Landform Collection (page 5)

Western headland of Magaliesberg

Modern Homo sapiens, Cheddar Man
A reconstruction of Cheddar Man based upon the fossil evidence of Modern Homo sapiens discovered at Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset. This model was created at the University of Manchester

Pinus mugo, European mountain pine
Watercolour depicting the foliage of a European mountain pine from page 38 of Ehret Drawing Book, by Georg Dionysius Ehret, c. 1740 s

Vanguard cave, Gibraltar
Exterior view of Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar which has been excavated by palaeontologists. Discoveries of interest include chert flake tools and charcoal beds

Mud volcanoes, Baku
Mud volcano flow, Baku peninsula, Azerbaijan, 1992

Equus zebra, mountain zebra
Mountain Zebra Mare. First wounded by John Lainga killed by myself. September 1862. Sketch from Rothschild bequest 3. Part of a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines

The Installation of No Bengulu
Into the supreme chieftainship of Matabili land, February 1870. Sketch 36 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Lowland dipterocarp rainforest of the Rampayoh river valley, Brunei. Photographed by Gaden Robinson

Collecting moths at light
Dr Gaden Robinson collecting moths at light, Rampayoh R. valley, Brunei

Pre-Scourian Volcanoes
An artists impression of pre-Scourian (2, 600-3, 000 million years ago) volcanoes

Section through volcano crater lake
Illustration shows a section through volcano crater lake and also the system of tunnels at Kelut, Java, which drain the crater lake

Oreortyx pictus, mountain quail
Plate 15 from John Goulds A Monograph of the Odontophorin, or Partirdges of America (1850). Hand coloured lithograph

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, cliff swallow
Plate 68 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Permian desert
An artists impression of the Permian desert with huge sandunes and sandstone mountains (290 to 248 million years ago) in Northern England

Volcanoes on the early Earth
This is an artists impression of volcanoes frequently active on the surface of early Earth

William Pengelly (1812-1894)
Portrait of William Pengelly, a geologist. Pengelly left his indelible mark on the science of geology and cave exploration

Chelmon marginalis, margined coralfish. Holotype BMNH 1843.6.15.48, from Coral Bay, Port Essington (dried specimen)

Sydney Cove
A section of Drawing LS 2 from the Watling Collection titled New South Wales, Port Jackson from the entrance up to Sydney Cove, taken in October 1788 by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788

Collecting fossils on a field trip to Compton Bay on the Isle of Wight

Edinburgh volcano
Illustration of the Edinburgh Volcano erupting in the late Palaeozoic period (543 to 248 million years ago), superimposed onto a modern aerial photograph of the city

Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting
Plate 189 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Phodilus badius, Oriental bay owl
Plate 14 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 1, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Volcano types
Block diagram showing: (top left) Glowing cloud eruption, (top right) a shield volcano and (Bottom) a strato-volcano

Homo neanderthalensis, Neanderthal Man burial site (Teshik-T
Reconstruction of a Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) burial site based on remains discovered at Teshik-Tash, Uzbekistan dating back 70, 000 years

Submarine volcanic eruption
A submarine volcanic eruption may often produce a Tsunami or trigger earthquakes. One of a series (including image numbers 185 to 190) showing various forms of volcanic eruption

Pleistocene hunters
An illustration of a hominid hunting party with mammoths and rhinosauruses uring the Pleistocene period, 1.8 million years ago - 11, 000 years ago

Ordovician Britain
An artists impression of an eroded Ordovician (490 to 443 million years ago) volcano and shore line near Builth Wells, Powys

Silurian mud-flows
An impression of Silurian (443 to 417 million years ago) mud-flows, coral reefs and volcanoes, by Michael Copus

Volcanic Activity
Block diagram showing various types of volcanic activity. One of a series of diagrams (including image numbers 185 to 190) showing volcanic activity

Regulus cuvieri, Cuviers kinglet
Plate 55 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Igneous activity
A block diagram depicting various types of igneous activity. Fig 65 from The Story of the Earth (1977), a Geological Museum booklet

Lava-flow from Edinburgh volcano
A specimen of lava-flow that erupted from the haunch vent down the flanks of the volcano to its present resting place on Whinny Hill

Liskeardite
A specimen of the mineral liskeardite from the Marke valley mine, Liskeard, Cornwall. Soft fibrous crystals, forming a pale-green botryoidal crust on a fine-grained matrix of chlorite and quartz

Volcano model
Working model of a volcano at the Geological Museum, London

Convallaria magalis, lily-of-the-valley
Folio 28 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Raper drawing No. 28
Hummock Island, so named by Captain Carteret - by the natives call d Mondooroo by George Raper 1791

Raper drawing No. 15
Entrance of Port Jackson from a boat close under the South Head; 1789

Raper drawing No. 12
View of the Table-Land from the Anchorage in the bay of Cape Good-hope. By George Raper, 1792

Raper drawing No. 10
An illustration of Cobras, a fortified island close to the city in Rio de Janeiro 1789

Raper drawing No. 8
Entrance of Rio de Janeiro (Brasil). View from the anchorage without the Sugar Loaf bearing NW off shore 2 miles. By George Raper, 1790

A view of the coastline to the south of Botany Bay
Drawing 5 from the Watling Collection titled A View of the Land to the Southward of Botany Bay with the Entrance of the Harbour by John Hunter, 1790-1797

Pandion haliaetus, osprey
Plate 15 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

View of the entrance into the Harbour of Port Jackson
Drawing 8 from the Watling Collection titled View of the Entrance into the Harbour of Port Jackson, taken in a boat under the North head by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1790

Primula auricula, mountain cowslip
Page 51 from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johanne Godfredo Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Raper drawing No. 23
View of the west side of Sydney Bay Norfolk Island showing the method by which the crew and provisions were saved from the wreck of the Sirius. By George Raper, 1790

Raper drawing No. 26
[3] Views of Lord Howe Island, discovered by Lieut. Ball. February 1788 by George Raper

Goughs Cave excavation site
Excavations at Goughs cave, Cheddar, Somerset. The site of Goughs Cave was first discovered by R.C. Gough in 1903. It is a limestone cave on the east side of Cheddar Gorge

The cliff edge engine houses of Wheal Trewavas
Situated on the Tregonning granite at Trewavas Head, south Cornwall. Image used in Minerals of Cornwall and Devon by P.G. Embrey and R.F. Symes, 1987, page 40. See also 4072

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