Islands Collection (page 44)

Indian Ocean / Andaman Isl
Andaman Islands: Bazaar Street, Port Blair

New Caledonia / Noumea
New Caledonia: general view of Noumea, from the artillery barracks

New Hebrides / Espiritu
New Hebrides: natives and yam shed at Espiritu Santo

Falklands / Berkeley Sound
Berkeley Sound: view of the bay

Falklands / Port Stanley
Port Stanley: view of the bay

Ibiza / Sunday Morning
Ibiza: a typical Sunday morning

Ibiza / Street Scene 1896
Ibiza: street in the Maritime Quarter

Easter Iusland Figures
A group of the massive stone figures scattered about the island, evidently religious in character but not fully understood by archeologists

Stevenson and Belle
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON in the library at Vailima, Upsilu, Samoan Islands, with his stepdaughter Belle, who acted as his amanuensis

Hawaii / Honolulu C1850
Hawaii (Sandwich Islands): the port of Honolulu, with ships

Digging out Guano / Peru
Guano mining operations: Chincha islands, Peru. The deposits of seabirds, named guano, were sought after as prized fertiliser in the nineteenth century

Peru / Guano / Wagons / C19Th
Peruvians on the Chincha islands, discharging guano wagons

Extracting Guano / Peru
Peruvians on the Chincha islands, work to extract guano deposits

Zeno Lands on Faroe Isl
Italian explorer Nicolo Zeno is shipwrecked on the Faroe Islands. He was joined there by his brother Antonio, and some believe they assisted Templar expeditions to America

Andaman Is. Pirogues
The construction of pirogues, used by the Andaman islanders for fishing, is the time- honoured dug-out method, providing a strong (if heavy) and watertight hull

Fishing / Andaman Islands
Fishing with bow and arrow on the Andaman Islands, India

Tahiti Discovered
Captain Samuel Wallis, of the Royal Navy, discovers Tahiti, in the Society Islands, but is attacked by the natives in their boats as he anchors off the shore

COLUMBA STEAMER
Paddle steamer of Macbayne Line, plying between the Scottish islands

Funchal Madeira C19Th
FUNCHAL A view from the sea with various landmarks given: Mount Church, the Cathedral, Bangars Pillar, Fort St Jago, Loo Rock & Pontinha

Sicily / Lipari & Castle
The volcanic island of Lipari, the largest of the Aeolian Islands off the coast of Sicily, showing the 13th century fortified walls & castle

Canaries / Tenerife
TENERIFE : the volcanic Pico de Teide, also known as the Peak of Tenerife, 2700m high

Saint Helena 2
View of Jamestown harbour from the hill behind the Battery : this French engraving names the defences - perhaps with a view to rescuing the captive Emperor ?

Saint Helena 1
The entrance to the harbour at Jamestown : the residence of General Buonaparte is just beyond the Governors house, on the hilltop in the centre

Scene in New Caledonia
TAKING THE ROOT ROUTE : a native shows a westerner how to negotiate the swamps by stepping from one root to another of the trees growing in the water

Whitsunday Island
A madreporic atoll comprising a ring-shaped coral reef, on which seeds borne by the wind have taken root

Racial Types / Papua
Papuans, engaged in domestic activities outside the family home, are excited when one of their number discerns a steamer on the horizon

Andaman Islanders &bones
Natives of the Andaman Islands dry the bones of their parents over a fire inside a hut

New Guinea Folk & Friend
An East-West encounter : Achille Raffray, travelling in New Guinea, extends the hand of friendship to three New Guinea warriors

New Guinea Warriors
Two warriors, on the wrong side of whom one would not wish to be

St Petersburg -The Point
The Point, on the islands in the Neva delta, is a favourite place for the citizens to take the air and meet their friends

Boats of Society Islands
Boats of Ulietea, in the Society Islands, observed by Captain Cook in the course of his travels. The double canoe is a kind of sailing catamaran

PORT MAHON
One boat sails through Port Mahon

Trade / Canonor 1572
A view of CANONOR, one of the portuguese settlements on the route to Asia. Part of a larger map showing Calechut (Calcutta)/Ormus/Canonor/Mina

Loo Rock, Funchal Bay
The Signal Station on Loo Rock in Funchal Bay, Madeira

NOTES IN MADEIRA
A series of 6 sketches showing life in Madeira, including a bullock car, hammock bearers, Funchal, Loo Rock, Madeira peasants and a running car

Madeira Bay
A haven of rest in a world at war. The British Atlantic fleet can also be seen here at anchor in the bay

Greece / Ithaca 19th C
Ithaca, in the Ionian Sea

Greece / Ithaca 1866
Ithaca, in the Ionian Sea. View of the Vathy harbour

Ascension Island 1683
A birds eye view of a rocky island surrounded by shipping and big sea birds. There seems to be a bit of a set-to between three ships who are surrounded by cannon smoke

Cocoa from Upolu
Harvesting coconuts on the island of Upolu

Samoan Tree House
A Samoan tree-house, built over the water, presumably for coolness

Noblemans Outing
When a Samoan person of consequence goes out, he does so in a formal procession with a huge umbrella to shield him from the sun and a retinue of servants

Samoa Village Scene
A Samoan village. Inset - a young Samoan woman

Green Monkey (Bewick)
simis sabaea : Buffon calls it the CALLITRICHE. The hair on the upper body is green, the underside silver. It lives on the Cape Verde islands and parts of North Africa

Cyclone / Oceania
Touamotu Islands, Oceania (Pacific)

Ww1 / 1915 / Greek Islands
The British gobble up the islands of the Aegean

J-F De Galaup, Laperouse
JEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP, Comte de LA PEROUSE French navigator in Pacific &c, apparently murdered by natives of Santa Cruz Islands

Easter Island Figures
Somewhat to the displeasure of the people of the island, men of the French navy destroy some of the monumental figures so that they may be more conveniently taken to France

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