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Scottish shepherd, illustration from The illustrated Traveller (1879). Engraving
People We Don t Envy: No. 1: The first German salesmanPeople We Don t Envy: No.1: The first German commercial traveller in England after the war. An imagined senario featured in The Bystander in 1915
German Commercial Traveller - WWI humourThe first visitor after the War - the German Commercial Traveller. He is carrying a case marked SCHNITZEL and BERLIN. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance
James Bruce - Scottish traveller and explorerJames Bruce (17301794) -Scottish traveller and travel writer spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia, where he traced the origins of the Blue Nile. Date: circa 1775
Travellers, Holy LandTravellers in the Holy Land. Date: circa 1870
Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839)Illustration of Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope, the English traveller, pictured in Middle-Eastern garb smoking a pipe. In the early 19th century Lady Stanhope travelled in the Levant
Baron De WoganBARON DE WOGAN traveller in California, then a wild and rugged region where one had to dress like this to withstand the rigours of the terrain... Date: circa 1850
Henry Morton StanleyHENRY MORTON STANLEY traveller in Africa Date: 1841 - 1904
Paul RycautPAUL RYCAUT traveller and historian Date: 1628 - 1700
Carlo PiaggiaCARLO PIAGGIA Italian traveller, recounting his adventures to the Geographical Society of Cairo. Date: 1827 - 1882
Ida Pfeiffer - 2IDA PFEIFFER (nee Reyer) Austrian traveller who made two round-the-world journeys, collecting plants and minerals for the British Museum. Her last trip was to Madagascar. Date: 1797 - 1858
Henry Earl PercyHENRY ALGERNON GEORGE, earl PERCY - statesman, traveller. and as you see, foxhunter : on the other hand, he won the Newdigate prize for poetry at Oxford. Date: 1871 - 1909
Francois PeronFRANCOIS PERON French traveller and naturalist Date: 1775 - 1810
Thomas Pennant - 2THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798
Thomas Pennant - 3THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798
Thomas Heazle ParkeTHOMAS HEAZLE PARK Traveller in Africa, surgeon, in exploratory dress. Date: 1859 - 1893
Blaise Comte De PaganBLAISE FRANCOIS de PAGAN, comte de Merveilles French traveller, soldier, author of history & geography of the Amazon, and on fortification. Date: 1604 - 1655
Louis Philippe OrleansLOUIS-PHILIPPE-ROBERT, duc d ORLEANS, claimant to the French throne, scientist and traveller; with his bride the archduchess Marie-Dorothee. Date: 1869 - 1926
Fredk. Lewis NordernFREDERICK LEWIS NORDERN Danish naval officer, traveller and artist. Date: 1708 - 1742
Werner MunzingerWERNER MUNZINGER Swiss linguist and traveller in Africa - hence the fez. Date: 1832 - 1875
Edward Wortley MontaguEDWARD WORTLEY MONTAGU writer and traveller, son of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, depicted in oriental costume. Date: 1713 - 1776
Albert Hastings MarkhamSir ALBERT HASTINGS MARKHAM British naval officer, traveller and explorer in south America, the Arctic etc cousin of Clements Markham. Date: 1841 - 1918
Heinrich Von MaltzanHEINRICH VON MALTZAN (or Maltzahn) German traveller and philologist Date: 1826 - 1874
Victor LangloisVICTOR LANGLOIS French orientalist and traveller, depicted with his companion Bothros Bok while travelling in eastern Europe. Date: 1829 - 1869
Livingstones GraveSightseers respectfully examine the slab marking the grave of DAVID LIVINGSTONE, Scottish missionary and traveller, whose body was brought here from Africa. Date: 1873
William Lithgow - 5WILLIAM LITHGOW, the Wonderful Traveller, is offered refreshment during his travels. Though depicted on horseback, in fact he made his journeys on foot. Date: 1582 - 1650
William Lithgow - 2WILLIAM LITHGOW, known as the Wonderful Traveller, with some of the snakes and wild beasts he encountered on his travels. Date: 1582 - 1650
William Lithgow - 4WILLIAM LITHGOW, the Wonderful Traveller, in his Turkish costume, as he visited the ruins of Greece and the middle East. Date: 1582 - 1650
Vincent Le BlancVINCENT LE BLANC - French traveller in Asia, Africa and America, from his 12th to his 60th year, leaving a memorable and useful account of his journeyings in Canada etc, Date: 1554 - 1640
Karl Gottlieb KuttnerKARL GOTTLIEB KUTTNER German traveller Date: 1755 - 1805
Peter KolbenPETER KOLBEN German traveller Date: 1675 - 1726
Alexander Wm. KinglakeALEXANDER WILLIAM KINGLAKE Journalist, traveller and historian. Date: 1809 - 1891
Charles James, TravellerCHARLES JAMES Writer and traveller Date: ? - 1821
Eyles IrwinEYLES IRWIN Traveller in the east. Date: 1751 - 1817
Joseph Dalton HookerSIR JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER Botanist and traveller, President of the Royal Society. Date: 1817 - 1911
Edmund HickeringillEDMUND HICKERINGILL - Engliah churchman, soldier in Scotland, Swedish ambassador to England, traveller in West Indies, wrote scurrilous attacks on the Church, etc. Date: 1631 - 1708
George Heriot - 2GEORGE HERIOT Traveller and philanthropist Date: 1563 - 1624
George Heriot - 3GEORGE HERIOT Traveller and philanthropist as a boy. Date: 1563 - 1624
BASIL HALL Scientist and traveller in the Middle East with his autograph Date: 1788 - 1844
Mount Fuji, Japan - set in an attractive illustrated borderPhotograph of Mount Fuji, Japan - set in an attractive illustrated border, featuring a well-to-do Japanese traveller, mounted on a fine white steed and attended by two companions Date: circa 1911
WW2 - Comic Postcard - CheerioLittle girl off on her travels, carrying a hat box, suitcase and violin. Her train awaits. The war will not be stopping her leisure travelling. Date: circa 1942
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911)Youngest son of the botanist and professor William Jackson Hooker. Joseph Dalton Hooke, became an established botanist, plant collector and traveller
Berthold Seeman (1825-1871)Portrait of Berthold Seeman, a German botanist and traveller, who died at the Javali mine, Nicaragua, 1871. Berthold was part of 3 Arctic voyages and travelled round the world in 1846
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, F. R. S. (1817-1911)Portrait of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, an English botanist and traveller. Photographed by Maull & Polyblank, Photographers. Ca 1854
Hindustanee Pundarum Devotee & Buraghee Travelling ReligiousAn illustration inscribed Hindustanee Pundarum Devotee (left) & Buraghee Travelling Religious Man (right). Plate 11 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)
AL-IDRISI, Abu Abd Allah Muhammad (1100-ca
KUBLAI KHAN (1215-1294); Polo, Marco (1254-1324)
LIVINGSTONE, David (1813-1873)