Route Collection (page 19)

Mexico Acajete
Outside a tavern in the village street, en route between Jalapa and Puebla

Austrians on Lake
Austrian troops embark in boats on lake Garda, the easiest route in this mountainous region

Ajax Takes Soundings
Before a single spadeful of earth is dug, the Ajax takes soundings to determine the best route the tunnel should follow

French Military Band
Every French regiment takes pride in its band, whose music is heard both on the parade- ground and to sustain morale on route-marches

Flettners Rotor Ship 3
Anton Flettners rotor-driven steamship Baden-Baden en route to New York, proving her viability if not her superior efficiency : she will sink in a storm in 1931

Emigrants En Route
On the deck of an emigrant steamship

Syrians Go to Hormuz
Aleppo (Syrian) merchants travel to the twice-a-year market at Ormuz (Persian Gulf), the biggest trading place with the Orient

Egyptian Campaign 1798
EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN Napoleon urges his men across the desert from Alexandria to Cairo, taking the short route via Damanhour

Iran / Archaeology / Bisutun
The rock inscription carved in Old Persian, Babylonian, and Elamite cuneiform on the rock of Bisutun overlooking the main route from Babylon to Hamadan

Roald Amundsen / 1927
ROALD AMUNDSEN Norwegian polar exlorer, en route to Japan aboard the President of Asia

Camel train in Central Asian desert
A camel train on a trade route in the Central Asian desert

Ghurkas Prevent Cholera
A battalion of Ghurka soldiers en route to Burma, offering sacrifices to drive away cholera

Clozel, Explorer
CLOZEL French explorer who in 1893 discovered a new route to Lake Tchad via the Ouom River

Beacons for Aircraft
Aircraft will be guided to their destinations by beacons - vertical lights positioned beside motorways, indicating the route from town to town

Bewcastle Fort
The site of Bewcastle 24km NE of Carlisle. A later castle was built in a corner of the original Roman fort, which protected a major route of attack toward Hadrians Wall

Advert / Sea / Dollar Lines
The new route to America - Dollar Steamship Line via the Mediterranean to New York and Boston

London Sinks 1866
En route to Melbourne, this steamer founders in the Bay of Biscay : 220 lives are lost including the actor C V Brooke and Dr Woolley, principal of Sydney University

River Steamers Albany
The river steamer Hendrick Hudson and another paddle steamer at the quayside, Albany, New York, working the Hudson river route between Albany and New York City

Voortrekkers En Route
THE GREAT TREK The Voortrekkers - Boer farmers seeking to escape British rule - emigrate northwards to the Transvaal

Fish Seen Near India
A variety of fish, flying fish, whales and seals seen by ships en route to India

Scene in New Caledonia
TAKING THE ROOT ROUTE : a native shows a westerner how to negotiate the swamps by stepping from one root to another of the trees growing in the water

Motor Bus / London 1905
An open-topped double-decker bus in London (route 89) with driver and conductor

German Steam Tram
Overhead railway or tramway ? This overhead route at Berlin is closer to the New York Elevated than to the tramways of Paris or London. And no doubt just as noisy

Travellers in Egypt
Travellers on the overland route to India, transferring from ship to carriage at Bulaq, Cairo

Trade / Canonor 1572
A view of CANONOR, one of the portuguese settlements on the route to Asia. Part of a larger map showing Calechut (Calcutta)/Ormus/Canonor/Mina

Surveying Aussie Rail
Surveyors in a camel-drawn carriage reconnoitre the route for the trans-continental railway which will cross central Australia

Reconnoitring Rail Route
A surveyor on camelback reconnoitres the route for the trans-continental railway which will cross central Australia

Alfonso XII in Madrid
ALFONSO XII, KING OF SPAIN SCENES AND EVENTS Loyal crowds cheer & greet the king in Madrid by throwing wreaths from balconies along the route

Lous-Philippe Drives
A solid line of soldiers guards the route as the much- targeted Louis-Philippe drives to open the Chambre des Deputes, Paris

Stoking a Liner
Seedie Boys - firemen at work in the stokehole of a P&O passenger liner en route to India

Siberia Convicts
Convicts en route to the Kara gold mines, Siberia

Dowsing / Aymar
JACQUES AYMAR French dowser with many successes to his credit, including tracking murderers along their escape route

Communications / Courier
An Ethiopian courier carries a message from the Negus : peasants along the route bow their heads in respect

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