Exploration Collection (page 5)

History of Africa. Congo. 19th century. A palaver (speech). Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Congo. Portrait of Ngalyema, chief of Kintamo
Ngalyema, chief of Kintamo (a village on the southern bank of the Congo River). Portrait. Engraving by Pedro Mullor. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Africa. Congo. Ivory porters
History of Africa. 19th century. Ivory porters. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Pierre Paul Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905). French explorer and navigator of Italian origin. Colonial administrator, founder of the Middle Congo. Engraving

History of Africa - 19th century- a red buffalo
History of Africa. 19th century.... I found myself in the presence of a red buffalo; I fired my shotgun and missed the shot. Chromolithography

Africa. Congo. Courtyard of a factory in Banana
History of Africa. 19th century. Courtyard of a factory in Banana. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Africa. Vivi Station and Castle Hill
History of Africa. 19th century. Vivi Station and Castle Hill. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Africa. European exploration of the Congo?
History of Africa. 19th century.... Mad with joy, Albert straddles the animal's body. He was one of the Danish crew of the whaler Albion who, together with the Scots

Africa. Floating factory on the shrimp river
History of Africa. 19th century. Floating factory on the shrimp river. The lack of security meant that in some areas of the Congo

Royal Tomb in Cabinda
History of Africa. 19th century. Royal Tomb in Cabinda. At the death of a member of the royal family or of a distinguished family

Diogo Cao (ca. 1452-1486). Portuguese navigator, discoverer of the mouth of the Congo river. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Roberto Ivens (1850-1898). Portrait
Roberto Ivens (1850-1898). Portuguese explorer of Africa. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Robert Falcon Scott, Terra Nova Expedition, Antarctic
Robert Falcon Scott Terra Nova Expedition - important archive of 52 negatives taken by Lt. Henry Birdie Bowers during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition that claimed the lives of Scott

Avro aircraft with Shackleton Antarctic expedition
Avro aircraft exploring with Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition Date: 1922

Vasco da Gama (1460-1524). Portuguese explorer
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (1460-1524). Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Photograph of two men, crossing Bitter Creek Glacier, British Columbia, Canada. Captioned, A River of Blue Ice: the chilly pathway to one of nature's treasuries'

Aero Commander 680 D-IDIH (msn 680-483-153), of Aero Exploration, at RAF St. Mawgan / Newquay Airport, in August 1967. Date: 1967

Death of David Livingstone (1813-1873). Engraving. Colored
David Livingstone (1813-1873). Scottish explorer. Death of Livingstone in the village of Chief Chitambo's, 1873. Engraving by Riov. The Illustrated World, 1882. Colored

Death of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Colored engraving
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Explorer and navigator genoese. Death of Columbus. Engraving by N. Vazquez after a painting of Francisco Ortego. The Artistic Illustration, 1892. Colored

Last Voyage Explorer Adventurer Discovery North
last, voyage, explorer, adventurer, discovery, north, west, passage, america, arctic, ice, icebergs, fateful, fate, certain, death, open, boat, cast, aderift, abandoned, young, son, crew, henry

Sir John Tenniel, artist, illustrator and cartoonist
Sir John Tenniel (1820 - 1914), British artist, illustrator and political cartoonist, who had just died. Seen here with two of his most famous Punch cartoons

Captain Sir John Franklin
Sir John Franklin (1786 - 1847), British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic. Wearing his Royal Navy uniform, pictured shortly before departing on his ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845

SVEN HEDIN TO TIBET - 3
The expedition sets out by camel caravan across the Gobi Desert : due to inadequate planning, all but Hedin and two companions die of thirst. Date: 1899-1900

Swiss Family Robinson Books Wyss First Published
swiss, family, robinson, books, wyss, first, published, 1812, die, schweizerische, mrs, three, sons, cross, brook, second, journey, discovery, desert, island, cast, exploration, children, rifle

Mock suns in the Arctic
Mock suns (parhelia) observed by Dutch polar bear hunters in the Arctic. Date: circa 1550

OLIVE MACLEOD IN AFRICA
When her fiance dies exploring Central Africa, she travels there, lays flowers on his grave, then she too explores, discovers the source of the Mao-Kabi river Date: 1911-1912

WILLOUGHBY DIES/LAPLAND
Sir Hugh Willoughby, seeking the Eastern Passage, dies off Lapland. Date: 1554

MAGELLAN
Fernao de Magalhaes dies at the hands of Philippine natives, after making an alliance with a treacherous native chieftain Date: 27 April 1521

Lieut Adrien de Gerlache Buried in the Ice
The BELGICA, commander Lieut Adrien de Gerlache : lieut Danco, dead by heart attack, is buried in the ice Date: circa 1900

Ulysses and His Companions escaping the Sirens, passing between Scylla and Charybdis. Date: circa 1790

Convair CV-440 PH-CGE, of the Iranian Oil Exploration and Production Company N.V. at London Heathrow Airport, on 23 May 1959. Date: 1959

Gathering it in: the camera in the far south. Page from The Illustrated London News, 26th August 1922, with a photograph by Herbert Ponting of the Castle Iceberg lit by artificial light in the depths

Critical position of the ship, the Investigator, part of the Ross Arctic expedition at Ballast Beach, Baring Island. Date: 1853

HMS Investigator, one of the ships in the Ross Arctic expedition, snow-walled for the winter. Date: 1850

The Ross Arctic Expedition - the expeditions ships housed in for winter. Engraving showing the darkness at midwinter, 21 December 1848. Date: 1849

Scenes from Pizarros exploration of Peru
Francisco Pizarro founding the city of Lima, Peru 25, Pizarro slain by supporters of Diego de Almagro II 26, and view of Chimborazo mountain in the Andes 27

Scenes of the exploration of Patagonia
Penguins in South America 28, Patagonian giants in animal skins 29, and Patagonians delighted by the sight of a mirror on Captain Samuel Wallis ship 30. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Christopher Columbus exploring the West Indies
Portrait of Christopher Columbus 1, Columbuss first landing on San Salvador (Bahamas) 2, and Columbus dining with a Taino chieftain or Cacique on Hispaniola 3

Title page with vignette of Native American woman and child
Title page with vignette of Native American woman in feather headdress with small child. Copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in America

Senegal bushbaby or lesser galago, Galago senegalensis. The galago of the Senegal. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Womans hairstyle and jewelry, Senegambia, 18th century
Womans braided hairstyle and jewelry, Senegambia, 18th century. Headress and ornaments of the negro women. Coiffure des negresses. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Worker, soldier and queen termites, Macrotermes bellicosus
Worker termite, Macrotermes bellicosus of Guinea 1, head of worker 2, soldier 3, head of soldier 4, female, winged state 5, and pregnant queen 6

Moorish grisgris, water bottle and pouch, Senegal
String of gris-girs, leather water bottle and pouch made by the Moors, Senegal, 18th century. Grisgris, water bottle and pouch. Collier de gris-gris, outre des Maures, giberne

Mandinka man playing a balafon with sticks
Mandinka man playing a balafon or gourd xylophone with sticks. In the background, men sit outside a hut or granary near a river. A negro playing on the balafo

King Sandaineh of Saloum, Senegambia, 18th century
King Sandaineh of Saloum, seated on a couch of reeds, Wolof or Jolof Empire, Senegambia, 18th century. In gold crown, cotton tunic, smoking a tobacco pipe. Scimitar and saddle on the walls

A floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal River
Man and donkeys and other porters with sacks on their heads cross a floating bamboo bridge over the Senegal River. View of a a bridge over the Ba-Fing or Black River

Weapons and musical instruments of Senegambia, 18th century
Weapons, musical instrument and pipe of Senegambia, 18th century. Bow, powder horn, lance, quiver, arrow, boot, guitar and tobacco pipe

Metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century
Forged metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century. Horses bit, spade and napha or portfolio. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

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