Expedition Collection (page 10)

Columbus and his ships on 1942 Expedition
Christopher Columbus three caravel ships at sea. Date: 1492

Polar exploration expedition. early 19th century

Lewis and Clark Memorial, Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA, commemorating the expedition of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark (1804-1806)

Dead Polar Bear, Franz Josef Land, 1896
Photograph of a Polar bear shot dead by Frederick Jackson, during the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, at Elmwood, Franz Josef Land, 1896

Exterior and interior of Prince Ranjitsinhjis portable shooting-box, which could be despatched by rail to any given point in the jungle on a trolley by oxen or by elephants. 1907

Captain Scott, whose new expedition to the South Pole had just been announced in 1909, declares the motor sledge to be an invaluable adjunct to ponies and dogs on Polar expeditions

A sketch map of the infamous Dardanelles Operations and Gallipoli Campaign, an Allied expedition to gain control of the Dardanelles to open up a Black Sea route to Russia. Date: 1915

John Rosss arctic expedition: Ross planting the British Standard on the true position of the Magnetic Pole. Date: 1829 - 33

British forces bombard the French garrison at Flushing, on the island of Walcheren. Flushing is taken, but the Walcheren Expedition fails. Date: August 1809

Echidna nebulosa, clouded eel
Ff. 172. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated echidna variegata murona and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Arthur, Marquis of Tweeddale
Portrait of Arthur, Marquis of Tweeddale, scientist focusing on the birds of the Philippines whilst on board HMS Challenger during the expedition of 1872 - 1876

Ceratotherium simum, white rhinoceros
White rhinoceros. Sketch 121 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Munida gregaria, lobster krill
Ff. 9 Vol 3. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Galaxias argenteus, giant kokopu
Ff. 235. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Ff. 219 sketch by George Forster
Ff. 219. Pencil skecth by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75). Annotated Perca boops

Lutjanus fulvus, blacktail snapper
Ff. 213. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Emberiza capensis, Cape bunting
Ff. 154a. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Fringilla bicincta and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Porzana tabuensis, spotless crake
Ff. 130. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Rallus minutus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Todiramphus sanctus, sacred kingfisher
Ff. 59. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Alcedo cyanea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae, red-fronted parakeet
Ff. 45. Pencil drawing by George Forster (1774) annotated Psittacus pacificus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Antelope
Ff. 24. Drawing by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain James Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775

Prince of Wales in Nepal Terai, shooting bears 1876
Prince of Wales, (later Edward VII), having a some lunch between shoots in his expedition in the Terai, crossing a nullah in the jungle. Date: 1876

SLEDGE IN ARCTIC 1870
Koldeweys second North Pole expedition - the team pull their heavily-laden sledge across the snowy waste. Date: 1869 - 1870

PRINCE ARTHUR EXPEDITION
Prince Arthur of Connaughts expedition to Mont Blanc pose for a group photograph Date: circa 1910

SICILY EXPEDITION 413BC
A disastrous Athenian expedition to Sicily Date: 413 BC

A PHOTOGRAPH EXPEDITION
Amateur photographers liked to go on expeditions, comparing notes : here, photographers look for picturesque subjects in Shanklin Chine, on the Isle of Wight Date: circa 1895

CHURCHILL / GULBRANSSON 15
WINSTON CHURCHILL German satirical comment on the failure of Churchills Dardanelles expedition - he is kicked out of the War Office Date: 1874 - 1965

ROSS / ANDREWROSS ISLAND
John Rosss arctic expedition: Andrewross Island. Date: 1829 - 33

MADIS DESERTION / STANLEY
Emin Pasha relief expedition : the desertion of the Madis leads to a battle between them and those who remain loyal Date: 1888

King Richard II
Richard II, setting out on his expedition to Ireland in 1394 Date: 1394

BUBONIC PLAGUE
Desgenettes, chief medical officer with Napoleons Egyptian expedition, inoculates himself with bubonic plague to prove it can be successfully treated Date: 1799

CAPTAIN OATES 1912
LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES Member of Captain Scotts expedition which reached the South Pole in January 1912; lost his life in a blizzard on the return trip. Date: 1880 - 1912

HYLAS
A youth of whom Herakles is very fond; but during the Golden Fleece expedition, sent to fetch water, he is carried off by the nymphs of Mysia and never seen by Herakles again

DUKE ENTERING CHARTRES
The Duke of Burgundy having received the commard of an expedition from his brother, Charles the Fifth of France, after taking several towns, retires to Chartes. Date: 1370s

FROBISHER AT GREENWICH
Martin Frobisher sails down the Thames, passing Greenwich Palace, on his expedition in search of a north-west passage Date: 1576

AMPHIARAUS, Greek seer of Thebes, known for interpretation of dreams, sailed on Golden Fleece expedition

WATCHING MOSCOW BURN
When his Russian expedition proves disastrous, he watches Moscow burn... Date: 1812

CANOE FOR STANLEY
Natives of Central Africa make a new canoe for H.M.Stanleys Zaire expedition, carving it out of a tree. Date: 1875

Franz Josef Fjord and Peterman Mountain, Greenland
View of the Franz Josef Fjord (named after the Emperor who helped to fund an expedition there) and the Peterman Mountain, with glacier, in north eastern Greenland. Date: circa 1870

Anglo-French attack on Tunis 1390
The expedition of the French and the English to a town some 100 kilometres from Tunis, at the request of the Genoese. The fleet sets sail. Date: 1390

Captain Beechey at Coral Atoll
Coral atoll (madreporic island) visited by Captain Beechey in the course of a survey expedition Date: 1835

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 7
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands. He is pictured on the Pyramids of Guimar, Tenerife Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 6
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Aged 80, he started digging a swimming pool in his garden - by hand Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 5
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 4
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 1
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 2
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Embarking elephants at Bombay for the Abyssinian Expedition
Embarking elephants at Bombay (Mumbai) for the Abyssinian Expedition Date: 1868

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