Survey Collection (page 5)

Ordnance Survey Observatory, London, 1848
Engraving showing the interior of the observatory built on the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral by the Ordnance Survey, for their charting of London and the environs in 1848

Viewing the Battlefields
Battlefield tourists survey the battle torn landscape around Ypres shortly after the end of World War One

Upper Fire-Hole, Yellowstone National Park, 1874
Engraving showing the Upper Fire-Hole, viewed from the direction of the Old Faithful geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1874

Sketch by ILN special artist, Melton Prior. British troops in tropical helmets survey the destruction by fire of the house of Cetshwayo, King of the Zulus, at the end of the Zulu wars

Brighton Bench C. 1953
Three smartly-dressed elderly people, all wearing hats, sit on a bench in Brighton and survey the scene Date: circa 1953

Compass on a Map
A compass with a scale ruler, used as an aid to map reading

Crusoe Surveys Island
Robinson Crusoe takes a more particular survey of the island, complete with parasol and pets

Exploring Arizona 1871
On the Colorado River, a survey party prepares to set out in a fleet of oared boats

Meeting Nez Perces
Meeting in the forests of Oregon - a member of the U.S. government survey speaks with men and women of the Nez Perce people

Exploring Colorado River
Exploring the American wilder- -ness - the Colorado River party of the U.S. geographical survey reach the mouth of Diamond Creek in the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Bombers of Zeppelin
In order to improve the safety and accuracy of airship bombing, bomb-aimers survey the landscape below the clouds by using a suspended car

German Officers / 1914
German officers in the trenches survey the battlefield

Lieutenant Dejoux
LEIUTENANT DEJOUX French explorer involved in the geographical survey of Madagascar, where he was slain by the natives

Theodolite for Survey
A dapper surveyor and his fine theodolite

Map Cover / Cairngorms
Cover design of an Ordnance Survey Map of the Cairngorms

Brit Expedition Survey
Members of the British Everest Expedition survey the mountains

Domesday Book
THE DOMESDAY BOOK - the earliest surviving public record, a survey of landholding ordered by William I the Conqueror; now housed in the Public Record Office

Ordnance Survey Map
The attractive cover design for the Ordnance Surveys One- inch-to-the-mile series

Chamois Hunters
A group of Bavarian hunters survey the surrounding rocks for more animals to shoot. Note the iron-tipped poles which they use to help them move about the mountainside

Mexico / Yucatan
Reconstruction of a Maya temple, based on an English archaeological survey led by Thomas Gann, including sacrificial altar, drowning pool and sports stadium

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