Travels Collection (page 6)

Venice - Marco Polo 1338
A birds-eye view of Venice showing Marco Polo about to leave on his travels into Asia. The piazza San Marco is on the left of the picture. Date: 1338

APHRODITE IN CHARIOT
Aphrodite travels in her chariot, drawn by two very strong doves, while Cupid holds the reins : Flora sprinkles the way with flowers, and a hare follows

HERA / JUNO (TOOKE)
As befits the consort of Zeus, she travels in a splendid chariot drawn by her favourite peacocks

Javanese Postman
A Javanese postman travels from village to village on horseback Date: circa 1900

Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorers
A map of Africa which illustrates the travels of the explorers Livingstone, Stanley and Cameron. Date: 19th Century

A rest by the wayside - A poor English rural family take a break from their travels on foot and by donkey. Date: circa 1905

Hunter Davies leads a donkey along a road in rural France
Writer and journalist Hunter Davies leads a donkey along a road in rural France. He was retracing the tracks of Robert Louis Stevenson who wrote Travels With A Donkey

Illustration, Gullivers Travels
Illustration to Gullivers Travels, showing Gulliver captured and tied down in Lilliput. circa 1860s

Jonathan Swift (1667 1745). Gullivers Travels, 1726. Illu
Jonathan Swift (1667 1745). Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer. Gullivers Travels, 1726. Illustration by Andre Devambez (edition, 1911)

Queen Elizabeth II receiving flowers from a Ghanaian girl
The Queen receives a bouquet of flowers from a Ghanaian girl, Pearl Acquaye, at London airport, just before the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh flew to Ghana for the first stage of their West African

Events / France
Pope Pius VII travels to France to confer with Napoleon, who meets him at Fontainebleau in hunting costume and makes him walk in the mud Date: November 1804

Gulliver & Houyhnhnms
Gulliver discusses mankind with the Houyhnhnm

Gulliver in Brobdingnag
Much to his distress, Gulliver is admired by the ladies of the country

Chinese noble transportated in palanquin at the times of the Qing Dynasty. Illustration in travel magazine El viagero ilustrado (The Illustrated traveler). Year 3. No. 7. April 15, 1880. Engraving

Water Tricycle - 5
The nautical velocipede of Georg Pinkert, of Hamburg, Germany, operates on the paddle-wheel principle. It travels at 15 km/h on land, 12 km/h on water

Gulliver in Luggnagg
Gulliver is shown the aged Struldbrugs, who have lost wits, memory and health, acquiring in exchange all kinds of deformity

Gulliver & Houyhnhnm
Gulliver meets the Houyhnhnms

Gulliver / King / Lilliput
Gulliver lies on the ground for his interview with the King & Queen of Lilliput

Gulliver / Lilliputians
The Lilliputians clamber all over Gulliver: he compares the experience to an army of rats walking on their hind legs

Gulliver & Laputa
The island floating in the air

Gulliver & Farmer
Gulliver is found by a countryman

Gulliver Almost Eaten
Gulliver is almost eaten by a small child

Homer with Young Boy
Homer, the blind Greek poet, is guided on his travels by a young boy

Gulliver & Glumdalclitch
Gulliver with the farmers daughter, Glumdalclitch

French Railway Alphabet - XY for Lord et lady XY en voyage (Lord and Lady X Y on their travels). 19th century

Misfitz - Gullivers Travels. early 20th century

Poster, Travels in Austria. circa 1950s

John Galt, Writer 3
JOHN GALT Scottish writer, mostly novels on Scots themes but also travels in the Levant and a biography of Byron. Date: 1779 - 1839

John Galt, Writer 2
JOHN GALT Scottish writer, mostly novels on Scots themes but also travels in the Levant and a biography of Byron. Date: 1779 - 1839

John Galt, Writer
JOHN GALT Scottish writer, mostly novels on Scots themes but also travels in the Levant and a biography of Byron whose bust you can see behind him. Date: 1779 - 1839

Bancrofts Home
American historian George Bancrofts (1800, 1891) home at Round Hill, Northampton, Massachusetts, is served by a horse-drawn bus in which the great man no doubt travels to the railroad depot

Charlemagne Crowned
Charlemagne has already established a court at Aachen, but now he travels to Rome to be crowned Carolus Augustus, Emperor of the Romans, by pope Leo III. Date: 25 December 800

A Casualty of the War
World War One : A French casualty of the war who has given his legs for his country travels in a dog cart, selling this card to buy food for his dog. Date: circa 1918

Peruvian Husband, Wife
Peru : a native of the Panos people travels with his wife, whom he treats as a beast of burden, not so much the beloved companion of his life, more an alternative donkey Date: circa 1870

Marco Polo / Disguise
Marco Polo travels through the jungle disguised as a native. Date: circa 1270-80

Catherine Great / Sleigh
Catherine the Great travels in a sleigh. Date: circa 1780

James Silk Buckingham
JAMES SILK BUCKINGHAM traveller and author, depicted in native dress for his travels in Turkish Arabia Date: 1786 - 1855

Title Page 1607
The title page of the eighth part of INDIAE ORIENTALIS an account of recent travels in the East, published in Frankfurt Date: 1607

Humboldt / Weitsch / Freidho
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT German scientist and traveller depicted during his South American travels, circa 1800 Date: 1769 - 1859

Travels with a Donkey
Stevenson and Modestine settle down for the night during their journey through the Cevennes. Date: First published: 1879

Books / Stevenson Donkey
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes: Modestine. Date: first published 1879

St Paul Travelling
Saint Paul on his travels, accompanied by Sylvanus (also known as Silas) and Timothy 13th century

Advert for Dunhills Harris Tweed coat 1909
Advertisement for a ladies Harris Tweed coat ideal for motoring or travelling. Showing a very elegant lady posing in a handsome

Photo of Fashionable Motor Millinery 1909
Black and white photographs entitled Fashionable Motor Millinery in an article The Highway of Fashion in the Tatler of 10th November 1909

Photo of Charming Motor Bonnets 1909
Black and white photographs entitled Charming Motor Bonnets in an article The Highway of Fashion in the Tatler of 10th november 1909

Venus Noire by Adolphe Belot
Promotional flyer for Venus Noire by Adolphe Belot. Fist produced at the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris on 5th September 1879. Date: circa 1879

Welcome Stranger by Aaron Hoffmann
Front page of a promotional flyer for Welcome Stranger by Aaron Hoffmann. First produced in England at the Lyric Theatre, 19th October 1921

Herodotus - Early Traveller and Historian - In Egypt
Herodotus - Ancient Greek Traveller and Historian - Visiting Aswan in Ancient Egypt. His eye-witness accounts indicate that he travelled in Egypt probably sometime after 454 BC or possibly earlier in

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