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Parry / Hecla & Gripa / IlnEdward Parry and his crew with Hecla & Griper cutting into their winter quarters at Winter Harbour, on the south side of Melville Island. Date: 1819
Stanley / Phalanx DanceEmin Pasha relief expedition : he is entertained with a phalanx dance by Mazambonis warriors Date: 1887-8
Stanley / TanganyikaZaire expedition : he explores Lake Tanganyika Date: 1877
Ross and IcebergsThe Erebus and Terror amid icebergs in the course of James Rosss 1839- 1843 Antarctic expedition Date: 1842
Terror in the IceThe Terror nipped in the ice in the course of James Rosss 1839- 1843 Antarctic expedition Date: January 1842
Ship Crushed by IceThe 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 BarrierThe 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 IceThe 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 DiscoveredThe discovery of Victoria Land by the Erebus and Terror in the course of James Rosss 1839-1843 Antarctic expedition Date: 1842
Lejean / AbyssiniaLejean (1818-1872) accompanied by locals on a raft, looks out over an Abyssinian river
De Long / Reindeer CampGeorge De Long (USA), in his ship Jeanette, proved that the Arctic Sea ice is moved by ocean currents. Drying furs at Reindeer Camp, King Williams Land. Date: 1879 - 81
De Long / Discover RelicsGeorge 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
De Long / Lake DalyGeorge De Long (USA), in his ship Jeanette, proved that the Arctic Sea ice is moved by ocean currents. Midnight sun at the camp of Lake Daly. Date: 1879 - 81
Wilkins and his plane at Green Harbour, SpitsbergenWilkins and his plane at Green Harbour (Gronfjorden) - Spitsbergen. Date: 1928
Ross / Victory AbandonedJohn 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 RiverJohn 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 SailJohn Rosss arctic expedition: The Victory under sail for the last time. Date: 1829 - 33
Ross / Chart of VoyageJohn Rosss arctic expedition: chart of his last voyage. Date: 1829 - 33
Kane / Arctic ExpeditionElisha Kent Kanes Arctic expedition: the escape off Weary Mans Rest Date: 1853 - 1855
Brazza in Africa / ConvoyBrazzas explorations in equatorial Africa - organising a convoy Date: 1875 -1878
Discovery of relics of the Franklin polar expeditionDiscovery of the cairn containing documents and relics of the Franklin polar expedition. Date: 1845
Relics of ill-fated Franklin polar expeditionRelics of the ill-fated Franklin polar expedition, found by searchers. Date: 1845
James Bruce in AfricaExplorer James Bruce reaches the source of the Blue Nile in Africa Date: 1770
Mr. Young describing search for LivingstoneEdward J. Young, British explorer of Africa, describing his search for Dr Livingstone at the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society at Burlington House in 1868. 1868
Livingstone / SouthamptonScene at Southampton Pier as Livingstones body is returned to England Date: 1874
Rear Column at BanalyaEmin Pasha relief expedition : meeting with the rear column at Banalya Date: 1888
Brazza in Africa / OgooueBrazzas explorations in equatorial Africa - negotiating rapids on the River Ogooue Date: 1875 -1878
Pioneer / MozambalaThe Pioneer passing Mozambala with boats in tow laden with parts for Livingstones Steamer. Date: 1862
Peruvian style raftHand-coloured engraving of Alexander Humboldt painting. Radeau de la Riviera de Guayaquil. Vues des Cordilleres, 1810. Date: 1810
Vombatus ursinus, common wombatPlate 8 from a collection of 49 original watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826), from the H.M.S. Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803
View of River Loukouga, tributary of Lake Tanganyika, AfricaView 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
Samuel Baker, explorer in East Africa, with his wife Florence, near the Karuma Falls. The natives assume he is Spekes brother, because their beards are similar. Date: circa 1864
Baker, Speke and Grant, explorers in East AfricaSamuel White Baker, John Hanning Speke and James Augustus Grant, explorers in East Africa, enjoying a civilised meal together under an awning. Date: 1863
Mrs Douglas Mawson, formerly Miss Delprat, wife of the Antarctic explorer. Douglas Mawson contacted his fianc頶 ia wireless to suggest she had better give up on him, but she waited and happily
Drilling an Oil Well - Boring by Turbine. Liquid mud is pumped at high pressure through a non-revolving pipe to a turbo drill (shown in the inset enlargement) at the bottom of the well
Rosita Forbes at Jaghbub crossing the Sahara DesertRosita Forbes (1890-1967), English travel writer and explorer at Jaghbub (a remote desert oasis village in the eastern Libyan Desert)
John Cabot receives charter from King Henry VIIJohn Cabot and his sons receive the charter from King Henry VII to sail in search of new lands. Date: 1496
Savages feel our muscle, Taiwan, 1890Natives of the hill country of Bankimsing, Formosa(today Taiwan), explore the possessions of some English visitors that they encounter
Captain James CookBritish Admiralty memorial statue of Captain James Cook (1728-1779) who made maps of Newfoundland before his 3 journies on the Endeavour to the Pacific where he discovered Australia
Bear believed responsible for 1937yeti footprints on EverestA page from the Illustrated London News in 1937, entitled The abominable snowman unmasked, reporting on confirmation that suspected yeti footprints discovered in the Himalayas were in fact those of
Lieutenant S. Gurney CresswellLieutenant Samuel Gurney Cresswell, a royal navy officer and technically the first to cross the North-West passage. Although Robert McClure was in lead the expedition
Lincoln Ellsworth and pilots trans-Antarctica flightLincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, loading supplies into the " Polar Star", before the flight of the 2000 miles from Dundee Island across the Antarctic to the Bay of Whales
Found long missing Lincoln Ellsworth and pilotAmerican Lincoln Ellsworth and his British colleague and pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon who on 23 November 1935, started from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star
Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot making preparationsLincoln Ellsworth (left) and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon (right), his pilot, making preparations for their trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star
Scouts exploring the bush, AustraliaA group of Scouts exploring the bush in Australia
Captain James Cook -- an allegoryCaptain James Cook (1728-1779), explorer. An allegory, showing Neptune raising him up to Immortality, a Genius crowning him with a Wreath of Oak, and Fame introducing him to History
A scene in a toddy palm plantationA drawing by Paul Hermann from the collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. (Vol. 5 Page 307)
Members of the Cho Oyu expedition, Nepal. (L. to R.) standing: Mr R. G. College; Mr E. Hillary; Mr E Shipton; Dr. L.G.C. Pugh; Mr H. E. Riddiford; Mr G. Lowe. sitting: Mr C.H. Secord; Mr R.C