Island Collection (page 100)

Staten Island Ferry USA
The Staten Island passenger ferry, New York

Crusoe Surveys Island
Robinson Crusoe takes a more particular survey of the island, complete with parasol and pets

Britannia with her Mines
Britannia surrounds her island with a cordon of mines

Newport, Rhode Island
Panoramic view of the town, across the bay from MgGrigors Hill : settled by religious refugees in 1639, it was later a popular tourist resort, now famous for its jazz festival

Battle of Long Island
BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND Superior in numbers and skill, the British defeat the Continental Army on Long Island, forcing them to retreat in disorder. Date: 29 August 1776

Newport Tower
Newports Old stone mill has been identitied by some as constructed by Norsemen in pre-Columban times : alas, this identification is almost certainly incorrect

Niagara Falls Anon 2
A panoramic view of the Falls - the American Falls on the left, the relatively small Bridal Veil Falls to the left of Goat Island, the Canadian or Horseshoe Falls beyond

Rome / Tiber Island 1665
Rome/Tiber Island 1665

Gibraltar 1970S
A Union Jack flag flying above a Moorish castle on the island of Gibraltar, Spain

New York / Coney Island
New York: a couple out walking at Coney Island

Devils Island / Guyana
A view of Devils Island, French Guyana, where Alfred Dreyfus was sent on 13 April 1895 and placed in solitary confinement

Andaman Island Convicts
Prisoners take their meals on the beach in the Andaman Islands

LA Perouse at Easter I
Officers from the expedition measure the statues while the islanders pilfer their belongings

Crusoe at Home
Robinson Crusoe in his island home: Surrounded by household pets, I spent many happy and peaceful days

Crusoe Sees Footprints
Robinson Crusoe, believing himself to be alone on the island, discovers footprints on the beach, to his utter amazement

Niagara USA Falls, 1875
Tourists view the American Falls from Goat Island

Sikorsky Amphibian 1928
Landing on water or on land, this giant amphibian carries 14 passengers from Los Angeles to Catalina Island for Western Air Express

New Zealand Maori Dance
The HAU-HAU, a religious /patriotic dance of the Pai Marire fanatics, which expresses in dance movement a challenge to the authorities, somewhat like a war dance

Houseboats, Luzon
Houseboats ( caseos ) on the Pasig River, Manila, on Luzon island

Vikings at Heligoland
A Viking raiding party heading for the island of Heligoland

Treasure Isle Jim
Jim Hawkins tells Doctor Livesey and the others about Long John Silvers treachery

Treasure Island / Pirates
Jim Hawkins eavesdrops on the pirates

St Paul Island, Indian Ocean, a former volcano
The Island of St Paul, in the Indian Ocean -- a former volcano, with the crater still visible on one side

Puynipel (Bonibai), Caroline Islands, Pacific Ocean
View of Puynipet (Bonibai), in the Caroline Islands, a group of around 500 coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Seen here with surrounding coral reef and natives in boats

England / Plymouth
Mount Edgcumbe, from St Nicholass Island

Nares / Lievely Harbour
The Nares expedition aimed to restore to Britain the farthest north record in Alert and Discovery. The ships in Lievely Bay, Disco Island

Galapagos Islands
Isabela (Albemarle) Island

Napoleon Arrives at Elba
Napoleon arrives on the island of Elba which has been assigned to him as his kingdom, after conquering most of Europe

Saint Helena, C18
Perspective View of the Island of Saint Helena, belonging to the English East India Company

French Take Malta 1798
On his way to Egypt, Napoleon stops at the island of Malta and takes it : the British will take it away from him in 1800, though

Belfast Riots 1886
Riots in Belfast - the " Island" men in North Street

Columbus Lands 1492
Columbus and his men wave their swords and flags in the air, watched by the passive natives of Guanahani (Bahamas), also known as Watling Island

Arthur Bourchier / Silver
ARTHUR BOURCHIER English actor in the role of Long John Silver

Sydney Destroys Emden
Australian cruiser Sydney destroys the German raider Emden off North Keeling Island

Malta Attacked
Malta : Italian bombers attack the island, a strategic target which is subjected to intense bombardment but manages to survive

Map of the New York Area
A map of New York from the middle of the eighteenth century

Stukas Bomb Malta
German JU-87 Stuka dive- bombers attack the island of Malta, a vital Allied base which the Axis powers were never able to take despite prolonged attacks

Chess on Timor
Chinese ladies playing chess on the island of Timor

General De Torcy
GENERAL DE TORCY French military in Madagascar, who played a leading part in the conquest and pacification of the island

General J C R a Duchesne
Jacques-Charles-Rene-Achille DUCHESNE French general in Algeria and Madagascar, which he conquered and pacified, extending our knowledge of the island

Battle of Embro 1346
BATTLE OF EMBRO The Knights of Rhodes defeat a Turkish fleet in a sea-fight off the coast of their island

Japan Boating Party
A Japanese boating party - a boatman carries two ladies to an island

Roosevelt home Oysterbay
Theodore Roosevelts home at Oyster Bay, Long Island

EMDEN SINKS SHIPS
The German raider Emden sinks two British ships, Tumerico and King Lud, but will herself be sunk by the Australians in November off North Keeling Island

AMERICA ON FIRE 1926
The passenger liner on fire while anchored at Newport, Rhode Island

Mutineers Descendants
On Pitcairn Island, some of the descendants of John Adams, one of the mutineers

Social / Reunion / Bourbon
Islanders of Reunion or Bourbon Island

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