Zulu War Rorkes DriftRORKEs DRIFT Defending the hospital against the Zulu attack
Continental drift mapsReconstruction of the map of the world for three periods according to the Displacement Theory. Figs 1-2 from The Origin of Continents and Oceans (1924) by Alfred Wegener
Continental DriftThe world 200 million years ago in Upper Triassic times, showing the single continent of Pangaea and the universal ocean, Panthalassa
Continental drift diagramsA) The continents 175 million years ago. B) The continents 50 million years ago. Figs 65 & 67 from The Age of the Earth. See also < a href= http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/results.asp
Jrm Chard / Woodbury PhotoJOHN ROUSE MERRIOTT CHARD Military, notably at Rorkes Drift
Winter sunrise over isolated cottage with Barn OwlThe weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. A landing barn owl has been added to the border framing the scene
The Long, Long DriftIllustration by Raymond Sheppard to an article entitled: The Long, Long Drift by John Prebble, relating to the The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17
The Zulu war. Rorkes Drift, near the scene of the recent coFrom a sketch by Major North Crealock, 95th Regiment, Assistant Military Secretary. Panoramic scene of the undulating country on the Zululand/ Natal border
ABU SIMBEL / EGYPTThe Temples of Abu Simbel viewed from the Nile. Date: 1848
Poster for The Upper Austrian Tourist Board - Ski Scene Date: circa 1937
Swedish Train in SnowA Swedish train stuck in the snow Date: 1919
Three steam engines clearing a snow drift in Scotland and a man fixing the telephone wires, probably 1930s
A Rotary Snowplow at work - Kansas, USAA Rotary Snowplow at work clearing heavy drifts - Kansas, USA Date: circa 1920s
The Zulu war. The entrenched position at Rorke's DriftThe scene as reinforcements arrive at Rorke's Drift, successfully defended by the British from 3, 000 Zulus. Extended caption
The Defenders of Rorke's Drift at daybreak, 23rd January 187Dead Zulus piled up against sandbanks and fortifications, British officers with rifles and bayonets standing above them, perpetrating the myth that Rorke's Drift was an important victory
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 2Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Zulu War, the naval brigade landed from HMS ActiveThe Zulu War - the naval brigade landed from HMS Active. A sketch at the Lower Tugela Drift
Photograph of Drift Bridge PH, Epsom, Surrey. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details
Herring, oarfish and drift-net fishingHerring, Clupea harengus 132, oarfish, Regalecus species 133, and North Sea fishermen using drift nets to catch herring from boats
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 5Alfred Gee pushes a coal truck to the entrance of his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 4Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 3Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 1Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Purse Seinors Catching Salmon, Seattle, Washington, USA. A purse seine is a large wall of netting deployed around an entire area or school of fish
Potgieters Drift, Spion Kop, Natal Province, South AfricaPotgieters Drift on the Tugela River, Spion Kop, Natal Province, South Africa, scene of the Battle of Spion Kop on 23-24 January 1900 during the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Date: circa 1904
Rorkes Drift, Natal, South Africa, site of a battle on 22-23 January 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War. Date: circa 1905
Baling out of a stricken aeroplane by G. H. DavisThe gentle art of baling out: escape technique. How airmen dive and drift to safety through space. The use of the parachute during the Second World War: methods of escape from stricken aeroplanes
St. Johns - Newfoundland - Houses Snowed in on Merry Meeting Road Date: circa 1930
Train snowed in, Wales in the winter of 1947A train and locomotive brought to a standstill by snow drifts on the line between Merthyr and Abergavenny following the renewed blizzards of early March during one of the coldest recorded winters in
Zulu wars. Queen Victoria decorating officers engaged in theQueen Victoria decorating Lieutenant John Rouse Merriott Chard with the Victoria Cross for bravery. Chard was one of the officers who successfully defended Rorkes Drift from an army of Zulu warriors
Jrm Chard / BassanoJOHN ROUSE MERRIOTT CHARD Military, notably at Rorkes Drift
Jrm Chard / Hawke CdvJOHN ROUSE MERRIOTT CHARD Military, notably at Rorkes Drift
Beach driftwood. circa 1950
A night train stopped by a snow drift in Northern England or Scotland, This portion of the country has been laid under snow to the depth of, in some places, ten or twelve feet. 1858
Wilderness, Western Cape Province, South AfricaKaaimans (Keerom) River Drift, Wilderness, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1908
Drift over Molopo River, Mafeking, South AfricaDrift over the Molopo River at Mafeking (Mahikeng, Mafikeng), NW Province, South Africa, where a Boer attack took place in May 1900 towards the end of the Siege of Mafeking during the Second Boer
Clearing a snowdrift close to Traverse City, Michigan, USASnow Plough of the TCL&M ( Toledo (Port), Clinton, Lakeside and Marblehead Railroad), Michigan, USA near Traverse City. Date: circa 1908
Approach to a Japanese Shinto Shrine in the snow. Date: circa 1910s
Train Stopped by SnowA night train stopped by snow - workers clear the drift by the lights from the locomotive. Date: 1854
South Africa / River DriftSouth African scenery: a river drift or ford Date: 1905
Illustration, A Song of the English, LionsIllustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Mule-team crossing driftBlack and white lantern Slide of Mule-team crossing Drift - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection. Slide number 45 Mule-team crossing drift Date: circa 1890s
Car in a snowdrift near Crediton, DevonA car driving through the middle of a snowdrift near Crediton, Devon. The road has been cut through by a bulldozer. Date: 1963
Drifting derelict warship, Richelieu, by G. H. DavisThe drifting of the derelict French warship, Richelieu. While being towed from Toulon to Rotterdam, the ship broke loose from her tugs at Brest
Snow on a mountainside - Dolotimes. ItalyImmense drift of snow on a mountainside in the Dolotimes, Italy Date: circa 1930s
Barges on the River Thames, 1845Engraving showing a number of barges on the River Thames, on the day of the Lord Mayor of Londons Show, 1845. The Stationers Companys barge may be seen at left, being rowed
Saint Pierre and Miquelon - After a heavy snowfallHouses on Saint Pierre and Miquelon (a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean near Canada) pictured after a heavy snowfall Date
Snowplough clearing the Grande Rue at Morez, FranceSnowplough (snowplow) clearing the Grande Rue at Morez, France - a commune of the Jura department in Franche-Comte in eastern France. Date: circa 1910s
