Island Collection (page 8)

Te Tarata hot springs, Rotomahana, New Zealand
View of the Te Tarata hot springs by Lake Rotomahana, North Island, New Zealand -- thermal springs with encrusted terraces

Unloading sheep in harbour, Shetland, Scotland
Unloading sheep in the harbour, Shetland, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Sicily - Palermo Monte Pellegrino Saint Rosalies Chapel
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of the Chapel of Saint Rosalie. Saint Rosalie lived a hermit life in the caves of Mount Pallegrino

Istanbul, Turkey - Princes Islands - Buyukada
Istanbul - Princes Islands - Buyukada - the largest of the nine islands (a place of exile for the Byzantine Empresses) set within a border of seashells

Caldey Island, Wales - The Monastery
Caldey Island, Wales off the southwest coast near Tenby - The Cistercian Monastery. Date: circa 1930s

World Record Broadbill Swordfish Catalina Island, California
World Record Broadbill Swordfish - Catalina Island, California, USA. Weighting a whopping 571lb (before the addition of a small child!). Date: 1930s

Glen Street - Glen Cove, Long Island, New York State, USA Date: circa 1910s

WWII - Remember Pearl Harbour
Remember Pearl Harbour First Day Cover illustration depicting the Japanese aerial assault on the American Naval base at Pearl Harbour, a lagoon harbour on the island of Oahu, Hawaii

Chart of oceanic section, Madeira, Portugal to St. Vincent
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Beach on the Island of Tonga
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Asia. Pacific Island. Expedition of Malaspina (1789-1794). Anchorage of Umatac in Guam Island. Feather drawing by Fernando Brambila. Drawing. SPAIN. Madrid. Americas Museum

A view in the Island of Jamaica, of the spring-head of Roaring River on the estate of William Beckford esqr. Date 1778 Mar. 25th

Mortar Calculations - Fort Wright - Fishers Island, New York
Directing the range of the Mortars - Fort Wright - Fishers Island - New York, USA. Military Cadets using complex higher mathematical formulae and telephone instructions to work out the exact aiming

A view in the island of Jamaica, of the bridge crossing the River Cobre near Spanish Town. Published 1778

Snow in Providence, Rhode Island. Date 1940 Dec

Water shortage and supply: Londons water stores, 1921
Seriously depleted by drought: Londons water stores in 1921 for seven million people, spread over 558 square miles.The Thames estuary is viewed looking east, towards the sea

The Old Stone House. Long Island, 1699
The Old Stone House. Long Island, New York, 1699. Date: ca. 1847

Denmark - Funen Island (Svendborg) - The Harbour Date: circa 1930s

Island of Thassos, Greece - Street Scene
Thassos on the Island of Thassos, Greece - Street Scene

Coastal view at Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand
A coastal view at Whangarei Heads, on the northern side of Whangarei Harbour, North Island, New Zealand. Whangarei itself is the northernmost city in New Zealand

View from Pico do Arieiro, Madeira
View from the top of the Pico do Arieiro (Arieiro Mountain), the third highest peak on the island of Madeira

Jersey - Pontac
Jersey, Pontac - a train leaves the small local Railway Station

Creux Harbour on Sark, Channel Islands

Taggs Island, Molesey on the Thames to the west of London

Isle of Man / Douglas
Douglas, Isle of Man: For happy holidays

Constantinople - Princes Islands - Buyukada - the largest of the nine islands (a place of exile for the Byzantine Empresses) set within a border of seashells

Balclutha, New Zealand
Clyde Street, Balclutha, New Zealand, South Island

Macleans Cross, Iona
Macleans Cross - named after the chief of the Clan Mac Lean

Banana seller - Island of Martinique
A wonderful postcard of a West Indian Banana seller from the Island of Martinique

Great Orme and Puffin Island, Anglesey
The Great Orme and Puffin Island from Penmon Point, Anglesey

Bermuda Ireland Island
Ireland Island fortifications and dockyards in Bermuda, showing transported convicts arriving to serve their penance

Cretan Insurrection
Once again, the Cretans rise against their Turkish rulers : this time, the great powers intervene : the island will be taken from the Turks and made an independent nation

The steam-ship Roosevelt departing for the Arctic, 1908
Photograph of the steam-ship Roosevelt departing for the Arctic at the beginning of Robert E. Pearys 1908-1909 North Pole Expedition

The Old Man of Hoy, a curious cliff formation on the west coast of the Island of Hoy in the Orkney Isles, Scotland

England / Canvey Island
The old sea wall which encircles Canvey Island, Essex, at the mouth of the River Thames. The wall was built about 1623 by the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyder

Dreyfus on Devils Isle
ALFRED DREYFUS French army officer and victim of injustice as a prisoner on Devils Island

Magna Carta / Wynne
King John, pressured by the barons and threatened with insurrection, reluctantly signs the great charter on the Thames island of Runnymede

Treasure Isle / Jim Caught
Jim Hawkins is caught by the pirates

Coney Island Boardwalk
Coney Island, New York, on a popular holiday

Napoleon I on Elba
NAPOLEON I in exile on the island of Elba comes across one of his former Garde Imperiale, now working as a stone-mason

Tidal Wave, St Thomas
A tidal wave, following an earthquake, hits the steamship La Plata off the island of St Thomas, West Indies

Mastodon / Prehistoric US
A family of Mastodon, roaming the area of modern-day Manhattan Island. Bones of this large forerunner of the modern-day elephant have been found in this region

Long John Silver / Cover
The cover of a hardback edition

EDINBURGH / COOKEs 1779
Edinburgh: general view of the Castle and City

Doonpoint, Island of Rathlin (c1828). Nicholl, Andrew 1804 - 1886. Date: 1828 (circa)

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue sign
Sign for the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex. Set up in 1955

Pacific Islands, Oceania: portrait of a man and two women
Vintage 19th century photograph - Oceania, Pacific Islands, probably Fiji, Tahiti or Western Samoa: man with club (and his wives?)

Pacific Islands, Oceania: portrait of young women
Vintage 19th century photograph - Oceania, Pacific Islands, probably Fiji, Tahiti or Western Samoa: portrait of young women in a studio setting

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