival of Britain, while a toffish clubman shouts above the melee

Exhibits in Dome of Discovery and Shot Tower, London
Various exhibits in the Dome of Discovery and the Shot Tower at the Festival of Britain, South Bank, London. Top left shows a reconstruction of Captain Cooks ship, Endeavour

Boy on beach with Sea Mine
" Look what I ve found Mummie!" A small boy discovers a mine on the beach whilst making a sandcastle. His Mother is fainting in shock at this explosive discovery. Date: 1940s

Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London
General view of the Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London, looking down the River Thames from Big Ben. From the right can be seen County Hall, the Dome of Discovery

Queue for Dome of Discovery, Festival of Britain
A long queue of people patiently waiting to enter the Dome of Discovery at the Festival of Britain on Londons South Bank on Whit Monday. Date: May 1951

Oh Look by Muriel Dawson
A toddler sits playing in the sand on a beach wearing a green sun dress and a huge wide brimmed sun hat, and is surprised to see a small crab appear in her bucket of sand

A page from the Illustrated London News, 1951, showing a reconstruction of Dr. Merryweather of Whitbys Tempest Prognosticator, and an illustration detailing how the device works

Dr. Wilson at work
Dr Wilson, zoologist and artist, at work in the Antarctic (during the Discovery" 1901-3 expedition) examining a thermometer

Sweet hat
A man removes a pie from his top hat. Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

The Kings Visit to the Antarctic exploring ship Discovery
Sir Clements Markham presenting Captain Scott to King Edward VII on board the Discovery at Cowes on August 5th, 1901, prior to Scott embarking on his polar expedition to the Antarctic with Shackleton

The South Polar Times
Page from the Illustrated London News showing pages from the South Polar Times, the furthest south illustrated newspaper edited by Lieutenant Ernest Shackleton

Santa Maria replica, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
A replica of Christopher Columbus caravelle, the Santa Maria, sailing off the coast near Funchal, Madeira, with tourists on board

Mastodon remains in Indiana
Mastodon remains found near Cromwell in Indiana, USA, reported as a sensational paleontological discovery

Archaeological excavations, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy

An Antarctic Bystander
Early copies of The Bystander found in front of Hut Point, McMurdo Sound, in the Ross Sea Dependency of the Antarctic. The Hut was erected in 1902 by Captain Robert Falcon Scott

Step Cut in the Rock - The entrance before Excavation
This photograph shows the Step Cut in the Rock which led Mr Carter to the discovery of Tutankhamuns Tomb

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

Gold in New Zealand 1853
The New Zealand gold field: discovery of gold near the source of the Kapanga Stream, about 40 miles from Auckland; miners camped close to the river pan for gold

Le Verrier & L Philippe
Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier explains the discovery of Neptune to the French King Loius Philippe at the Tuileries

Henry Navigator / Anon
HENRIQUE O NAVEGADOR Spent his life directing voyages of discovery along the African coast

Roman Villa on the Isle of Wight
A discovery by Captain Thorpe of Yarbridge at Morton Farm, near Brading, Isle of Wight. The area was fully explored, exposing several chambers and decorative Roman tiles

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

The Terra Nova, 1903
Photograph of the three-masted barque, Terra Nova, taken in 1903 when she was setting out for the Antarctic to try to find and help the Discovery expedition

The Earl of Carnarvon the initiator of the explorations in the Valley of the Kings. Born in 1866, Carnarvon sponsored Howard Carters excavations of the royal tombs in Thebes

Discovery of Royal mummies at Thebes
Tomb of King Amen-Hotep I, Eighteenth Dynasty, Thebes in Egypt. During the 1870s and 1880s Thebes was targeted by antiquity thieves, who sold rare finds to travellers

Dinosaur footprints found in the hills of Arizona
Petrified dinosaur footprints, cleared of lime deposits and full of water, in the snow capped hills of Arizona, a discovery made by Mr C. L Bernheimer

A vaccination station in Connaught, Ireland
During the late 19th and early 20th century, vaccinations were first introduced in controlling the spread of disease. This groundbreaking medical discovery was made by pioneers such as Pasteur has

Doorway of the Monastery at Belem, Portugal
Illustration of the Doorway of the Convento dos Jeronymos Monastery, Belem, Portugal. This monastery was built on the site of a Seamans Home founded by Prince Henry the Navigator

The ship, Cospatrick in flames
Emigrant ship, the Cospatrick on fire at sea. On discovery of the fire, the crew tried to extingush the flames, but the wind spread them around the ship

Duc De LA Force
Satire on the activities of Henri Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force : the discovery of hoards of foodstuffs and medicines caused immense scandal

William Harvey Explains
WILLIAM HARVEY explains his discovery of the circulation of the blood to king Charles I, whose physician he is

Cartier at Montreal
Jacques Cartier, wearing 18th century dress, raises a cross at Montreal to mark his discovery of the St Lawrence river. (A nice example of anachronism in illustration !)

Arms in Bulgaria
Arms are discovered in a Greek convent at Bagna in eastern Rumelia, a region vainly coveted by Russia : the priests have no idea how they could have got there

Dante / Tomb / Ravenna / Ils
DANTE ALIGHIERI Italian poets remains discovered at Ravenna

Klondike / Hegg / 1900
The Discovery Claim at Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush

1688 / TSAR PETERs BOAT
The boat rebuilt by Peter I, which became known as the Grandfather of the Russian fleet. His discovery of this boat aroused his interest in ship design and seamanship

Dome of Discovery / 1951
Visitors to the Festival of Britain outside the Dome of Discovery

Map / Atlantic Ocean
Map of the Atlantic Ocean according to Toscanelli, before the discovery of America

Basrelief / Egypt / Chephren
An ancient Egyptian bas- relief, cut into the rock, near the Pyramid of Chephren. The bas-relief is on the same rock face and same line as the entrance to Santons cave

Treasure Island / Flint
Flints pointer

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