Equator Collection

Map of Peru 1683 Mallet
Perou. A map showing a coastal part of South America on the South Pacific. Both the equator and tropic of Capricorn are given

Tree on the Equator - Sign noting distance to Selfridges
A lovely oddity!! A large caravan passing a large tree on the Equator in Africa bearing a sign noting the distance to Selfridges & Co. Ltd. in London! Date: 1910

A Texans eye view of the USA, with a certain state having slightly more georgraphical significance than the physical reality....!! Date: circa 1930s

Description de la Terre Universelle (1667). Map. Engraving

Human sacrifices in the Country of the Bakutis
History of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. Human sacrifices in the country of the Bakutis, near the Equator station. Chromolithography

Poschel P-300 Equator D-EALM (msn 01), at the Paris Air Show held on Le Bourget Airport in June 1973. Date: 1973

Captain Newcome is shaved roughly on the Equator in
Captain Newcome is shaved roughly before being dunked in a tub of bilge water on the Equator. A sailor dressed as Neptune holds a trident and sits on a throne on a gun carriage

Johnny in the West Indies pursued by a black squadron
English Navy officer fleeing from an angry Massa planter and Quashee enslaved men barndishing cudgels in Jamaica. Captain Newcome waves his bicorn at a rowboat in the bay

Crossing the dateline, marine ceremonies

Armillary sphere with zodiac. Date: 1719

Duke of York - Order of the Equatorial Shave
The Duke and Duchess of York left London on 6th January 1927 to head to Australia to open the new Parliament Buildings at Canberra They sailed on HMS Renown, a battle-cruiser

FRENCH EQUATOR BAPTISM
Bapteme sous la ligne - Neptune presides over a baptism ceremony as a French naval vessel crosses the line Date: circa 1840

PARALLELS OF LONGITUDE
Parallels of longitude, relative to the Equator Date: circa 1690

CUSTOMS / EQUATOR
Crossing-the-line ceremony on an English Indiaman sailing vessel, en route to India Date: 1859

Tabula secundum accurata Ventorum veterem et nova [m] dispositione [m] ac nomenclature [m] (Table of the winds according to the old and new layout and nomenclature)

Celebrating the crossing of the Equator
Scene on a Royal Navy ship. It is the custom on board ship to indulge in merrymaking when crossing the Equator -- in fancy dress if its your first time. Date: circa 1845

German sailors on the SMS Thetis - Crossing the line
German sailors on the SMS Thetis (the fourth member of the ten-ship Gazelle class, built by the Imperial German Navy) - the crossing-the-line ceremony during the crossing of the equator

Dance Band on cruise liner, Empress of Australia
Dance Band members on the Canadian Pacific cruise liner, Empress of Australia. They are wearing fancy dress, as part of the High Jinks tradition performed when crossing the Equator. Date: 1929

Customs / Equator
French sailors celebrate the crossing of the Equator Date: 1899

Equator Kenya Date: 1961

Depiction of Asia in a globe built in Nuremberg in 1492. It shows all the known territories before the discovery of America, the Equator, a Meridian, the Tropics and the twelve Zodiac Constellations

Universal Ring Sundial
A Universal Ring Sundial, a French sundial which indicates the time by light passing through the pin hole onto a graduated ring parallel to the earths equator. Date: 18th century

RMS Queen Mary compared in size with Buckingham Palace
The newly launched RMS Queen Mary compared with Buckingham Palace and other large buildings. With other indications of her size, power, speed and safety. Date: 1934

Parallels of Latitude
Parallels of latitude, including the Equator Date: circa 1690

Fancy-Dress Ball on H. M. T. Serapis, Crossing the Equator
Engraving showing the fancy-dress ball held on board the troop-ship Serapis, in celebration of crossing the Equator, 1883

Using Armillary Sphere
An astronomer using an ARMILLARY SPHERE whose rings show the equator, tropics, polar circles and so forth

Stevenson / Yacht Equator
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writer on his yacht Equator in the South Seas

Lines of Latitude 1683
Showing Africa, Europe, Asia, part of Australia, the two hemispheres, the equator and the lines of Latitude. With Dutch text and listed as plate no.15 (?)

Lines of Longitude 1683
Showing Africa, Europe, Asia, South Pole and part of Australia, the two hemispheres, the equator and the lines of Longitude

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