Expedition Collection (page 20)

Dominique Denon
DOMINIQUE VIVANT DENON French archeologist, noted for his work in Egypt during Napoleons ill-fated expedition. Date: 1747-1825

Thomas Cumming, Quaker
THOMAS CUMMING Merchant in Africa, led an expedition against the French in Barbary, earning the nickname The Fighting Quaker. Date: ? - 1774

Eskimos Summer Tents
Summer tents of the Esquimaux at Igloolik, observed during Franklins Arctic expedition. Date: 1822

Eskimos Build Igloo 1
Esquimaux building a snow- hut - Eskimos build an igloo - observed by Franklins Arctic expedition. Date: 1818-1819

Cleaning the Deck
The crew of the Citta di Milano, the support ship for Nobiles expedition, swab the deck Date: 1928

1758 - Naval Engagement
Burning of the Prudent at Louisbourg. A gallant expedition from Boscawens fleet, captured the Prudent and the Bienfaisant, with the former stranded and burnt. Date: 1758

William Grants Stairs (1863 - 1892) military, companion of Stanley on the Emin Pasha expedition Date: 1890

Nobile Rescue Vessel
Captain Tucci and his officers stand on the deck of the Citta di Milano, the supply ship supporting Nobiles ill-fated expedition Date: 1928

Scott Expedition / Ponies
This photograph shows the snow walls which were built every night to protect the ponies from the wind during Scotts expedition Date: 1912

Koldewey / Sleighs / Sunset
Koldeweys expedition: pulling laden sledges during a dramatic sunset. Date: 1870

Ross / Christian Monument
John Rosss arctic expedition: Christians Monument at Hamiltons Bay. Date: 1829 - 33

Ross / Somerset House / 2
John Rosss arctic expedition: A ground plan of Somerset House at Fury Beach, North Somerset. Date: 1829 - 33

Ross / Somerset House / 1
John Rosss arctic expedition: Transverse section (top) and Longitudinal section of Somerset House at Fury Beach, North Somerset. Date: 1829 - 33

Parry / Hecla / Gripa / Finden
Parry and his expedition travelling across the ice having disembarked from Hecla & Griper. Date: 1818-19

Stanley / Phalanx Dance
Emin Pasha relief expedition : he is entertained with a phalanx dance by Mazambonis warriors Date: 1887-8

Stanley / Tanganyika
Zaire expedition : he explores Lake Tanganyika Date: 1877

Ross and Icebergs
The Erebus and Terror amid icebergs in the course of James Rosss 1839- 1843 Antarctic expedition Date: 1842

Terror in the Ice
The Terror nipped in the ice in the course of James Rosss 1839- 1843 Antarctic expedition Date: January 1842

Ship Crushed by Ice
The rudder-post of H.M.S. Terror crushed by the ice in the course of James Rosss 1839- 1843 Antarctic expedition Date: January 1842

Ross and South Barrier
The Erebus and Terror amid the ice off the South Polar Ice Barrier, 700 km long, in the course of James Rosss 1839- 1843 Antarctic expedition Date: 1842

Ross in Pack Ice
The Erebus and Terror in pack ice, in gale conditions, off the South Polar Ice Barrier, in the course of James Rosss 1839-1843 Antarctic expedition Date: January 1842

Victoria Land Discovered
The discovery of Victoria Land by the Erebus and Terror in the course of James Rosss 1839-1843 Antarctic expedition Date: 1842

Frederick George Jackson
FREDERICK GEORGE JACKSON Explorer; commanded polar expedition to Franz Josef Land (1894-1897) Date: 1860 - 1938

De Long / Discover Relics
George De Long (USA), in his ship Jeanette, proved that the Arctic Sea ice is moved by ocean currents. Discovering relics of an 1847 expedition. Date: 1879 - 81

Cavalry in Action
FRENCH EXPEDITION General Mirandol leads the French cavalry against Aureliano, near Los Llanos Date: 1863

Ross / Victory Abandoned
John Rosss arctic expedition: Abandoning the Victory. " They gathered on the Victory for the last time, nailed their colours to the mast, and started." Date: 1829 - 33

Ross / Saumarez River
John Rosss arctic expedition: The Saumarez River which never freezes in Latitude 70 degrees north and Longitude 92 degrees west. Date: 1829 - 33

Ross / Victory Sets Sail
John Rosss arctic expedition: The Victory under sail for the last time. Date: 1829 - 33

Ross / Chart of Voyage
John Rosss arctic expedition: chart of his last voyage. Date: 1829 - 33

Kane / Arctic Expedition
Elisha Kent Kanes Arctic expedition: the escape off Weary Mans Rest Date: 1853 - 1855

Discovery of relics of the Franklin polar expedition
Discovery of the cairn containing documents and relics of the Franklin polar expedition. Date: 1845

Relics of ill-fated Franklin polar expedition
Relics of the ill-fated Franklin polar expedition, found by searchers. Date: 1845

Guerrilla Attack Train
FRENCH EXPEDITION Mexican guerrillas attack a French train on the Vera Cruz railway Date: 1863

Rear Column at Banalya
Emin Pasha relief expedition : meeting with the rear column at Banalya Date: 1888

Ardwick Industrial School, Manchester - campsite
Lines of tents at the annual camping expedition from Ardwick Green Industrial School, Manchester. Date: Date unknown

Tennal Approved School, Birmingham - Camping
Boy scout troop from the Tennal Approved School (formerly Harborne School), Birmingham, on a camping expedition Date: 1940s

A husband hunting expedition by Gladys Peto
Ladies eagerly arrive at a ball for demobilised officers in an illustration which is cheekily entitled, A husband-hunting expedition

Transporting Giant tortoises
In 1897 Walter Rothschild despatched explorer Charles Harris to the Galapagos islands to collect a large number of giant tortoises

South Abyssinia Highlands, Ethiopia
Watercolour by Johann Martin Bernatz and Robert Kirk, 1842. Bernatz was the official artist and Kirk the assistant surgeon on the British diplomatic expedition to Shewa, Ethiopia 1841-1843. Date: 1842

Ad鬩e penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Ad鬩 e penguin specimen collected during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick

Sumerian Sculpture About 3000 B. C
A page from The Illustrated London News, 9 June 1934 issue, with an article by Dr Henry Frankfort, Director of the Iraq Expedition of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

Victoria Cross exploits in the Indian Mutiny
Some Victoria Cross exploits in the Indian Mutiny -- Private Dempsey rescuing Ensign Erskine (centre), Mr Mangles dressing Taylors wound (top left)

View of River Loukouga, tributary of Lake Tanganyika, Africa
View of a sailing boat on the River Loukouga (Lukuga), a tributary of Lake Tanganyika, Africa, at the time of John Hanning Spekes expedition to discover the Great Lakes of East Africa

Emperor of India enjoying sport in the jungle 1912
Front cover photograph of The Sphere, showing King George V seated on his hunting elephant during his holiday in the Napel teri. Date: 1912

King Emperor among the Nepal tigers and bears 1911
King George V, in Nepal on a great shooting expedition, loading up for the next himalayan bear, metal rod in front gave the King a shooting rest. Date: December 1911

King Emperors great shoot in Nepal 1911
King George V, in Nepal on a great shooting expedition with the Maharajah of Nepal (left), lying at the feet of his Majestys elephant is a tiger that the King has just killed. December 1911

Nansens North Pole Expedition - Explorer Captain Otto Sverdrup Seen Here in his Cabin, England. Picture taken on the initial leg of Fridtjof Nansens first journey to the North Pole

Royal Sussex Regiment memorial, Murree Hills, India (now in Pakistan). It lists the names of fifteen soldiers, and three women, who died in 1888

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