Explorer Collection (page 14)

The Kings Visit to the Antarctic exploring ship Discovery
Sir Clements Markham presenting Captain Scott to King Edward VII on board the Discovery at Cowes on August 5th, 1901, prior to Scott embarking on his polar expedition to the Antarctic with Shackleton

Memorial Service for Captain Scott and his comrades
King George V personally attending the memorial service for the souls of Captain Scott and the four other members of the Southern Party who perished during their return from the South Pole in March

Captain Scott at the South Pole
Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912), British polar explorer pictured in his kit during his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole

Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912), British Polar explorer, pictured in kit and on skis in the Antarctic, prior to embarking on his ill-fated expedition to reach the South Pole in which he

Announcement of Captain Scotts engagement in The Tatler
Page from The Tatler announcing not only the engagement of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the Polar explorer to Kathleen Bruce, but also featuring a portrait of Clementine Hozier

Captain Oates
LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES Member of Captain Scotts expedition which reached the South Pole in January 1912; lost his life in a blizzard on the return trip

Timbuktu, Mali - House belonging to Caille
Timbuktu, Mali - the house owned and occupied by the French explorer Rene Caille in 1828

Timbuktu, Mali - House belonging to Barth
Timbuktu, Mali - House belonging to German Explorer Heinrich Barth (occupied 1853 - 1854)

Shackletons Nimrod on display in London

Memorial to David Livingstone, Tanzania
David Livingstones memorial at Ujiji, Tanzania

Stanley at Usukuma
Explorer Stanley comes into conflict with natives at Usukuma, Africa(today Tanzania)on the Emin Pasha relief expedition

In the Ward Room of the Terra Nova
The Scott expedition on board the Terra Nova in 1911 before the tragic failure and death of Captain Scott (seen at the head of the table)

Duke of Abruzzi / Stamp
LUIGI AMEDEO, DUKE OF THE ABRUZZI & PRINCE OF SAVOY-AOSTA. Italian explorer and naval officer

Colonel Ralph Ponsonby Watts (1892 - 1991)
Colonel Ralph Ponsonby Watts - a photograph taken during his journey from Kashmir through the Himalayan Mountain Pass to Kashgar in Chinese Turkestan

Samuel and Florence Baker
Engraving of Sir Samuel White Baker(1821-1893), the English explorer, and his wife Lady Florence Baker((1841-1916), surrounded by a decorative oval frame of palms and flora

Andreas Reischek - Austrian
Andreas Reischek (1845 - 1903), an Austrian taxidermist, naturalist, ornithologist and collector notable for his extensive natural history collecting expeditions throughout New Zealand as well as

View of stamer, traps and dead hippo / Livingstone expedition
View of Dr. David Livingstones steamer, the Lady Nyassa which he had built in Britain and shipped over in sections, with a dead hippopotamus, caught by traps, in the foreground

Stanley Returns England
Mr H.M. Stanley is greeted by crowds of well-wishers on his return to Victoria Station in London after the Emin Pasha Relief Exhibition

Mali - Timbuktu - Home of Laing
Timbuktu, Mali - the house owned and occupied by the British explorer Laing during September 1826

Colonel Percy Henry Fawcett
Colonel Fawcett was a British explorer who went missing in 1925 for 2 years whilst exploring Brazil

The house in which Livingstone was born
The house in which Livingstone, explorer, was born. David Livingstone was born at Blantyre, eight miles south of Glasgow, on 19 March 1813

House where Livingstone dwelt in his youth
This is the house where David Livingstone, explorer, lived in his youth

The room in which Dr. Livingstone was born
The room in which Dr. Livingstone, explorer, was born. David Livingstone was born at Blantyre, eight miles south of Glasgow, on 19 March 1813

Emin Pascha (Dr Eduard Schnitzer) (1840 - 1892). A world famous Jewish Doctor, Explorer and ruler. Murdered by the Arabs in the Manyema Country, Africa (1892). Born in Oppein

Captain Frederick Burnaby on the Road to Khiva, 1875
Engraving showing Captain Frederick Burnaby (1842-1885), the English soldier and explorer, travelling, with a companion, across the Russian Steppes in the winter of 1875

Admiral Richard Byrd, c. 1929
Photograph of Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd (1888-1957), the American explorer, pictured in his cold weather furs with two snow-shoes, c.1929

Sir Vivian Fuchs (1908-1999) English explorer who made the first overland crossing of Antarctica in 1958

Fridtjof Nansen, Franz Josef Land, 1896
Engraving showing Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), the Norwegian explorer, biologist and oceanographer, pictured at Cape Flora, Franz Josef Land, 1896

Birthplace of Sir John Franklin, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 1859
Engraving showing the house in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, where the British naval commander and explorer, Sir John Franklin, was born in 1786

Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958)
Portrait of Sir Douglas Mawson, the Australian explorer and geologist, photographed in Adelaide, 1914. Mawson had just returned from the 1911-1914 Australian Antarctic Expedition

Emin Pashas Irregular Troops, c. 1887
Engraving showing some of the irregular troops of Emin Pashas army, armed with rifles, Sudan, 1888. Emin Pasha (1840-1892) was the German doctor, explorer

Robert E. Peary on the Roosevelt, 1909
Photograph showing Commander Robert E. Peary (1856-1920), the Arctic explorer, on the bridge of the Roosevelt, 1909. Peary is seen in the fur clothing he used during his expedition to the North Pole

Sir Henry Morton Stanley
SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY British-US explorer and journalist, pictured in 1890. In October 1869, Stanley was sent by James Gordon Bennett (the owner of the New York Herald) to find Dr

H. M. Stanley and his officers leaving Mombasa aboard the ste
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on left, raising cap) and his officers returning from the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition aboard the steam-ship Katoria, 1889

H. M. Stanleys meeting with Forest Pygmies, Central Africa
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the Anglo-America explorer and journalist, meeting with some forest pygmies, during one of his expeditions to Central Africa

Sir Richard Francis Burton disguised as a Pathan, c. 1853
Engraving of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), the English explorer, linguist and diplomat, disguised as a Pathan, c.1853

Sir Samuel Baker (1821-1893)
Engraving of Sir Samuel White Baker, the English explorer, pictured in 1873. Baker undertook extensive exploration of Central Africa, in search of the source of the Nile River, in the early 1860 s

Travelling by hammock; H. M. Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expe
Photograph showing one of the members of Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expedition being carried by hammock, Central Africa, 1888

Commander Robert E. Peary (1856-1920)
Photographic portrait of Robert E. Peary, the US Naval Commander and explorer, pictured in his Arctic furs, 1909. He claimed to be the first man to reach the North Pole, on 6th April 1909

Map of Central Africa showing the likely routes of the Emin
Engraved map showing Central Africa and the predicted routes of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1887. Emin Pasha (1840-1892), the German doctor, explorer

Sir George Strong Nares (1831-1915)
Engraving of Sir George Strong Nares, the Scottish naval commander and explorer, pictured in 1875 when he was a Royal Navy Captain in charge of the 1875-1876 British Arctic Expedition

Dr Schliemann, explorer of Troy and Mycenae, arrived in London in 1877 to give a lecture to the Society of Antiquaries to increase awareness of his explorations into the traditions of ancient Greece

Sir Douglas Mawson and Lady Mawson, London, 1914
Photograph of Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958), the Australian explorer and geologist, pictured with his wife on arrival at Victoria, London, 1914

Lady Jane Franklin (1792-1875)
Engraving of Lady Jane Franklin, nee Griffin, the wife of the English explorer, Sir John Franklin. Lady Jane travelled extensively with Sir John through Syria, Turkey, Egypt and Tasmania

Lady Florence Baker (1841-1916)
Engraving of Lady Florence Baker, the wife of Sir Samuel White Baker, the English explorer, pictured in 1873. Lady Baker joined her husband on his extensive exploration of Central Africa

Dr. Frederick A. Cook (1865-1940)
Photographic portrait of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the US explorer and physician, pictured in 1909. He claimed to be the first man to reach the North Pole, on 21st April 1909

Mizon / Congo Explorer
Lieutenant Mizon, French explorer of the Congo region

Pourquoi Pas Steamship
One of the few ships with a question mark in her name, this is the steamer used by French explorer Charcot

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