Madeira Collection (page 6)

Portugal, Madeira, Funchal - Afternoon over the Atlantic
Portugal, Madeira, Funchal. Late afternoon light over the Atlantic Ocean. Date: 2013

Portugal, Madeira - Antique mountain train
Portugal, Madeira, Funchal, Monte: Antique mountain train (Rack Railway). Date: 1893

Portugal, Madeira - Transporting hammock or Rede
Portugal, Madeira, Funchal, Monte: Transporting hammock (a Rede). Date: 2013

Madeira, Funchal, Ajuda - Sunset over the Atlantic
Portugal, Madeira, Funchal, Ajuda: Sunset over the Atlantic Ocean. Date: 2013

Portugal, Madeira, Funchal, Monte - Sancta Maria chapel Date: 2013

Madeira, Camara de Lobos - Old smoking tower
Portugal, Madeira, Camara de Lobos - Old smoking tower and shed. Date: 2013

Portugal, Madeira, Funchal, Monte - Carros de bois
Traditionally, the means of travel in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira, did not include wheeled carriages. The uneven cobbled roadways, steep hills and sharp bends

Sarcophagus of Habsburg Emperor Karl I
Portugal, Madeira, Funchal, Monte - The Sarcophagus of Habsburg Emperor Karl I in the Nossa Senhora do Monte Church. Date: 2013

Antique Sedan Chair - Madeira
Portugal, Madeira, Funchal, Monte: Antique sedan-chair Date: 2013

Steamer Francisco Salles - Porto-Velho, Brazil, the capital of the state of Rondonia, in the upper Amazon River basin. Pictured on the Madeira River

Sant Anna (Azenha), Madeira, Portugal Date: circa 1910s

Madeira - Scenes from the Island including: Loo Rock, travel via a Transporting Hammock, a sheltered nook and a traditional Oxen carriage (Carro). Date: 1900

Madeira, Portugal - Embroidery
Madeira, Portugal - Embroiderers working on traditional Madeiran Embroidery. The hand embroidery of Madeira is generally recognised as being the finest of its kind available in the world

Madeira, Portugal - Funchal Cathedral Date: circa 1910s

Borracheiros - Madeira, Portugal
Madeira, Portugal - wine pickers ( Borracheiros ) and handlers who transport the grape juice as soon after it has been pressed as possible in a goatskin; a sight now fast becoming a rare sight

Transporting Sugar Cane - Madeira, Portugal
Transporting Sugar Cane by Ox-pulled sled - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Date: circa 1910s

Women Villagers weaving - Madeira, Portugal Date: circa 1910s

Portugal - Madeira - Traditional costumes. The Grey heaired (and bearded) guitarist is wearing a distinctive pointed carapuca hat

Portugal - Madeira - Children in traditional costume, featuring pointed red carapuca caps. Date: circa 1909

Portugal - Wandering Salesman
Portugal - A Poor wandering salesman, with a small basket of wares in his wicker basket at the end of a long pole. Date: circa 1908

Portugal - Young girl in traditional costume Date: circa 1910s

Funicular Cog Railway - Madeira, Portugal
Funicular Cog Railway from Funchal to Monte on Madeira Island, Portugal which operated between 1893 and 1943, and went further up to Terreiro da Luta at 867 m above sea level

Madeira - Transporting Hammock
Amongst the three best-known unusual means of transportation to have be found on the Portuguese Island of Madeira was the transporting hammock

Madeira, Funchal - Oxen carriage
Traditionally, the means of travel in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira, did not include wheeled carriages. The uneven cobbled roadways, steep hills and sharp bends

Acrostichum squamosum
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 8

Adiantum reniforme and A. capillus-veneris
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 12

Drawer from Insect Collection of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 18
A collection of more than 4, 000 insects, including butterflies, flies, bugs and moths

Scolopendrium officinarum, Polypodium valgare, Asplenium can
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 20

Asplenium palmatum
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 16

Insect Collection of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820)
A collection of more than 4, 000 insects, including butterflies, flies, bugs and moths

Panoramic: Landscape in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Landscape in Madeira
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Landscape in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Townscape in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Funchal, Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Port in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Panoramic: Landscape at Madeira
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Funchal, Maderia 1783
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Vegetation in Madeira, Portugal
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Buildings on mountainside, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Bridge over stream bed
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

View of Madeira, Portugal, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Buildings and figures on mountainside
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Chart of Roadstead, Porto Grande, St. Vincent, Madeira, Port
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

View at Madeira, Portugal
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

A country road, Madeira, Portugal
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Terracing on steep valley sides, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Mountain gorge, Madeira, Portugal, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

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