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Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorersA map of Africa which illustrates the travels of the explorers Livingstone, Stanley and Cameron
Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorersA map of Africa which illustrates the travels of Livingstone, Stanley and Cameron. Date: 19th Century
Madagascar jasmine, Marsdenia floribunda (Many-flowered stephanotis, Stephanotis floribunda). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Watts after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers
Xanthopan morganii praedicta, sphinx mothDarwins sphinx moth, found in Madagascar. The species as a whole is known as Morgans sphinx
Angraecum sesquipedale, Madagascan orchidThis species of orchid was used by Darwin to prove his theories of evolution. Illustration from The British Museum (Natural History) by Peter Whitehead and Colin Keates, 1981
Gromphadorhina portentosa, hissing cockroachA pair of hissing cockroaches also known as the Madagascan hissing cockroach. This species of roach is chocolate brown with no wings
Walking Stick / Stick Insect (Phasm madagascariensis). Madagascar
Aepyornis SkeletonA Victorian couple admire a restored skeleton of aepyornis ingens, a genus of flightless birds native to Madagascar
Ranavalona Iii / Ils 1896RANAVALONA III in 1897, at the close of her reign, when she had been dethroned by the French and was on her way to exile on the island of Reunion
German empress cactus, Disocactus phyllanthoides. Cactus phyllanthoides, Cactus speciosus, Catto elegante. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle
Geochelone radiata, radiated tortoiseLithograph by Edward Lear of drawing by James de Carle Sowerby. Plate from Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles, drawn from life (1872), introduction by Dr. John Edward Gray
Madagascar periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus (Vinca rosea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards rom William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1793
Madagascar - A Group of Betsileo Women, a highland ethnic group. Date: circa 1910s
Extinct dinornis or moa, aepyornis ingensAn artists impression of how the extinct dinornis or moa (aepyornis ingens), a genus of flightless birds native to Madagascar, might have looked
Betsimisaraka tribal group, Madagascar, wrestlersVintage 19th century photograph: Betsimisaraka tribal group, Madagascar, two men, wrestlers
Woman of the indigenous Tanala tribe, MadagascarVintage 19th century photograph: woman of the indigenous Tanala tribe, Madagascar
Utensils and tools of the Malagasy people of Madagascar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World
The LemurThis painting captures the soft textured fur of a lemur, primates native to the island of Madagascar, his long tail is half framing the distinctive face with stark, bright orange eyes
RANAVALONA III After the French conquest of her island, she becomes the focus of nationalist feelings and the French send her into exile where she dies. Date: 1862 - 1917
MADAGASCAR INFANTICIDEA Madagascar couple lay their infant in the road along which cattle are driven, so that the animals will trample it and bear the responsibility for its death Date: 1845
Betsimisaraka woman MadagascarVintage 19th century photograph: Betsimisaraka woman doing another womans hair, Madagascar
Miixed race (?) woman, MadagascarVintage 19th century photograph: captioned femme metisse mixed race (?) woman, Madagascar
Indigenous group with paniers, MadagascarVintage 19th century photograph: indigenous group of three women and a man, the women with paniers on their heads, Madagascar
Man of the indigenous Tanala tribe, MadagascarVintage 19th century photograph: man of the indigenous Tanala tribe, Madagascar
Scenes from Madagascar, 1820Slave traders leading an enslaved family to market 58, a crocodile seizing a bullock 59, and stranded French sailors meeting the King of Madagascar 60. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Redoul tree, Coriaria myrtifoliaRedoul or roudou tree, Coriaria myrtifolia, Coriaria a foglie di mortella. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali
Saw-scaled viper and Madagascar leafnose snakeSaw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus 1, and Madagascar leafnose snake, Langaha madagascariensis 2. Scitale zigzag, Langaha a muso appuntato
Ring-necked spitting cobra and Martinique lanceheadRing-necked spitting cobra, Hemachatus haemachatus 1, and Martinique lancehead, Bothrops lanceolatus 2. Vipera emacate, Trigonocefalo ferro di lancia
Madagascan sunset moth, Chrysiridia rhipheus (Urania riphaeus). Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Blanchard from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire
Furcifer bifidus chameleon and water monitor lizardFurcifer bifidus chameleon, native of Madagascar, and water monitor lizard, Varanus bivittatus. Handcolored engraving by Forget after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire
Bushwillow, Combretum coccineum (Combretum purpureum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821
Duvaucels squirrel, Sciurus hypoleucus. Indian giant squirrel? From a specimen in the Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied Museum
Eranthemum sanguinolentum. Madagascar. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe
Madagascar laceleaf, Aponogeton madagascariensisMadagascar laceleaf, lattice leaf or lace plant, Aponogeton madagascariensis (Ouvirandra fenestralis). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens
Wooden bridge and waterfall at the River Roccie, Madagascar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World
Bridge and waterfall over a river in Madagascar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence
Women beating clothes and washing fabricWomen beating clothes and washing and drying fabric on rocks in a river in Madagascar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient
House of the Malagasy people of Madagascar, with boat in the garden and fort on a hill. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient
Weapons of the Malagasy people of Madagascar, men with bow, arrow, shield, quiver, and axe. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient
Exotic butterflies including the MadagascarMadagascar giant swallowtail, Pharmacophagus antenor (Papilio antenor) 1, hairstreak butterfly, Thecla sylvanus 2, 3, and white-banded babul blue, Azanus isis (Polyommatus isis) 4, 5
Aye-aye, Daubentonia madagascariensis (Cheiromys madagascariensis). Illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Landseer from Edward Griffiths The Animal
Cinnamon or broad-billed roller, EurystomusCinnamon roller or broad-billed roller, Eurystomus glaucurus glaucurus. (Madagascar roller var.?, Coracias madagascariensis)
Malagasy civet, Fossa fossanaMalagasy or striped civet, Fossa fossana. (Fossane, Viverra fossa.) Near threatened. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology, B. White, London, 1776
Exotic lizards and anolesCape girdled lizard, Cordylus cordylus 1, Cuviers Madagascar swift, Oplurus cuvieri 2, mountain horned lizard, Phrynosoma orbiculare 3, Jamaican anole, Anolis garmani 4, and green anole
Madagascar PeopleDress and arms of the natives of Madagascar
Preparing bread from the manioc rootNatives of Madagascar preparing bread from the manioc root. Date: 1834
Madagascar - Toamasina (Tamatave) - Cemetery for the local indigenous people. Date: circa 1906
Madagascar - Toamasina (Tamatave) - Rue de Commerce. Date: circa 1906
