Encounter Collection (page 7)

Border Skirmish
Intermittent fighting continues on the frontier between Greece and Turkey : an encounter between Greek guerillas and Turkish border guards

Cutting a channel through the ice, Arctic, c. 1849
Engraving of an imaginary scene showing a British Arctic expedition in the Arctic, c.1849. The engraving shows a group of men cutting a channel through the ice so that their ship

The Portuguese Army attempts to seize a railway train, South
Engraving showing the encounter between a British operated steam train and a detachment of the Portuguese army, Delagoa Bay, South East Africa, 1889

Breaking up of the ice, Arctic, c. 1849
Engraving of an imaginary scene showing a British Arctic expedition in the Arctic, c.1849. The engraving shows a group of men standing on the rapidly breaking up ice pack

Icebergs and the Aurora Borealis, Arctic, c. 1849
Engraving of an imaginary scene showing a British Arctic expedition in the Arctic, c.1849. The engraving shows two ships in the background, with icebergs, walruses

Winter Quarters, Arctic Explorers, c. 1849
Engraving of an imaginary scene showing a British Arctic expedition in the Arctic, c.1849. The engraving shows a group of men building an ice house in the foreground

The Civil War in America: naval engagement in Hampton Roads
The confederate iron-plated steamer Merrimac, running into the Federal sloop, Cumberland, from a sketch by T. Nast. This encounter had one important result; the Federals realised that wooden ships

Travelers Refreshed
Two Russian travelers are refreshed when they encounter an itinerant vendor of liquid refreshment (presumably water or a cold drink of some kind)

Cycle Encounter
A meeting of cycles past and present occurs when a Penny Farthing encounters a modern bicycle outside Hatton, Middlesex

Fighting at Pigalle
Encounter between government troops and Communards in the place Pigalle

Lorna Doone & John Ridd
Lorna Doone meets John Ridd by a stream, when he is fishing for loache. Date: First published: 1869

On the Dark Moon
DARK MOON (Charles W Diffin) The scientists from Earth land on the satellite which has approached Earth and entered its orbit, and encounter some fearsome fauna

Eskimos Meet Strangers
An encounter between explorers and eskimos at Cape Bathurst, Canada. Date: early 19th century

Brazil Trombutas River
An interesting encounter with a local resident

THE HOTHOUSE PLANET (Arthur K Barnes) Space travellers from Earth encounter the wildlife of Venus - and find that it is very wild indeed !

First on Moon / Selenites
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON Bedford and Cavor experience their first encounter with the Selenites

Neptune Wildlife
MONSTERS OF NEPTUNE (Henrik Dahl Juve) Visitors to Neptune encounter powerful creatures who trample on their spacecraft

Kingsey. Water Babies
Toms shy encounter with a female water baby

Yorick & the Grisette
LAURENCE STERNE Sternes alter ego Yorick in his novel, Sentimental Journey, in his encounter with the Grisette

The Dual World, Thrilling Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
THE DUAL WORLD - An encounter with the Emotionals on Venus

Hag on Landing
Encounter with an old hag on the upstairs landing of a house

Robin & Guy Gisborne
Robins encounter with Guy of Gisborne

Robin and Little John
The first encounter between Robin Hood and Little John

Encounter with a Spirit
A lady has a visionary encounter with a spirit-being from the Great Beyond

Void Wanderer, Thrilling Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
FLIGHT OF THE SILVER EAGLE by Arthur Leo Zagat. Three Spacemen encounter strange cycloptic alien beings armed with ray guns after landing on a distant planet

Encounter with a tall man from Mars
An encounter with a tall man from the planet Mars -- A huge Martian, who seemed to stand nearly nine feet high -- illustrating George Griffiths Stories of Other Worlds

Encounter with a sea lion near San Francisco, USA
Bathers near San Francisco, California, USA, are alarmed when they encounter a sea lion

Encounter with Jack and Jill
Margery and Freddy introduce themselves to Jack and Jill

LA Mode June 1833
Note the fashionable Capote bonnets. The gowns are both of mousselaine - one printed with a motif the other striped. Both wear pelerines: one has a scalloped & embroidered edge

Racing Accident 1903
The PARIS - MADRID race this year is notorious for its accidents : this encounter between vehicle and vegetation is just one of many

Freischutz; Samiel
DER FREISCHUTZ Caspars encounter with Samiel (the Devil) in the Wolfs Glen, when Samiel agrees to take Maxs soul in exchange for Caspar s

Lord Morpeth / Health Bill
SANATORY MEASURES. LORD MORPETH THROWING PEARLS BEFORE - ALDERMEN Morpeths bills, to be passed as the Public Health Act 1848, initially encounter opposition

Lord Nelson / Polar Bear
HORATIO, LORD NELSON English naval officers encounter with a fierce polar bear

Hunting Tiger from Boat
Five Indian hunters - one of them in a boat, another on a horse - encounter two tigers

Tiget Hunt on Elephant
Two Indian nobles on an elephant encounter a tiger and some deer - one of them spears the tiger with the help of a hunter on foot, while the other lassoos a deer

Religion / India / Ganga
King Shantanu meets GANGA, the goddess of the Ganges river, and she becomes his first queen provided he never speaks an angry word to her (which of course one day he does...)

Arjuna and Nymph
ARJUNA, one of the Pandava brothers and a central figure in the Mahabharata, has an interesting encounter with a river nymph

Girl Flees Swans
A small girl, gathering flowers by the waters edge, is alarmed by the sudden appearance of a couple of swans

Amazing Stories scifi magazine cover, 35, 000 years from now
MACHINE MAN OF ARDATHIA (Francis Flagg) A man from 35, 000 years hence travels back in time and is delighted to encounter a live prehistoric man of 1927

Imaginary life forms on the planet Jupiter -- living with gravity more than twice that of Earth, with atmospheric conditions to match, imposes severe restrictions on them

Imaginary inhabitants of the planet Pluto. In perpetual twilight, and fiercely cold compared to Earth, fur-covered bats would be the best equipped life form, dwelling underground

Duel / Clemenceau
DEROULEDE v CLEMENCEAU Poltical opponents Paul Deroulede and Georges Clemenceau fight with pistols, both survive the encounter

Dionysos & Frogs
The encounter of Dionysos with the bullfrogs - a scene from Aristophaness drama The Frogs

Meeting the Rubezahl
Two Bohemian (Czech) children, gathering firewood, encounter the Rubezahl - a mysterious wild man who haunts the mountains

New Guinea Folk & Friend
An East-West encounter : Achille Raffray, travelling in New Guinea, extends the hand of friendship to three New Guinea warriors

Hunter and Buffalo
Eyeball to eyeball with a buffalo - Adulphe Delegorgue, travelling in South Africa, has a close encounter with a buffalo but lives (somewhat scarred) to write his memoirs

African Elephant Herd
Delelorgue and his companions, travelling in southern Africa, encounter a herd of elephants. Needless to say, they reach for their guns

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