Exploration Collection (page 13)

Le deluge asiatique
Fig 312 from La Terre Avant Le Deluge (1863) by Par Louis Figuier

A View of the coastline on the western side of Lord Howe Isl
Drawing LS 5 from the Watling Collection titled View of Lord Howe Island by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

North view of Sydney Cove
Drawing 17 from the Watling Collection titled North view of Sydney Cove; taken from the Flag-staff, opposite the Observatory by a Port Jackson Painter, 1793-1795

View of Sydney Cove from the North shore of the harbour
Drawing LS 7 from the Watling Collection titled A Direct North View of Sydney Cove and Port Jackson, the Chief British Settlement in New South Wales by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Prof. Charles Wyville Thomson (right) and Dr. Rudolf von Wil
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

My house at Bessir, in Waigiou
Page 532 from The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1874

The Malay Archipelago
Title page of The Malay Archipelago, The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of travel with studies of Man and Nature. By Alfred Russel Wallace, 1874

Natives of Timor
Photograph from the Wallace collection in the General Library of The Natural History Museum

Parika scaber, leatherjacket
Ff. 247. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Hemignathus virens, Hawaii amakihi
Ff. 31, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Epinephelus fasciatus, black-tipped rockcod
Ff. 561 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Drawing of H. M. S. Beagle
Facing page 98 from A Naturalists Voyage Round the World (1912) by Charles Darwin

Petroica macrocephala, New Zealand tit
Ff. 149. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Turdus minutus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Physalia physalis, Portuguese man-of-war
Ff. 38 Vol 3. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Hemignathus obscurus, lesser akialoa

Mobula mobular, devilfish
Ff. 250. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Chromis chromis, damselfish
Ff. 29b Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Parapercis colias, blue cod
Ff. 181. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Hyas araneus, great spider crab
Plate 112 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 99 by William Ellis
Plate 99 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (1756-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Ardea sp. Heron
Ff. 112. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Ardea cocoi and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Hemerocoetes monopterygius, opalfish
Ff. 175. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Polyprion oxygenios, hapuku
Ff. 74 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Chanos chanos, milkfish
Ff. 237. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Fulmarus glacialoides, southern fulmar
Ff. 91. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria glacialis and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Pterodorma lessonii, white-headed petrel
Ff. 98. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria leucocephala made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Lutjanus kasmira, bluestripe seaperch
Ff. 75a Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Trachinotus goreensis, longfin pompano
Ff. 220. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Thunnus albercares, yellowfin tuna
Ff. 100 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Abudefduf sexfasciatus, scissortail sergeant
Ff. 31b Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cook's first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Nemadactylus macropterus, jackass worwong
Ff. 52 Vol 2. Unfinished watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Trachelochismus pinnulatus, lumpfish
Ff. 248. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Lethrinus nebulosus, spangled emperor
Ff. 201. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Acanthocybium solandri, wahoo
Ff. 87 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Nycticorax caledonicus, rufous night heron
Ff. 111. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Ardea ferruginea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Pteropus sp. flying fox
Plate 1. From a collection of watercolour sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish by William Webb Ellis (c. 1756-1785), made during Captain Cooks third voyage of discovery, 1776-1780

Chaetodon aculeatus, longsnout butterflyfish
Plate 101 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Cynoramphus zealandicus, black-fronted parakeet
Plate 8, (1:8) a watercolour by Sydney Parkinson from Sir Joseph Banks commission of natural history drawings from Captain James Cooks first voyage (Endeavour 1768-1771). Annotated Psittacus varieatus

Turdus poliocephalus, island thrush
Ff. 151. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Turdus xanthopus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Afrotis afra, black bustard
Ff.133. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Otis afra and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Synanceja verrucosa, poison stonefish
Ff. 17 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Psittirostra psittacea, o u
Ff. 79, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Centropyge flavissimus. lemonpeel angelfish
Ff. 27b Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Zanclus cornutus, moorish idol
Ff. 29a Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Amaurornis flavirostra, black crake
Ff. 132. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Rallus aethiops and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Trachinotus ovatus, derbio
Ff. 225. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

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