Geography Collection (page 19)

Smoking pipes of metallurgical complex in Norilsk, Russian Arctic.. Summer, August. Severely polluted town sits in the same landscape depression in arctic tundra

Driftwood - accumulating in Yenisey-river gulf. on a Kara-sea shore. It consist of wood from lost logging rafts, trees washed away up Yenisey-river and a lot of rubbish. Russian Arctic near Dikson

River Obrivistaya - very close to Kara sea shore.. landscape near Dikson, Russian Arctic: 30 m. deep canyon, everlasting snow (melts only in very warm summers). A lone sea-gull flies over a canyon

Philippine Tarsier - habitat - dense secondary tropical rainforest near PTFI (Philippine Tarsier Foundation Incorporated) (Tarsius syrichta )

Lowland rainforest in a river-valley near Sandakan. Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; morning in June

Rainforest and a river near Sekong Bay, near Sandakan. Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; morning in June

Rainforest and Sekong Bay near Sandakan. Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; morning in June

Destruction of rainforest: preparation for oil-palm plantation which replaces rainforest in a river-valley, (Elaeis guineensis). Sabah, Borneo; Malaysia; June

Sulu Sea and rainforest on shore near Sandakan. helicopter view; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; morning in June

Primary rainforest at dawn, a view from a helicopter. Sepilok area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Rainforest canopy in a thick mist at dawn. Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; morning in June

Mature rainforest at dawn, a view from a helicopter. Sepilok area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Russia - River Sarant in Sengilen mountain range. South Tuva, Russia

Russia - rocks in tundra on a mountain plateau. South Tuva

Russia - dunes of Tsuger-Als Sands: ancient alluvial sands along river Tes-Hem valley. Erzin settlement, South Tuva

Dry grasses in sunrise over frozen river Hudosey, a tributary of river Taz, and taiga-forest; above the Polar Circle. midwinter; North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

RUSSIA - semi-tundra. Lakes and melting snow, aerial. Taiga near Norilsk town, Russian Arctic

RUSSIA - semi-tundra aerial view of taiga. River near Pyasina Lake, Russian Arctic

Ice - Moss in ice frozen spring. Tundra, Taimyr, Russian Arctic

Flagging his home town at the Eagle Hut, WW1
An American sailor sticks a flag into a huge map adorning the wall of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London, in order so he may meet other American soldiers and sailors from the same area

Bory De Saint-Vincent
JEAN-BAPTISTE MARCELIN BORY DE SAINT-VINCENT French naval officer, traveler and naturalist who made important contributions to botany, zoology and geography. Date: 1778 - 1846

Blaise Comte De Pagan
BLAISE FRANCOIS de PAGAN, comte de Merveilles French traveller, soldier, author of history & geography of the Amazon, and on fortification. Date: 1604 - 1655

Greenwich Observatory, Greenwich, London - Magnetic Clock Date: circa 1910s

An old actor lays down the law to a journalist
Old actor (laying down the law to Journalist) - " And let me tell you that when I speak, I know what I m talking about, I ve seen the world - Peckham - everywhere!" Date: 1900

Garden of the Gods, Colorado, USA - Cathedral Spires
Garden of the Gods, Colorado, USA - The Cathedral Spires (centre). Date: circa 1903

Map of Jerusalem, Israel. 19th century

Geological timescale
A diagram showing geological time on earth as expressed in a spiral starting with earth in a molten state and progressing through deserts to the rise of mountain ranges and volcanoes

Du cours de l Orenoque
Plate 16 from Atlas Geographique et Physique du Nouveau Continent (1814) by Al. de Humboldt

Simons Town, Cape of Good Hope, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Chart of Roadstead, Porto Grande, St. Vincent, Madeira, Port
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

View to Harbour down dry stream bed. South Africa
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Chart of Roadstead, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Terracing on steep valley sides, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Mount Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana, Rotorua, New Zealand
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Distant view across valley, c. 1870

Origin of Gem Minerals
A diagram showing cross sections through the earths continental crust to a depth of 40kms. Many gemstones form within the crust at different levels and at different temperatures

Oceanic and continental crust
A cross section of the Earths surface showing the continental crust on the left and oceanic crust on the right. Beneath the surface layer lies the Basaltic layer (in green) and the Mantle (in grey)

Mouth of the river Santa Cruz, map
Map (p.338 - 339), from Charles Darwins Narrative of the voyages of HM Ships Adventure and Beagle part 2, 1839

Earths Restless Surface
Images of volcanic eruption on display in the Earths Restless Surface gallery, the Earth Galleries, The Natural History Museum, London

A cross section of the Earth showing the mantle (the thick outer layer), the core (the inner layer) and the inner core (the centre)

SPAIN. Santillana de Mar. Santa Juliana Collegiate Church. Romanesque art

MEXICO. VERACRUZ. El Taj�Estructure 5 and
MEXICO. VERACRUZ. El Taj� Estructure 5 and the Nichos Pyramid. Totonacan art

MEXICO. Palenque. El Palacio. Maya ruins. Maya

MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. TeotihuacᮮThe Sun
MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. Teotihuacᮮ The Sun Pyramid. Teotihuacan culture

MOROCCO. Moulay-idriss. View of Volubilis Roman city

MEXICO. HIDALGO. Tula. Quetzalcoatl Temple and Atlantes Statues. Toltec art

MEXICO. VERACRUZ. El Taj�El Tajin Chico. Building
MEXICO. VERACRUZ. El Taj� El Tajin Chico. Building 1. Totonacan art

MEXICO. VERACRUZ. El Taj�The Nichos Pyramid
MEXICO. VERACRUZ. El Taj� The Nichos Pyramid

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