Discovery Collection (page 7)

Chronology of St Augustine, Florida, USA
Chronology of the historical city of St Augustine, Florida, USA, listing events dating back to the discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon in 1513

Cartoon, Scientific Researches! New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air, by James Gillray

WW1 - British Horse unmasks a German spy hidden in haystack
WW1 - Behind British lines in a farmstead, a horse from a British cavalry patrol snatched a mouthful of hay from a stack, revealing a German officer

Steam Yacht Discovery, River Dart, Devon
Steam Yacht Discovery, River Dart, near Dartmouth, Devon, England. Date: 1925

Railway Tunnel South Entrance, Merstham, Surrey
Railway Tunnel South Entrance, Merstham, near Redhill, Surrey, England. Captioned The Merstham Mystery after the discovery of the body of Mary Sophia Money in the tunnel in September 1905 Date: 1905

John Cabot receives charter from King Henry VII
John Cabot and his sons receive the charter from King Henry VII to sail in search of new lands. Date: 1496

Savages feel our muscle, Taiwan, 1890
Natives of the hill country of Bankimsing, Formosa(today Taiwan), explore the possessions of some English visitors that they encounter

The Terra Nova Expedition
On 1st June 1910, the Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, set sail from London for the Antarctic regions

Negro house, St. Thomas, West Indies
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

Bonzo Discovers the Bonzosaurus Egg by George Studdy
Bonzo Discovers the Bonzosaurus Egg -- clearly an ancestor from prehistoric times! Date: 1924

Flights into the Future - the first men on the moon
Astronauts land on the moon for the first time and set about exploring and taking samples from the lunar landscape. A imaginary

Flights into the Future - space age exploration
A futuristic prediction of what it will be like when man finally lands on the moon - astronauts will find themselves in a strange world. Date: 1943

Locating true magnetic North Pole by G. H. Davis
The locating of the true magnetic North Pole: an RAF discovery. Illustrating the 17, 720-mile polar expedition of the British Lancaster Aries and her crew. Date: 1945

Ancient boat building by G. H. Davis
Boat building over 2500 years ago: Humber craft reconstructed. The skill of primitive man exemplified in a recent find of two carvel-built canoes. Date: 1946

Oh, Carnarvon! by George Studdy
Oh, Carnarvon! Bonzo discovers a treasure trove of Egyptian mummified cats. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Illustration to the story of Ali Baba
Design or illustration to the Arabian Nights story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, featuring a slim woman in eastern costume, discovering men hiding in jars

An archaeologist sits next to the unearthed remains of a st
This is the first discovery of a pre-historic straight tusked elephant, which is larger than a mammoth. The discovery was made at Upnor, near Chatham in Kent. Date: 1916

Egyptian Inspiration
A photograph showing a 1920s model in an Ancient Egypt-inspired dress, decorated with hieroglyphics. The discovery of Tutankhamens tomb by Howard Carter in 1922

Duc De LA Force - 2
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. Date: 1721

Archeopteryx / Reconstruc
In 1861, the discovery of the first intact specimen of this earliest and most prmitive known bird set off a firestorm of debate re. evolution & the role of transitional fossils Date: late 19th century

WW2 - Little girl searching for her home
This charming comic social commentary card from WW2 is either a little girl pondering where her new home will be (following her evacuation from the big city) or (potentially)

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

Advertisement for a Quack Remedy - Japanese Junk - Sydney
Advertisement for a Quack Remedy on the sails of a Japanese Junk - Sydney Harbour, Australia. Dr. Sheldons New Discovery for Coughs, Colds and Consumption. Date: circa 1910s

Small Baby boy in a Moses Basket amid the reeds. The child is showing admirable resourcefulness in taking along a brolly, in case of showers or passing high speed motor boats

The first production Vickers Viscount 701 G-ALWE Discovery
The first production Vickers Viscount 701, G-ALWE, Discovery, of BEA

Map of the Terra Nova journey to the South Pole
Map showing the journey to the South Pole 1910-13, taken from the Terra Nova reports

Drawing of a seal intestine by Edward Wilson. Drawn during the Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole 1910-1913

Plate 103 by William Ellis
Plate 103 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 105 by William Ellis
Plate 105 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Shell and insect illustration
Table 240 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Group of Adeliee Penguins feeding their young
Adeliee penguin photographs taken during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick

Antiquite de l Homme Alpes-Maritimes. Pl X
Tete, thorax et membres superieurs du premier squelette d adulte trouve dans la quatrieme caverne des Baousse-Rousse ou de Menton, le 26 mars 1872

Terra Nova reports
The collection of reports made during the 1910 Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica, including reports on zoology, geology, meteorology, physiography, magnestism and glaciology

Plate 108 by William Ellis
Plate 108 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Terra Nova Fish report
Plate X from the Fish report by Regan, taken from Volume I of the British Anarctic (Terra Nova) Natural History Reports

Plate 107 by William Ellis

Mollusca drawings
Plate 1 of Volume II of the British Anarctic (Terra Nova) Natural History reports

Plate 106 by William Ellis
Plate 106 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 109 by William Ellis
Plate 109 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Drawing by Wild of the ship Pellucida made during the Challe
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for the purpose of scientific discovery. Correct image?

Illustration of a seal intestine
Drawing of a seal intestine by Edward Wilson. Drawn during the Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole 1910-1913

Pagodroma nivea, snow petrel
Ff. 90. Pencil drawing by George Forster annotated Procellaria nivea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Plate 104 by William Ellis
Plate 104 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 100 by William Ellis
Plate 100 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Macronectes giganteus, southern giant petrel
Ff. 93a. Pencil drawing by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Adeliee Penguin group
Adeliee penguin photographs taken during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick

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

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