mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
Francis Drake FougeronSIR FRANCIS DRAKE the English admiral and circumnavigator of the world
EARTHs INTERIOR, 1735English geologist John Woodwards conception of the composition of the globe, with molten lava surrounded by a thick crust
Edwardian TutorThe private tutor of an Edwardian Country House, sitting at the desk of his classroom, with a blackboard behind him and a globe of the world by his side
Sir Francis Drake (1542-1596)Engraving of Sir Francis Drake (1542-1596), Elizabethan explorer and seafarer. In 1577 he and his crew became the first Englishmen to circumnavigate the globe
Scene from False Shame, Globe Theatre, London, 1872Engraving of a scene from the play, False Shame, at the Globe Theatre, London, 1872
Cotton - Cloth HallThe finished product awaiting despatch to customers round the globe, at the Cloth Hall, Leeds
Navigation by Blome 1685Richard Blomes pictorial representation of Navigation
Nollet Experiment 2Nollet, at the College de Navarre, Paris, demonstrates how electricity can be generated by stroking a glass globe, and then passed from one person to another
Voltaire Dauzel / MichelFRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET the French writer and philosopher at the chateau de Ferney
Voltaire NeagleFRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET the French writer and philosopher with his patron, Friedrich II of Prussia
De Lesseps Gill CartoonFERDINAND DE LESSEPS French diplomat and engineer responsible for the Suez Canal
Printing Example 1691A very fine example of the use of fonts in 17th century printing
Time & GlobeAllegorical illustration of Father Time with a child and two young women, allegories of the four seasons
Che Guevara Placard 1983ERNESTO GUEVARA known as CHE GUEVARA Placard commemorating the Latin American guerrilla leader, at the Ministry of Interior, Havana, Cuba
Columbus and GlobeCRISTOFORO COLUMBUS Genoese sailor in the Spanish service
Globe / Bear Garden 1629Engraving showing the Bear Gardens proximity to The Globe
Fw Herschel / Euro Magsir FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL German-English astronomer
John Bull before & AfterJohn Bull before the war........and after
Fireball at CartagenaA great globe of fire, in the space of some minutes, broke into four lesser balls, which flew off towards the four cardinal points, attended with a clap of thunder
Democritus / RiberaDEMOCRITUS Greek philosopher and scientist
John of HolywoodJOHANNES DE SACROBOSCO also JOHN OF HOLYWOOD English Mathematician. Author of treatises on astromony as well as mathematics
Aristotle / LaplanteARISTOTLE Greek philosopher as a young man, reading at his desk
Crystal Palace / WorldVisitors from all over the globe flock to the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace. Date: 1851
Christoph Clavius / Esme BCHRISTOPH CLAVIUS Bavarian astronomer and mathematician
Sebastian Cabot / F RawleSEBASTIAN CABOT Map maker and navigator, son of John Cabot
Brazza / Luque / Hommes D auPIERRE SAVORGNAN DE BRAZZA Italian-born French explorer
Richard Burbage / HardingRICHARD BURBAGE Actor; with Shakespeare, Condell and Heming, he established the Globe Theatre as a summer playhouse
Jan Taisnier / LarmessinJAN TAISNIER Flemish scholar
Painting a GlobeThe globes are painted black and the map drawn on in white paint
Norway / Cartoon View 1919" The English have a lot, to be sure, but we Norwegians have more ice!"
Pig / Learned Toby 18CToby, the learned pig at Bartholomew Fair
Terrestrial GlobeTerrestrial globe
HENRY IV AT THE GLOBEMasked and pipe-smoking ladies in the " Pit" watching a performance of Shakespeares " Henry IV"
Victor Hugo / Gill GlobeVICTOR HUGO French writer, sitting on top of the world
Lady Reads a Heavy BookA lady with her feet up reads a heavy book
Maps / World, Late C18Earths globe still far from completely mapped - note how North America and Australia fade away
Tycho Brahe (Cooper)TYCHO BRAHE Danish astronomer
Charles I MarshallCHARLES I OF ENGLAND Defender of the Faith in England and Scotland
Wren Wroxhall AbbeySIR CHRISTOPHER WREN The architect of St Pauls holding a plan of the cathedral in his hand
Globe ArtichokeGlobe artichokes
Frock Coat & Globe PhotoA very tall man, his hand resting on a globe, wears a frock coat, narrow trousers, a single-breasted waistcoat with no collar & a dark cravat
Globe / Music SheetThe Great Globe Quadrilles by Stephen Glover
Globe and Coffer FishGlobe fish and coffer fish swimming together
Academie FrancaiseAllegorical depiction of the academy showing toga clad men of learning surrounded by scientific instruments participating in all branches of the arts & sciences
Globe Making 1930SA man decorates a globe in Germany
Boy and GlobeA boy holds a globe above his head, perhaps pretending to be Atlas ?
Theatre / The GlobeExterior of the Globe Bankside
