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Andrew Johnson, Pres
ANDREW JOHNSON 17th president of the USA, tailors apprentice who reached the White House only to be impeached for his policies : he was acquitted. Date: 1808 - 1875

Peace agreement reached between Philip II of Spain and Henry

Joseph Caillaux
JOSEPH CAILLAUX French statesman. As premier in 1911, he reached a peaceful settlement of the crisis over Morocco with Germany. Date: 1863 - 1944

Peary & Cook / Assiette
Returning from the North Pole, Robert Peary returned home to find Frederick Cook claiming he had reached it the previous year. " What a hole, the Pole!" Date: 1909

Tom reached and clawed down the hole after him. Date 1916

Commander Peary and Captain Bartlett
Robert Edwin Peary (1856 1920), explorer and adventurer, who claimed on April 6th 1909 to have been the first man to reach the North Pole, although this claim is widely doubted today

Cook and Sledge
Frederick Cook with the aluminium sledge he used on his final dash to the Pole - except that his claim to have reached it was later disallowed

Lear / Nonsense / Nose
There was a Young Lady whose nose, was so long that it reached to her toes; So she hired an Old Lady, whose conduct was steady, to carry that wonderful nose

Boys at Charterhouse celebrating the Relief of Mafeking, 190
Illustration showing schoolboys at Charterhouse boarding school celebrating the news of the Relief of Mafeking during the Boer War, 1900

Celebrations in Glasgow after the Relief of Mafeking, 1900
Series of illustrations showing the celebrations in Glasgow which took place when the news of the relief of Mafeking, during the Boer War, reached the city, 1900

Sinking British Merchant Ship, 1916
Photograph showing a sinking British Merchant ship, after she had been torpedoed by a German submarine, 1916. In this picture the ships funnel has reached the waterline

Fridtjof Nansen, Franz Josef Land, 1896
Engraving showing Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), the Norwegian explorer, biologist and oceanographer, pictured at Cape Flora, Franz Josef Land, 1896

Cooks Expedition at the North Pole, 1908
Photograph taken by Dr. Frederick A. Cook showing his igloo and Inuit companions, Ah-welsh and Etukishook, at the North Pole, 21st April 1908

Robert E. Peary on the Roosevelt, 1909
Photograph showing Commander Robert E. Peary (1856-1920), the Arctic explorer, on the bridge of the Roosevelt, 1909. Peary is seen in the fur clothing he used during his expedition to the North Pole

America, Street View in San Francisco, from a sketch by a co
San Franciscos commerce was growing by the day in 1850, as gold fever reached its height. Four rivers produced gold worth over 30 million dollars in the last 5 months of 1850

The Cook Polar Expedition at the North Pole, 1908
Photograph taken by Dr. Frederick A. Cook showing his igloo and Inuit companions, Ah-welsh and Etukishook, at the North Pole, 21st April 1908

Map of Central Africa showing the likely routes of the Emin
Engraved map showing Central Africa and the predicted routes of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1887. Emin Pasha (1840-1892), the German doctor, explorer

Camera-carrying rocket
A rocket used to propel a camera to 2600 feet to capture an ariel image. The soldiers are pictured here ready to fire the rocket from its framework

War photography - two soldiers with camera-carrying rocket
A rocket used to propel a camera to 2600 feet to capture an ariel image. Two soldiers are pictured here about to load the rocket into its framework before it is positioned ready to fire

The Life Brigade firing a Rocket to a Ship on the Rocks
Engraving showing the firing of a rocket, by the volunteer life brigade, to a steam-ship being wrecked on rocks. If the rocket-line reached the ship

Barth / Timbuktu / Camel
TOMBOUCTU (TIMBUKTU) reached by German traveller Heinrich Barth during his exploration of West Africa

William John Wills (1834-1861)
Engraving of William John Wills, the Australian surveyor and explorer, pictured in 1860. Wills was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1852, joining the staff of Melbournes observatory

Sir Henry Morton Stanley leaving Yambuya Camp during the Emi
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (on right, wearing dark jacket) setting out from Yambuya Camp on the 28th June 1887 during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

Pembrokeshire Coast
The beautiful Lydstep Haven and Point, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The celebrated caves are reached at low tide and are noted for their size and beauty

William Castleton, Dean
WILLIAM CASTLETON dean of Norwich, towards the end of his life when his beard had reached patriarchal proportions

Tribute to Scott
A tribute to Scott and his four companions who reached the South Pole on 18 January 1912 but died on the return journey

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