Niger Collection (page 2)

Black Hellebore or Christmas Rose
Helleborus Niger, Black Hellebore or Christmas Rose. early 19th century

Libyan Traders Houses at Zinder, Niger, Africa. An important centre of the Trans-Saharan trade with the founding of the Sultanate of Damagaram in 1736 by Kanouri aristocrats. Date: circa 1910s

Plants / Hyoscyamus Niger
HENBANE, HOGBEAN French : Jusquiame Date: late 19th century

Bornu mounted warrriors (cavalry) in Ceremonial Battle Dress. The Bornu Empire (13801893) was an African state of Nigeria from 1380 to 1893

Jean-Marie Bayol
JEAN-MARIE BAYOL French explorer in Africa, notably in the Upper Niger : subsequently a colonial administrator and poet (in Provencal)

General Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863 A?o??n? 1934) French military officer and explorer in Africa. Engraving. La Ilustracion Artistica, 1899. Colored

African colonialism. Explorers attending a party in his honor in Niger (1881). Nineteenth-century colored engraving

Centrolophus pompilus, or Blackfish
Centrolophus pompilus, also known as Pompiles, Rudder Fish, Black Ruff or Blackfish. Date: 1863

Black skimmer, Rynchops niger, and common tern, Sterna hirundo.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France

Henbane or stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier de la France, Paris, 1780

Mosque at Agades in Niger
Mosque built from mud in 1515 in the Sahel town of Agades

Guinea, West Africa - The Niger River. The main focus of this postcard is the charming European-style barge, albeit covered by a very African matted reed hood! Date: circa 1910s

Quercus rober niger, oak tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Sauropod excavation, 1988
Team cleaning exposed elements of the fore and hind limbs of a Sauropod dinosaur in Niger, 1988

Dinosaur excavation, Niger 1988
Hessian bandage, cut into strips and lightly coated in a thin mixture of plaster, being applied to the tissue covered bone

Excavations, Niger
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum, London prepare the dinosaur fossils for transportation that have just been excavated in Niger, Northwest Africa

Dinosaur vertebrae
From a Palaeontology field trip in Niger, West Africa

Colonial Africa. French defence post in Upper Niger (1891). Etching

Somono family and home
A Somono family by their hut. The Somono are a tribe living in Mali and known as excellent river fishermen, operating on the River Niger. Date: circa 1920s

Bishop Samuel Crowther
SAMUEL ADJAI CROWTHER African churchman, bishop of the Niger Territory Date: 1809 - 1892

HENBANE
Henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger), is wild, poisonous plant, often used for medicinal purposes. Date: 1930s

Plants / Helleborus Niger
CHRISTMAS ROSE

Yam Market, Asaba, River Niger
Illustration showing a group of people selling yams at Asaba, near the River Niger

Houssa Soldier Shaving his Wifes Head, River Niger
Houssa Soldier shaving his wifes head at Asaba, near the River Niger. Date: 1897

Shipping a Mahogany Log, River Niger
Shipping a log of mahogany, being brought aboard the Royal Niger Companys ship at Axim, River Niger

Hugh Clapperton - 2
HUGH CLAPPERTON Scottish naval officer, explorer in Nigeria, first European to see Lake Chad : died on expedition to find the source of the Niger

Niger / Agades 1850S
Agades, Niger, West Africa

Hyoscyamus Niger
HENBANE French : jusquiame noir

Nigeria / Niger River
Ferry over the Upper Niger

Marchand / With Natives
Jean Baptiste Marchand. French explorer who traced the source of the Niger River, explored the Ivory Coast region and caused a Franco- British crisis in Fashoda

Hugh Clapperton
HUGH CLAPPERTON Scottish explorer, first European to see Lake Chad, died on Niger expedition

Aime Olivier, Explorer
AIME OLIVIER French explorer who crossed central Africa from the Atlantic seaboard to the Niger, via the Foutah-Djallon

Brunache, Explorer
BRUNACHE French explorer in Africa, made a journey from the Congo to the Niger across central Africa

Briquez, Explorer
BRIQUEZ French explorer of central Africa, made journey from the Congo to the Niger

Casimir Maistre
CASIMIR MAISTRE French explorer, after Madagascar expedition, travelled in Central Africa, Congo, Niger and Tchad

Niger / Aouderas C1855
Valley of Aouderas, Niger, West Africa

Royal Niger Co. Fighting
Soldiers of the British Royal Niger Company form a square to attack the camp of the Emir of Lapaie and subdue West African resistance to British colonial efforts

Caron & Chief Tidiani
French explorer Lieut. Caron, sent to reconnoitre the Niger region, establishes friendly relations with Chief Tidiani at Tombouctou

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