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Islands Collection (page 9)

Background imageIslands Collection: Poster, Scotland, Western Highlands and Islands, map. Date: circa 1939

Poster, Scotland, Western Highlands and Islands, map. Date: circa 1939

Background imageIslands Collection: Funerary mask. Punic style. Spain

Funerary mask. Punic style. Spain
Funerary mask. Punic style. Terracotta. From Cemetery of Puig des Molins, Ibiza. Archaeological Museum of Barcelona. Spain

Background imageIslands Collection: Catalan armies, navy, cavalry and infantry who conquered Mal

Catalan armies, navy, cavalry and infantry who conquered Mallorca in 1229. Detail from the Altarpiece of St. Ursula. Master of the Conquest of Mallorca. 13th century. It comes from the Church of St

Background imageIslands Collection: Cannibalism Cooking Dead Humans Fiji Fijian Native

Cannibalism Cooking Dead Humans Fiji Fijian Native
cannibalism, cooking, dead, humans, fiji, fijian, native, barbaric, rite, traditions, pacific, islanders, fierce, warriors, enemies, consuming, cannibal, cannibalisation, cannibals, body, bodies

Background imageIslands Collection: Advert for R. M. S. P. Luxurious Travel 1915

Advert for R. M. S. P. Luxurious Travel 1915
Advertisement for the Luxurious ocean steam ship R.M.S.P. (The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company). Date: 1915

Background imageIslands Collection: Fawley Oil Refinery

Fawley Oil Refinery
An aerial view of the 3, 200 ft long jetty at the Esso oil refinery, Hampshire, England. Three of the four breasting islands are shown, which are able to berth four tankers simultaneously

Background imageIslands Collection: People of the Andaman Islands

People of the Andaman Islands, pictures with a European Anthropologist. The natives photographed used to speak a language that was called Bo

Background imageIslands Collection: Soldier of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Spanish Civil War

Soldier of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Spanish Civil War
Soldier from the Philippine Islands serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion of the International Brigade, during the Spanish Civil War

Background imageIslands Collection: PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA A tribe meets to discuss the death of their sacred bird, the blue Bird of Paradise Date: 1930s

Background imageIslands Collection: TENERIFE CAVES

TENERIFE CAVES
TENERIFE : the sepulchral caves of the Guanches, where the dead are laid out or propped up. Date: circa 1780

Background imageIslands Collection: Stokers feed the furnaces of HMS Kent while she pursues the German ship Nurnberg after the Battle

Stokers feed the furnaces of HMS Kent while she pursues the German ship Nurnberg after the Battle of the Falkland Islands. Date: 1914

Background imageIslands Collection: SANDWICH ISLANDS (Polynesia) mourning the dead Date: 1844

SANDWICH ISLANDS (Polynesia) mourning the dead Date: 1844

Background imageIslands Collection: Mozambique Island off the coast of the northern province of Nampula

Mozambique Island off the coast of the northern province of Nampula. The early colonial capital of Mozambique. Date: 1683

Background imageIslands Collection: Waterworks Valley, Jersey

Waterworks Valley, Jersey by Henry John Sylvester Stannard

Background imageIslands Collection: Greve de Lecq, Jersey

Greve de Lecq, Jersey by Henry John Sylvester Stannard

Background imageIslands Collection: McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR. 2 XV410

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR. 2 XV410
Royal Air Force - McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 XV410, of No.23 Squadron, on the line at RAF Wattisham with the Hawks of the Red Arrows

Background imageIslands Collection: Mainz, Germany on the River Rhine

Mainz, Germany on the River Rhine. Notable sights and map of the River and neighbouring towns and villages. Date: circa 1905

Background imageIslands Collection: Market Place, Dominica, Barbados

Market Place, Dominica, Barbados. Date: 1911

Background imageIslands Collection: John W Orviss shop - Beresford Street, Jersey, Channel Is

John W Orviss shop - Beresford Street, Jersey, Channel Is
John W Orviss shop - The corner of Beresford Street and Halkett Street, Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: 1905

Background imageIslands Collection: Lakes, small islands and high peaks, Snowdonia

Lakes, small islands and high peaks, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageIslands Collection: Honolulu from the Punch Bowl, Hawaii

Honolulu from the Punch Bowl, Hawaii
Vintage 19th century photograph: view of Honolulu from the Punch Bowl, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands

Background imageIslands Collection: Obelisk, Thorshavn, Faroe Islands

Obelisk, Thorshavn, Faroe Islands
Vintage c.1900 photograph: obelisk, Thorshavn, Faroe Islands. A basalt obelisk erected in 1882 to commemorate the visit of the Danish king Christian IXs visit to the Faroe Islands in 1874

Background imageIslands Collection: Advert for cruises on the Orient Line, 1927

Advert for cruises on the Orient Line, 1927, visiting the Mediterranean, Atlantic Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, Norway and Scandinavia Date: 1927

Background imageIslands Collection: World War II US B-29 bombeers on the Mariana Islands

World War II US B-29 bombeers on the Mariana Islands
World War II vintage photograph US B-29 bombeers on the Mariana Islands, war in the Pacific

Background imageIslands Collection: c. 1890s Oceania - Pacific Ocean islands- Fiji / Tonga portrait

c. 1890s Oceania - Pacific Ocean islands- Fiji / Tonga portrait
c.1890s Oceania - Pacific Ocean islands - Fiji or Tonga - man in a grass skirt

Background imageIslands Collection: Grove Hill, Camberwell

Grove Hill, Camberwell
View of Dr Lettsoms house. John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815) was an English physician and philanthropist born on Little Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands into an early Quaker settlements

Background imageIslands Collection: Man and woman of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, Polynesia

Man and woman of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, Polynesia
Man and woman of Nuku Hiva (St. Christian), Marquesas Islands, Polynesia, 1818. Chief and woman in elaborate feather headdress, cloak and robes with basket and stick

Background imageIslands Collection: Inhabitants of California, America, 1818

Inhabitants of California, America, 1818. They wear feather headdresses, and the woman wears a grass skirt and carries a basket on a stick

Background imageIslands Collection: Man and woman of Senegal, 1818

Man and woman of Senegal, 1818. The man carries a bow and quiver of arrows. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal

Background imageIslands Collection: Man and woman of the Molucco Isles (Maluku Islands), 1818

Man and woman of the Molucco Isles (Maluku Islands), 1818. Melanesian people with shield, spear, quiver of arrows. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present

Background imageIslands Collection: Historical views of Kamchatka

Historical views of Kamchatka. Koryak man on a sledge drawn by dogs 19, interior of a Koryak hut 20, and glutton or wolverine, Gulo gulo, hunting a deer 21

Background imageIslands Collection: Historical views of the Eastern Islands (Indonesia)

Historical views of the Eastern Islands (Indonesia). Natives of the Ladrones Islands (Marianas) sailing in a proa sailboat 34, Abba Thule

Background imageIslands Collection: Scenes from the islands of West Africa, 1820

Scenes from the islands of West Africa, 1820
Christopher Columbus in the Azores looking toward America 28, birds in the Canary Islands 29, and Napoleon Bonapartes prison Longwood House on St. Helena 30

Background imageIslands Collection: Scenes from the Barbary coast of Africa, 1820

Scenes from the Barbary coast of Africa, 1820
Barbary corsair pirates boarding a ship 1, audience with the Emperor of Morocco 2, and Christian enslaved persons harnessed to a wagon 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Background imageIslands Collection: How the Vikings lived in the Shetlands in William the Conquerors time

How the Vikings lived in the Shetlands in William the Conquerors time. A vivid reconstruction by Alan Sorrell of everyday life and activities in the Jarlshof Settlement near Sumburgh Head

Background imageIslands Collection: Middle-aged gent with wife and Mother - Jersey

Middle-aged gent with wife and Mother - Jersey
A jovial middle-aged gent (in voluminous trousers!) with his arms around the houlders of his wife and (possibly) his Mother on the beach on Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageIslands Collection: Duke of Cambridge, visit to Guernsey, Channel Islands

Duke of Cambridge, visit to Guernsey, Channel Islands
Reception of the Duke of Cambridge, visit to Guernsey, Channel Islands, 17 September 1862. 1862

Background imageIslands Collection: Death of Major Peirson at St Helier, Jersey

Death of Major Peirson at St Helier, Jersey (British defence against French invasion). 1781

Background imageIslands Collection: Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands (Tonga)

Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands (Tonga)
Poulaho (Polaho), King of the Friendly Islands (Tonga) at the time of Captain Cooks visit. Date: 1770s

Background imageIslands Collection: View in Anamooka and the inhabitants

View in Anamooka and the inhabitants - a scene on the coast of Tonga, named the Friendly Islands because of the reception given to James Cooks third Pacific voyage in May 1777. circa 1790

Background imageIslands Collection: Victorian scrap, a woman and child of the Greek Isles

Victorian scrap, a woman and child of the Greek Isles. circa 1890

Background imageIslands Collection: Me with Harrier

Me with Harrier
Me leaning on the wing of a British Aerospace Harrier GR.3 (Phase 6) on the 1453 Flight pan, RAF Stanley, in the Falkland Islands October 1984. Date: 1984

Background imageIslands Collection: Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras

Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras
Bay Islands - a group of islands off the coast of Honduras. Date: circa 1911

Background imageIslands Collection: St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland

St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, dating back to the 12th century. Date: circa 1845

Background imageIslands Collection: View of the Skellig Islands, off the SW coast of Ireland

View of the Skellig Islands, off the SW coast of Ireland
View of the Skellig Islands, off the south-west coast of Ireland. Date: 1843

Background imageIslands Collection: Native man of La Magdalena (Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands)

Native man of La Magdalena (Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands) with sling, loincloth, headband and tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature

Background imageIslands Collection: Native man of Nuku Hiva with spear and skull

Native man of Nuku Hiva with spear and skull
Native of Nuku Hiva with spear and skull. Young man of the Marquesas Islands not completely tattooed. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature

Background imageIslands Collection: Native man of La Magdalena (Fatu Hiva, Marquesas

Native man of La Magdalena (Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands) with club, loincloth, necklace and tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature



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