Europe Collection (page 10)

Cooksonia pertoni, fossilised plant
A fossilised pin-sized plant. The earliest land plants were very small as seen in the minute bifurcating stems terminating in expanded spore sacs of Cooksonia pertoni, 10 mm in length

SPAIN. Amaral is an award-winning music group. 20/04/2012

PALLADIO, Andrea di Pietro dalla Gondola, called Andrea (1508-1580). Villa Capra. 1566. ITALY. Vicenza. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Venetian school. Architecture

Church of San Salvador de Valdedi󳮠SPAIN. ASTURIAS
Church of San Salvador de Valdedi󳮠 SPAIN. ASTURIAS. Villaviciosa. Asturian Pre-Romanesque art. Architecture

Notre-Dame Cathedral of Chartres. 1194-1290. FRANCE. CENTRE. EURE-ET-LOIR. Chartres. Notre Dame cathedral. Choir (12th c.). Gothic art

Toys and Games / Mah-Jongg
The Chinese game becomes popular in Europe Date: 1924

Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
View of Nymphenburg Park in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, with the Palace on the horizon

England / Wells
The Vicars Close, adjacent to the famous Wells Cathedral, Somerset, was originally built to house the clergy. Claims to be the oldest complete street of its kind in Europe

The Invasions of England and Ireland With al [sic] their Civ
Map: The Invasions of England and Ireland With al [sic] their Civill [sic] Wars since the Conquest Corn Danckertsz sculpsit [London] George Humble, 1627 (c)

Stanislau Urbans partisan hat. Latvia
Latvian national partisans. Stanislau Urbans partisan hat. Occupation Museum of Latvia. Riga

Dolmen of Pedracabana. Catalonia. Spain
Dolmen of Pedracabana. Cabo Valley. Catalonia. Spain

Damiatenbrug, Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
Damiatenbrug (Damiate Bridge), Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. Date: circa 1910s

Emma Eames - American opera singer
Emma Eames (1865-1952), American opera singer (soprano) performed in Europe and America from 1889 to 1916. Date: 1890

First World War (1914). He battles (November, 1914). Drawing

Factors governing an invasion by G. H. Davis
The situation of Britain face to face with a German north-west Europe: factors governing an invasion during the Second World War

Plate 1 from Specimens of British Minerals? vol. 1 by P. Ras
Plate 1 entitled Woodlike-tin ores from Specimens of British minerals, selected from the cabinet of P. Rashleigh, of Menabilly, in the County of Cornwall (1797) by Philip Rashleigh

Precambrian volcano
An impression by Micahael Copus of Precambrian (4, 500 to 544 million years ago) bomb-rock volcano in Leicestershire, England

Geologists at Piltdown
Geologists Association party visiting the pit at Piltdown on 12 July 1913

Chart of oceanic section, Madeira, Portugal to St. Vincent
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Fayal, Azores 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Plate 17. Mantells Geology of Sussex
Plate 17 from Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex, 1827 by G. A. Mantell

Plate 19. Mantells Geology of Sussex
Plate 19 from Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex, 1827 by G. A. Mantell

ITALY. Issogne. Issogne Castle. Pharmacy (15th

SPAIN. Sevilla. Royal Alcazars. Courtyard ofl Yeso, del s. XII. Hispano-Moresque art. Almohad art. Relief

Moscow. Tsars Palace in the Kremlin, 1805. Engraving

Lincoln Cathedral. 1192-1549. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. Lincoln. Cathedral. Center nave from the choir. Gothic art. Architecture

Adoration of the Kings. 6th c. ITALY. Ravenna. San Apollinare Nuovo. Early Byzantine art. Mosaic

WILLIAMS, Roger (1603 - 1684). Theologian. Reformation Wall. Sculpture. SWITZERLAND. GENʖ E. Geneva

SPAIN. Zaragoza. Basilica of Our Lady of the Pilar, Ebro river and Puente de Piedra (Stone Bridge)

ITALY. Brescia. Capitoline Temple (73-74 BC) in the Roman forum. Roman art. Early Empire. Architecture

Corner shop in Vienna, Austria
A large corner shop, Hammerbrot, on a street in Vienna, Austria, with parked cars and people out shopping. Date: 1953

Cover design, Pan American Airways timetable
Cover design, Pan American Airways System Atlantic Service timetable, serving Bermuda, America and Europe. July 1939

Swedish airline poster, Sveriges Flygforbindelser, 1 September - 31 October 1934, showing a map of Europe with flight routes. 1934

Harrogate Baths
The Royal Baths, said to be the finest in Europe, Well, in Yorkshire, any road. Date: circa 1909

Fragment from the Nibelungenhandschrift
A fragment from the Nibelungenhandschrift, describing the betrayal by Sigfrid (Siegfried) of his love. Date: 14th century

Santos-Dumont Biplane
The ungainly Santos-Dumont 14- bis biplane, though it never stays in the air for more than 21 seconds, is officially the first aircraft to fly in Europe... at Bagatelle, Paris Date: 1906

Medieval fortified church in Cristian, Sibiu, Romania
View of a medieval fortified church in Cristian (Grossau), Sibiu, Romania. The church was built in the 13th century

Steamship harbour at Algiers - the wine export section
The steamship harbour at Algiers - the wine export section. Thousands of barrels of wine awaiting transportation to Europe

Poster advertising British Eagle flights to the continental sun

Children listening to a tuba player, Berlin, 1945
Photograph showing a group of children listening to a man playing a tuba in Berlin, just after the end of the Second World War in Europe, August 1945

Wunstorf Airfield, near Hanover, 1948
Photograph showing Wunstorf Airfield, near Hanover, in the British controlled zone of Germany, with a large number of Dakota and York airplanes lined up for use during the Berlin Airlift, 1948

East India Co. Meeting
A meeting of the Dutch East India Company

Communism in Russia 1934
Standing by to hoist the flag when Europe turns communist may mean a long wait, but at least its a steady job!

United Europe (1950S)
The flags of European nations are the building blocks from which the new Europe will be rebuilt, following World War Two

Liebig Aurochs
The primitive cattle of Europe

European Pipes
Pipes from various parts of Europe - Norway, France, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Bohemia and Greece [for details see the text]

Illumination from the MacDumon Gospel
An illumination from the MacDurnon Gospel, an Irish medieval manuscript

Tooth from Coelodonta antiquitatis, woolly rhinoceros
This woolly rhino tooth, together with two others were found in 1668 at Chartham, near Canterbury in Kent by natural historian John Somner

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