Geographical Collection

Austria. Vienna. Vienna
AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna

Atlas Novus, 17th c Map of the Caribbean
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris Adiacentibus. Map of the Caribbean islands printed in Amsterdam circa 1645

Portolan chart, 1582. Map of the central part of the Mediterranean sea. Printed in Messina. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting

Map of Gibraltar (XVIIIIth c. ). Etching
Map of Gibraltar (XVIIIIth c.). Etching

JAPAN. HONSHU. HIROSHIMA. Hiroshima. Atomic Bomb

Speke & Grant. Lecture
The explorers deliver a lecture at the Royal Geographical Society

Man, woman and baby of Corea, Korea, 1818

Man and woman of China, 1818. Man with tobacco pipe, holding hands with a woman

Thomas Cook - Travel Company - Advertisement in The Geographical Magazine - Sail Away From Workaday Cares. 20th century

Aztec man and woman of Mexico, 1818
Man and woman of Mexico, 1818

Khoikhoi man and woman, South Africa, 1818. They wear animal skins and woven skirts and stand in front of huts covered in animal hides

Man and woman of Cochin China (Vietnam) 1818

Man and woman of Arabia, 1818. The man wears a turban, cloak, sash and harem pants, the woman wears a veil over a long dress

Western Australia - Route of The Dettlers Expedition ?
Western Australia - Route of The Dettlers Expedition Under Mr Ac Gregory From Perth To Gascoyne River 1848 and Govenor Fitz Gerald's Route From Champion Bay To Murchison River 1848 and 1849

Western Australia - Route of Expedition Under ?
Western Australia - Route of Expedition Under Surveyor General Roe From Perth To Russell Range 1848 and 1849

List of Names (Fragment)
Parchment leaf. A namenregister comprising a list of names in two columns, mostly men but including a few women

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

SPAIN. Belchite. Ruins of the old town destroyed after the Battle of Belchite (1937)

Spain Lleida Pallars Jussa Conca De Tremp Trenches
spain, lleida, pallars, jussa, conca, de, tremp, trenches, of, the, civil, war, in, area, vilanoveta, horizontal, colour, color, outdoor, daylight, exterior, outside, daytime, sunlight, europe

Spain Lleida Pallars Jussa Conca De Tremp Bunker
spain, lleida, pallars, jussa, conca, de, tremp, bunker, of, the, civil, war, in, conques, area, vertical, upright, colour, color, interior, interiors, inner, inside, insides, europe, european

SPAIN. LLEIDA. Pallars Jussa. Conca de Tremp. Bunker of the Civil War in Conques area

Spanish Civil War Map Of Catalonia Regions And
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Man and woman of Catalonia dancing the fandango, 1818. A musician plays a lute behind them

Man and woman of Murcia, Spain, 1818. The man wears the traditional folk costume of jacket, sash and wide breeches

Man and woman of the Land of Fire or Tierra del Fugo, 1818. Yaghan people wearing sea-calf skin cloaks and woven skirts

Man and woman of Vienna, Austria, 1818. She carries a basket of wares to sell

Man and woman of the Isle of Tanna, Vanuatu, 1818. They wear grass skirts and necklaces, the man holds a cudgel and the woman panpipes

Otaheiteans or natives of Tahiti, Polynesia, 1818. Tahitian man and woman in cloak and skirt in front of a palm tree

Man and woman of Guianna or Guyana, South America, 1818. They wear striped skirts, carry bow, arrows and basket in front of a cabin or carbet

Man and woman of the Isle of Paques or Easter Island, 1818. They wear feather headdresses, cloaks and skirts, and the man holds a cudgel

Man and woman of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, Polynesia
Man and woman of Nuku Hiva (St. Christian), Marquesas Islands, Polynesia, 1818. Chief and woman in elaborate feather headdress, cloak and robes with basket and stick

Carib women of Martinique, Antilles, West Indies, 1818
Women of Martinique, Antilles, West Indies, 1818. Carib people in skirts, bandanas. One woman carries a basket on her head

Peruvians or Inca people, 1818
Peruvians or Inca people of Peru, 1818. They wear feather headdresses, cloak and skirt, and the man carries a bow and quiver of arrows

Inhabitants of California, America, 1818. They wear feather headdresses, and the woman wears a grass skirt and carries a basket on a stick

Natives of Virginia, America, 1818. (Virginia was populated by Cherokee, Shawnee, Lenape, Mingo and other tribes.) The man carries a bow and arrow, and both wear feathers in their hair

Iroquois Indians of Canada, 1818. The man carries a musket, bow and quiver of arrows, and the woman holds a baby in a papoose

Peasants of Bohemia drinking in a tavern, 1818
Peasants of Bohemia drinking wine in a tavern, 1818

Man and woman of the Land of Natal, South Africa, 1818

Man and woman of Jagga or Chaga, Africa, 1818
Man and woman of Jagga, from the kingdoms of Monoemugi and Caffraria, Africa, 1818. Chaga people of Tanzania with woven skirts, bow, quiver and arrows, basket

Man and woman of Congo, Africa, 1818
Man and woman of Congo or Lower Guinea, Africa, 1818. The man wears a conical hat, and the woman a striped shawl and skirt

Man and woman of Cacongo, on the coast of Loango, 1818. (Angola, West Africa). The man carries a small round wooden boat on his back, and another man climbs a palm tree behind him

Man and woman of Issinia, Guinea, West Africa, 1818. The man sits in front of a hut built of reeds and palm leaves, the woman carries a baby on her back

Man and woman of Senegal, 1818. The man carries a bow and quiver of arrows

Bijogos man and woman of Cazegut (Guinea Bissau), 1818
Bijogos man and woman of Cazegut (Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau, West Africa), 1818

Man and woman of Tunis, Algiers or Tripoli, 1818

A Copt man and woman of Egypt, 1818. Coptic Christian people of Egypt in front of the pyramids

Man and woman of Paris standing in front of a fountain, 1818
Man and woman of Paris standing in front of a fountain

A female Mamelouk of Cairo in Egypt, 1818. Mamluk woman in turban seated on a cushion on a terrace being served tea by a servant

Man and woman of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1818. The man smokes a tobacco pipe and holds a lance, the woman wears a short tunic dress and holds a basket of fruit

Man and woman of the Molucco Isles (Maluku Islands), 1818. Melanesian people with shield, spear, quiver of arrows

Man and woman of Goa, India, 1818. They wear headdresses with feathers, tunics and cloaks

Women of Normandy, France, in a kitchen, 1818. They wear elaborate tall lace headdresses

Man and woman of Hindostan or Hindustan, 1818. The man wears a turban, tunic, sash and harem pants and holds a saber, the woman wears a veil, shawl and dress

Man and woman of Persia, 1818. The man wears a turban, cloack, tunic, harem pants and scimitar, the woman wears a turban with veil, cloak and dress

Man and woman of Palestine, 1818

Man and woman of Armenia, 1818. The man wears a turban, coat, tunic and breeches, the woman wears an embroidered dress

Women of the Isle of Nio or Ios, Greece, 1818. One woman spins yarn on a spinning wheel and another holds a spindle

Man and woman of the Isle of Santorini, Greece, 1818. The man wears jacket, sash and harem pants

Man and woman of Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1818. The man wears a turban and ermine-trim coat and smokes a long tobacco pipe, the woman in dress and harem pants

Sami people, Laplanders, man and woman of Lapland, 1818. The man holds a brace of fish and points to a man riding a sleigh drawn by a reindeer

Man and woman of St. Petersburg, Russia. The man has a tray of bottles on his head and the woman carries a basket of eggs

Man and woman of Strasbourg, Alsace, France, 1818. The woman shows her wares on a table in a garden

Man and woman of Naples, Italy, 1818. The man carries a tray of grapes on his head, while a boy holds a box and shawl on his head

Peasamt women of the environs of Baden, Germany, 1818. One holds a round shield

Street entertainers or Savoyards, 1818
Man and woman of Savoy or Savoie, 1818. The man ia street entertainer with box of props on his back, the woman plays a lute and the boy plays a triangle

Man and woman of the Black Forest, Germany, 1818. She holds a rake and he is sharpening a scythe ready for harvest

Man and woman of Hamburg, Germany, 1818. They carry baskets of produce on yokes across their shoulders

Man and woman of Friesland, Holland, 1818

Man and woman of Lisbon, Portugal, 1818. The woman wears black veil and mourning dress

Styrian peasants with donkey, 1818. The woman carries a basket and milkpale

Hungarian Hussar with woman wearing a veil, 1818

Man and milkmaid, Prussian Silesia, 1818
Man and woman of Prussian Silesia, 1818. The man is courting a milkmaid

Citizens on London near Westminster Bridge, 1818
Citizens of London, with Westminster Bridge and Nelsons Column in the background

Fashionable women riding bicycles in a park, 1896
Bicycling, the Ladies of the wheel, 1896. Fashionable ladies on bicycles in a Paris park. They wear blouses with wide sleeves over long skirts. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Aerial photography in World War One
A illustrated explanation of the uses of and how aerial photography worked in World War One

Sphere cover - Rosita Forbes
Front cover of The Sphere magazine featuring a photograph of writer and traveller Rosita Forbes dressed in the costume she wore on her travels to the Senussi in the North African desert

Chesil Beach, Dorset which runs for 18 miles from West Bay to the Isle of Portland. Date: circa 1920s

SPAIN. Ronda. Moorish baths (13th-14th centuries). Main hall

THE MAGNETIC POLE
Determining the MAGNETIC POLE as opposed to the geographical pole - a problem scientists were well aware of in the 17th century Date: circa 1680

Lady Elise Isabelle Watts FRGS (nee Simonau, 1863-1930), Belgian-born artist. Date: 1925

ALARCON, Hernando de (1500- )-. Spanish navigator and explorer. He drew the first geographical map of the peninsula of California and the western coast of Mexico

Tabula secundum accurata Ventorum veterem et nova [m] dispositione [m] ac nomenclature [m] (Table of the winds according to the old and new layout and nomenclature)

MEXICO. HIDALGO. Tula. Tolteva relief. Toltec art

MERCATOR, Gerhard Kremer, called Gerardus (1512-1594). Earth Globe by Mercator. Dimensions: 64 x 55 cm. Diameter: 41 cm. BELGIUM. Sint-Nikls. Mercatormuseum

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