Expedition Collection (page 3)

Indian Elephant in London Zoo 1896
Jung Perchard the Indian elephant was presented to Prince of Wales (Edward VII), during the shooting expeditions in Indian twenty years before in 1876

Princess Nirgidma visits Citroen Central Asian Expedition
Princess Palta (Nirgidma), Princess of the Torghuts, a nomadic people in Central Asia visits the Citroen Central Asian Anthropological Expedition (3rd Mission, led by Haardt) at Ouroumtsi

Habit of a Young Woman of Otaheite Dancing
Habit of a Young Woman of Otaheite (now Tahiti) Dancing, encountered by Captain James Cook on one of his expeditions. circa 1793

Italian unification (1859-1924). Castelfidardo battle. Papal troops were defeated. Engraving. L Illustration (1860). Colored

Palaeanthropus of Palestine
A reconstruction drawing of Palaeanthropus of Palestine based on discoveries made in the Valley of the Caves at the foot of Mount Carmel during an archaeological expedition led by Dorothy Garrod Date

Moho nobilis, Hawaii o-o
Moho nobilis. Ff. 26, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Thalassarche chlororhynchos, yellow-nosed albatross

Theodore Lyman
Portrait of Theodore Lyman, 1880, scientist focusing on Ophiuroidea whilst on board HMS Challenger during the expedition of 1872 - 1876

Anas undulata, yellow-billed duck
Ff. 72. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas xanthorynchus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Anas erythrorhyncha, red-billed duck
Ff. 73. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas pyrrhoryncha and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Front cover of the Sphere Scott Memorial Number
Front cover of The Sphere, Memorial Number of the Scott Antarctic Expedition showing a sombre scene of a group of men praying by a cairn topped with a cross in memory of Captain Scott, who died

Cephalodiscus species
Plate 5 from British Antarctic Expedition 1910 -13 (Terra Nova): Zoology. Vol. IV, (1918) NO. 2. Cephalodiscus. By W. G. Ridewood, D.Sc. Pp. 11-82 : 12 textfigures, 5 plates and a map. 1918, 4to

View of Sydney Harbour, Sydney, Australia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Mahometan Mosque, Ki Dulan, Moluccas, Indonesia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

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

Philip Lutley Sclater
Portrait of Philip Lutley Sclater, scientist focusing on birds of the Admiralty Islands whilst on board HMS Challenger during the expedition of 1872 - 1876

Plate 117 from the report of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Pygoscelis antarcticus, chinstrap penguin
Ff. 82. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Aptenodytes antartica and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Sir George Strong Nares, 1894
Captian of HMS Challenger from 1872 to 1874 during the Challenger Expedition

Beach on the Island of Tonga
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Asia. Pacific Island. Expedition of Malaspina (1789-1794). Anchorage of Umatac in Guam Island. Feather drawing by Fernando Brambila. Drawing. SPAIN. Madrid. Americas Museum

Basket Sleigh - Byrds Antarctic Expedition
Basket Sleigh from Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jrs 3rd Antarctic Expedition of 1940. Photograph taken during preparations for his trip, which had received official US backing

Mr Bernacchi at work
Mr Bernacchi, a member of the British 1901-4 polar expedition, at work with an electrometer

Herbert Ponting (1870 - 1935), photographer best known for capturing the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1913, pictured in his Antarctic kit in January 1912

The Fort at Chitral
The Chitral Expedition: the fort at Chitral as seen from the river

Chitral Combat 1895
The Chitral expedition - from a sketch by. Mr. A.D Greenhill Gardyne. Officers and men struggle against the enemy 100 yards from the point of the cliff at Chitral

The Rescue of Zaidi; H. M. Stanleys Anglo-American Expeditio
Engraving showing the rescue of Zaidi from the top of a waterfall during Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Anglo-American expedition of 1874-1877

Members of 1914 Antarctic expedition
Six members of the British expedition to Antarctica in 1914, with Sir Ernest Shackleton far left

The steam-ship Roosevelt departing for the Arctic, 1908
Photograph of the steam-ship Roosevelt departing for the Arctic at the beginning of Robert E. Pearys 1908-1909 North Pole Expedition

Romans in Britain 54Bc
Following his preliminary expedition of 55 BC, Julius Caesar and his 5 Roman legions (25, 000 men) and 2, 000 cavalry land again in Britain between Deal and Dover

Finishing of the manufacture of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable
Completion of the Atlantic Telegraph cable as the last inch of cable passes through the machinery of Messrs Glass and Elliott at Morden Whard, East Greenwich

William John Wills
WILLIAM JOHN WILLS English explorer in Australia, associated with the fatal expedition with Burke

Wellman Arctic Airship
Newspaperman Walter Wellmans airship in an Arctic expedition

Scott / Lunar Corona / 1911
Scotts last expedition - he was beaten to the South Pole by Roald Amundsen. Scott did not make it back. Lunar corona over their camp

Sir James Clark Ross
SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS Scottish explorer. Made a number of arctic expeditions, determining the position of magnetic north in 1831

Ponting in Antarctic
Herbert Ponting (1871-1935) with his camera in the Antarctic : he accompanies Scotts expedition as official photographer and produces a spectacular photo record

Stanleys Canoe Made
Natives of Central Africa make a new canoe for H.M.Stanleys Zaire expedition, carving it out of a tree

Vikings Return
Norwegian Vikings return from an expedition

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl with his wife Jacqueline - 3
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer - with his wife Jacqueline at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Robert Falcon Scott and his Frys Cocoa and Chocolate supply
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), the English naval commander and explorer. A Captain in the Royal Navy, Scott led a number of expeditions to the Antarctic

Burning of Kumasi, February 1874, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1874

March of Ashanti warriors, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1873

Byrd Antarctic Expedition II - Dog team on dangerous ice
Byrd Antarctic Expedition II - Dog team crossing treacherous pressure ice. On his second expedition in 1934, Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957)

Sqn Ldr Lord Clydesdale, left, the chief pilot of the H?
Sqn Ldr Lord Clydesdale, left, the chief pilot of the Houston-Mount Everest expedition, and Lt-Col L.V.S. Blacker, the chief observer, fully equipped for one of the final tests of the Westland PV3

1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - The Camp at 23, 000 feet on the North Col of the mountain. Date: 1922

Western Australia - Forest's Expedition, Returning ?
Western Australia - Forest's Expedition, Returning From King Leopold Ranges

Western Australia - Route of The Dettlers Expedition ?
Western Australia - Route of The Dettlers Expedition Under Mr Ac Gregory From Perth To Gascoyne River 1848 and Govenor Fitz Gerald's Route From Champion Bay To Murchison River 1848 and 1849

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