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French Polynesia Collection

Background imageFrench Polynesia Collection: Queen Pornare, Tahiti, Society Islands

Queen Pornare, Tahiti, Society Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageFrench Polynesia Collection: Drawer from Insect Collection of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 18

Drawer from Insect Collection of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 18
A collection of more than 4, 000 insects, including butterflies, flies, bugs and moths

Background imageFrench Polynesia Collection: Cyanoramphus zealandicus, black-fronted parakeet

Cyanoramphus zealandicus, black-fronted parakeet
Photograph of Cyanoramphus zealndicus specimen. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2009. This species is now extinct

Background imageFrench Polynesia Collection: Insect Collection of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820)

Insect Collection of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820)
A collection of more than 4, 000 insects, including butterflies, flies, bugs and moths

Background imageFrench Polynesia Collection: Oliver Crimmen with Pseudoscarus lepidus specimen

Oliver Crimmen with Pseudoscarus lepidus specimen
Oliver Crimmen, curator at the Natural History Museum, London. Specimen featured is a parrotfish, holotype, Tahiti, collected by Charles Darwin on the Beagle voyage

Background imageFrench Polynesia Collection: Prosobonia leucoptera, Tahiti sandpiper

Prosobonia leucoptera, Tahiti sandpiper

Background imageFrench Polynesia Collection: Coconut palms, Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands

Coconut palms, Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageFrench Polynesia Collection: The Diadem, Tahiti, Society Islands, c. 1870

The Diadem, Tahiti, Society Islands, c. 1870

Background imageFrench Polynesia Collection: Casuarina sp. ironwood tree and Pandanus sp. screw pine tr

Casuarina sp. ironwood tree and Pandanus sp. screw pine tr
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageFrench Polynesia Collection: Fort Venus

Fort Venus
An engraved plate of Fort Venus, erected by the Endeavours people to secure themselves during the observation of the transit of Venus at Otaheite (Tahiti)

Background imageFrench Polynesia Collection: Plate from Charles Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the Bea

Plate from Charles Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the Bea
Fish from South American and Tahitian waters including Agonopsis chiloens, found by Charles Darwin in the Chiloe archipelago, off the west coast of South America

Background imageFrench Polynesia Collection: Gobiesox marmoratus

Gobiesox marmoratus
Fish collected by Charles Darwin in South American and Tahitian waters from his Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle


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