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Background imageExploring Collection: Diver on the seabed

Diver on the seabed, looking for items in the sand. Date: 1977

Background imageExploring Collection: Thomas Elder

Thomas Elder
THOMAS ELDER Australian promoter of exploration, founder of the Australian Exploring Expedition. Date: 1818 - 1897

Background imageExploring Collection: LA Salle Murdered

LA Salle Murdered
Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer, is murdered by his own men while exploring Texas Date: 1687

Background imageExploring Collection: Two boys in the harbour, St Ives, Cornwall

Two boys in the harbour, St Ives, Cornwall
Two boys paddling in the harbour, St Ives, Cornwall, near a boat called Josephine. Date: 1970s

Background imageExploring Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Great Adventure

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Great Adventure. Pat follows her pet terrier Tatters through a hole in the roots of an old oak tree. Date: 1921

Background imageExploring Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Tatters exploring a town

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Tatters exploring a town
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- Tatters, a wire-haired fox terrier, exploring a town while on a trip with his master. Date: 1927

Background imageExploring Collection: Two boys exploring rock pools at the seaside

Two boys exploring rock pools at the seaside
Two boys with spades, exploring rock pools at the seaside. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageExploring Collection: Lincoln Ellsworth and pilots trans-Antarctica flight

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilots trans-Antarctica flight
Lincoln 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

Background imageExploring Collection: Found long missing Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot

Found long missing Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot
American 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

Background imageExploring Collection: Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot making preparations

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot making preparations
Lincoln Ellsworth (left) and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon (right), his pilot, making preparations for their trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star

Background imageExploring Collection: Boy Scouts on Ascension Island, South Atlantic

Boy Scouts on Ascension Island, South Atlantic
Two Boy Scouts on Ascension Island, South Atlantic, exploring rock pools on a beach. Date: 1981

Background imageExploring Collection: Scouts exploring the bush, Australia

Scouts exploring the bush, Australia
A group of Scouts exploring the bush in Australia

Background imageExploring Collection: Flights into the Future - the first men on the moon

Flights into the Future - the first men on the moon
Astronauts land on the moon for the first time and set about exploring and taking samples from the lunar landscape. A imaginary

Background imageExploring Collection: Flights into the Future - space age exploration

Flights into the Future - space age exploration
A futuristic prediction of what it will be like when man finally lands on the moon - astronauts will find themselves in a strange world. Date: 1943

Background imageExploring Collection: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914 -1917

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914 -1917
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: how and whence the expedition proposes to start. Showing the proposed methods of transport from the Weddell Sea Base to the South Pole. Date: 1914

Background imageExploring Collection: Out of Doors -- two children exploring rock pool

Out of Doors -- two children exploring rock pool
Out of Doors -- two children at the seaside, exploring a rock pool. Date: 19th century

Background imageExploring Collection: Rufus the cat explores the mousehole

Rufus the cat explores the mousehole
Hide and Seek -- Rufus the cat explores the mousehole, but gets stuck halfway. Date: 1912

Background imageExploring Collection: Russian Cavalry Reconnaissance, 1904

Russian Cavalry Reconnaissance, 1904
Soldiers embarking upon a Russian cavalry reconnaissance during the Russo-Japanese War, (8 February 1904 5 September 1905). Date: 1904

Background imageExploring Collection: Mitchell Hedges off exploring again, 1926

Mitchell Hedges off exploring again, 1926
Archaeologist and explorer Mr. F.A Mitchell Hedges(1882-1959) receives a hearty send off at Paddington railway station, London

Background imageExploring Collection: James Richardson

James Richardson
JAMES RICHARDSON - traveler in North Africa, wearing the Ghadamsee costume in which he passed unnoticed among the indigenous populace. He died of fever exploring Tchad. Date: 1806 - 1851

Background imageExploring Collection: BOUGAINVILLE, Louis Antoine de (1729-1811). French

BOUGAINVILLE, Louis Antoine de (1729-1811). French navigator. Etching

Background imageExploring Collection: MAGELLAND, Ferdinand (1480-1521). Portuguese

MAGELLAND, Ferdinand (1480-1521). Portuguese navigator and discoverer. Map of the Magellans Trip (Ferdinand Magellan) (1519). Southern of the Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego

Background imageExploring Collection: VALDIVIA, Pedro de (1497-1553). Spanish military

VALDIVIA, Pedro de (1497-1553). Spanish military man, conqueror of Chile and founder of Santiago (1541). Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Background imageExploring Collection: America (16th c. ). Spanish conquest of Mexico

America (16th c. ). Spanish conquest of Mexico
" America (16th c.). Spanish conquest of Mexico. Entrance of Juan de Grijalva into the Tabasco estuary. Painting belonging to the series " Conquest of M鸩 co". Painting. SPAIN

Background imageExploring Collection: Picture No. 10683057

Picture No. 10683057

Background imageExploring Collection: BARENTS, Willem (1550-1597). Dutch Navigator

BARENTS, Willem (1550-1597). Dutch Navigator

Background imageExploring Collection: Departing by balloon

Departing by balloon

Background imageExploring Collection: RSS Discovery in the Antarctic

RSS Discovery in the Antarctic. Launched in 1901 and designed for Antarctic research, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain

Background imageExploring Collection: Sphere Motor Exhibition Supplement - motoring tour of Italia

Sphere Motor Exhibition Supplement - motoring tour of Italia
Front of the Spheres Motor Exhibition Supplement showing a motor car party exploring the Italian Lakes in a very large Napier car. Date: 1913

Background imageExploring Collection: We ve been roaming -- children with holly

We ve been roaming -- children with holly
We ve been roaming -- two children with holly and a toy dog in the snow. 20th century

Background imageExploring Collection: Cooks Paris Excursions

Cooks Paris Excursions
Cover illustration for Cooks Paris Excursions, starting from 1 Place de l Opera, exploring Paris, Versailles, Chantilly, Fontainebleau, etc

Background imageExploring Collection: Miniatures for Piano, music cover

Miniatures for Piano, music cover
Cover design for a book of piano music for children, Treasures from an Old Oak Chest, Miniatures for Piano by H Baynton-Power

Background imageExploring Collection: Sturts Explorations in Australia - At Depot Creek

Sturts Explorations in Australia - At Depot Creek
Captain Charles Sturt (1795 - 1869) - English explorer of Australia, part of the European Exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent

Background imageExploring Collection: The Search for M2

The Search for M2
The Royal Navys new deep-sea observation chamber, invented by Robert H Davis of Siebe, Gorman & Co. the inventor of submarine life-saving apparatus

Background imageExploring Collection: Small toddler playing on seaside rocks, Devon

Small toddler playing on seaside rocks, Devon
A young boy playing on a rocky outcrop on a beach in Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Background imageExploring Collection: Colonel Percy Henry Fawcett

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

Background imageExploring Collection: H. M. Stanleys meeting with Forest Pygmies, Central Africa

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

Background imageExploring Collection: Tunisia Rhardaia

Tunisia Rhardaia
Distant viuew of the town, with the tents of an exploring expedition in the foreground

Background imageExploring Collection: American Indians. The Assiniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring

American Indians. The Assiniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring
Ojibway Indians, wearing wraps and feathers in their hair, with thatch triangular huts in the background and what looks like a washing line

Background imageExploring Collection: A Member of H. M. Stanleys expedition threatening a baggage

A Member of H. M. Stanleys expedition threatening a baggage
Engraving showing a member of Sir Henry Morton Stanleys expedition to find Dr. David Livingstone threatening a baggage porter, Central Africa, 1871

Background imageExploring Collection: H. M. Stanleys Expedition crossing the Makata Swamp, Central

H. M. Stanleys Expedition crossing the Makata Swamp, Central
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanleys expedition crossing the Makata swamp in Central Africa, 1871. In October 1869

Background imageExploring Collection: Carteret Lands 1767

Carteret Lands 1767
Captain Philip Carteret, part of the British navys circumnavigation expedition of 1766, takes possession of an island cove in the Pacific

Background imageExploring Collection: The Aerophore Breathing Apparatus, 1874

The Aerophore Breathing Apparatus, 1874
Engraving of the Aerophore Breathing Apparatus, invented by the French engineer M. Denayrouze, 1874. Denayrouze designed this compressed air breathing machine for use in exploring mines full of

Background imageExploring Collection: Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)

Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)
Engraving of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, the British-US explorer and journalist, pictured in 1878. In October 1869, Stanley was sent by James Gordon Bennett (the owner of the New York Herald)

Background imageExploring Collection: Karin Michaelis

Karin Michaelis
KARIN MICHAELIS Danish writer, prominent supporter of womens rights and author of books exploring womans role in society and female psychology

Background imageExploring Collection: Rome / Catacombs / 1872

Rome / Catacombs / 1872
Exploring the cubiculum of Saint Cornelius, in the catacombs of St Calixtus

Background imageExploring Collection: JOHN RAE 1813 - 1893

JOHN RAE 1813 - 1893
JOHN RAE Scottish explorer. Went on several Polar exploring expeditions, and mapped 1400 miles of the Canadian coast

Background imageExploring Collection: Explorers Meet Lion

Explorers Meet Lion
Dutch soldier Jan van Harwarden leads an exploring expedition from Cape Town : by the Eerste River a lion nearly gets one of his men but he shoots it



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