Navigator Collection

Vasco da Gama in India
Portuguese Colonial History Series - Vasco da Gama has an audience with The King of Calicut (Kozhikode), the Samudiri (Zamorin) in May 1498

Christopher Columbus, Italian navigator and explorer
Christopher Columbus, Italian navigator, coloniser and explorer on behalf of Spain. He undertook four voyages of exploration, first reaching the American continent in 1492

Raleigh / Potatoes / Ireland
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English navigator supervising the first planting of potatoes in Ireland

Aviator John Alcock 1919
Captain in the Royal Air Force, he was the pilot of the first direct transatlantic flight in June 1919 with navigator Arthur Whitten Brown

Juan Sebastian Elcano
JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO Spanish navigator, sailed with Magellan on his round-the- world voyage, took command after the death of Magellan in the Philippines

Sir Martin Frobisher (1535-1594). Engraving. Colored
Sir Martin Frobisher (1535-1594). English seaman. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Engraving. Colored
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Explorer and navigator genoese. Columbus taking possession of the island of San Salvador. Engraving by Martin Rico after a painting of Isidro Gil

HENRY the Navigator (1394-1460). Portuguese
" HENRY " the Navigator" (1394-1460). Portuguese prince, son of John I. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

Arthur Whitten Brown
Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, he was the navigator of the first direct transatlantic flight in June 1919 piloted by Captain John Alcock

HENRY the Navigator (1394-1460). Portuguese prince, son of John I. Monument by Tom᳠ Costa (1894). Sculpture on bronze. PORTUGAL. Porto. Infante Dom Enrique Square

Duties of a large bombers crew by G. H. Davis
The duties of a large bombers crew of seven during the Second World War. Every man has a special task allotted to him. Showing a 27-ton heavy bomber over its target in Germany. Date: 1942

Volcano Seen 1700
Volcano in the Bismarck Archipelago, off New Guinea, seen by English navigator William Dampier and his crew

Railway Navigator
Affectionately satirical view of a navigator, or navvy

Diaz Sails to the Cape
Bartholomew Diaz, Portuguese navigator, sails to the Cape

Khiuaz Dospanova, Khazak pilot and national heroine
Khiuaz Dospanova (1922-2008), Khazak pilot who served during the Second World War, in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, nicknamed the Night Witches

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi (1503-1572). Engraving. Colored
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi (1503-1572). Spanish admiral and governor. Engraving by Weber. The Artistic Illustration, 1886. Colored

Pierre Paul Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905). French explorer and navigator of Italian origin. Colonial administrator, founder of the Middle Congo. Engraving

Diogo Cao (ca. 1452-1486). Portuguese navigator, discoverer of the mouth of the Congo river. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Christopher Columbus
This sculpture portrays a young Christopher Columbus, famous Italian explorer and navigator who succeeded in opening the way for the colonization of the Americas through voyaging across the Atlantic

Cover design, Cape Times Annual, Jan Van Riebeeck
Cover design, Cape Times Annual, Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck, Dutch navigator and colonial administrator, in the Cape, South Africa, 6 April 1652 Date: 1652

Parade for Harold Gatty and Wiley Post
A parade along Broadway for navigator Harold Gatty 1903-1957) and pilot Wiley Post (1898-1935), celebrating their record-breaking achievement of flying around the world in under nine days. Date: 1931

Il Leone di Caprera. Sailing schooner of 9 meters of length that crewed by three Italians wanted to cross the Atlantic Ocean with a sextant as the only guide

Vasco da Gama (1460-1524). Portuguese explorer
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (1460-1524). Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Navigator and colonist of the Americas. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Payo Gomez Charino (ca. 1225-1295)
Payo Gomez Charino (ca.1225-1295). Galician poet and nobleman. Major governor (Adelantado Mayor) of the Kingdom of Galicia and troubadour in the Galician language. Portrait, detail

Navigator standing at the astrodome of a Vickers Varsity T. 1
Royal Air Force - Navigator standing at the astrodome of Vickers Varsity T.1 WJ949, in April 1961. Date: 1961

Handley Page HP-137 Jetstream 1 G-AWVK (msn 208), of Racal Decca Navigator Company Ltd, at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show held from 5-12 September 1976. Date: 1976

HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
The Henry the Navigator Memorial (Padreo Dos Descobrimentos), built in 1960 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of his death; Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. Date: 1394 - 1460

Gloster Meteor NF. 14 WS788
(ex Royal Air Force) - Gloster Meteor NF(T).14 WS788 Z, preserved in the colours of No.152 Squadron, at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, York

Christmas greetings card - The Young Navigator - a toddler sailing a toy ship on the sea. Date: circa 1937

Membership card for the Caterpillar Club belonging to Flight Officer Edwin Walker, who was a navigator on a Lancaster bomber

Motor racing along a country lane - ParisMadrid race 1903
The notorious ParisMadrid race of May 1903 was an early experiment in auto racing, organized by the Automobile Club de France and the Spanish Automobile Club, Automovil Club Espanol

First fully successful westbound North Atlantic flight
Captain Charles Kingsford Smith, co-pilot Evert van Dijk, navigator John Patrick (Paddy) Saul and wireless operator John Stannage

Canal swing bridge and canal navigators tools including barow, grafting tool, shovel, scoop and horsing-block. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Jacques Cartier, French Breton explorer 1491-1557. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a figure in Roger de Gaignieres portfolios from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes

Arthur Brown of Alcock and Brown, aviator
Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948), British navigator. Completed the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919 alongside Pilot John William " Jack" Alcock (1892-1919). circa 1919

Praca do Infante Dom Henrique, Porto, northern Portugal, with a statue in honour of Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), who encouraged the early voyages of discovery

Piper PA-23 Apache G-ASHC
Piper PA-23-160 Apache G-ASHC Crashed 21 March 1964 at Melling, near Aintree village, on Grand National Day, killing all five persons on board (pilot and four passengers)

Hanriot HD-1 flown by Charles Nungesser
The Hanriot HD-1 flown by famed World War I French Ace Charles Nungesser in the 1925 movie The Sky Raider, with Nungessers distinctive badge on the fuselage side

Calm Captain in Storm Date: 1947

Navvy
London characters : if the streets of London were paved with gold, the navigator (NAVVY) would find it, for he spends his life digging them up and filling them in again. Date: circa 1870

Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) (Fernao de Magalhaes) Portuguese navigator on the deck of his caravel

United States Navy - Beech SNB-2 Navigator 51263
United States Navy Beech SNB-2 Navigator 51263 7V. Date: 1960s

Percival Prince G-ALWH
Percival P.50 Prince series 2A G-ALWH, of Decca Navigator Limited as a demonstrator for their navigation equipment. Registered to Decca on 17 July 1961 and exported to the USA on 15 November 1976

Squadron Leader D. S. Don - Kings Cup Air Race
Hanworth Aerodrome, Kings Cup Air Race. Hawker Tomtit G-aLL, powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose IIIA, belonging to the then Prince of Wales (Edward VIII), flown by Squadron Leader D.S

Jacques Cartier (1491A?i? 1557). French explorer. Portrait
Jacques Cartier (1491 A?i? 1557). French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. Portrait. Color

The Blood Compacts ceremony between Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi (1503-1572). Spanish admiral and governor. The Blood Compacts ceremony between Legazpi and Sikatuna, king of Philippines. Engraving. Colored

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue crew and helicopter
Three crew and a helicopter belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

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