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Little Turtle / MiamiChief of the Miami tribe who led a number of raids on settlers in the Northwest Territory. He was forced to sign the Treaty of Greenville in 1795
Hindu / The Cosmic TurtleIn the ancient Indian cosmogony, the Earth is sustained on the backs of elephants who are themselves standing on the back of a cosmic turtle
Fortnum & Masons Christmas Box for soldiers, WW1Advertisement for quintessential London department store, Fortnum & Mason, in particular their Thirty Shilling Xmas Box of selected provisions which could be sent to the front for lucky soldiers
Various Reptiles / 1913An amazing illustration covering the whole range of reptilian species from snakes to newts
The EarthAccording to Hindu belief, the Earth is supported on elephants, standing on a tortoise, which floats in the Universal Ocean
Cub Seals on Ascension Island, South Atlantic, with a large green turtle on a sandy beach, working towards their conservation badges. Date: circa 1980s
Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868-1937)Lord Rothschild, founder of the Natural History Museum at Tring, riding on the back of a giant tortoise
APOLLODORUS OF DAMASCUS (60-129). Column of Trajan. 110; Theodosius Obelisk. 390. ITALY. Rome. Forum of Trajan. First Dorian War. Third Campaign
Bushnells SubmarineBUSHNELLs TURTLE the first submersible craft to be used in action, attacking a British ship at New York on 7 September 1776; the one-man crew provided the power manually !
Extinct Nothosaurus, mid-Triassic periodNothosaurus, extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile from the shell-bearing limestone seas, mid-Triassic period. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life
Turtle Soup AdvertisementT.K Belliss Real Turtle Soup. Guarenteed to be the product of the Finest Imported Live Turtle. Delicious and economical, nourishing, sustaining and easily digested
Tortoise and turtle speciesGreek tortoise, Testudo graeca, land tortoise, Cinyxis, European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis, matamata, Chelus fimbriata, Florida softshell turtle, Apalone ferox, Nile softshell turtle
Shells of Hermann s, padloper, geometric tortoisesHermanns tortoise, Testudo hermanni 1, common padloper, Homopus areolatus 2, geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus 3, underside of Hermanns tortoise4, and European pond turtle
The concept of the universe: the hindu cosmic turtleThe concept of the universe: the cosmic turtle featuring a snake (cobra) and elephants
Mayan Monolith - Quirigua - Sky Xul in Jaws of a MonsterGuatemala - Mayan Monolith - Quirigua - 8th century AD. Quirigua is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the department of Izabal in south-eastern Guatemala
Job Riding On A Turtle
Tomb of Kusunoki Masashige - Minatogawa Shrine, KobeThe Tomb of Kusunoki Masashige (Nanko) - Minatogawa Shrine - a Shinto shrine in Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, roughly on the site of the Battle of Minatogawa. Date: circa 1910s
Turtle racing in AustraliaPreliminary Preparations for a turtle Trip--Riding on the Backs of the turtles Down to the Sea, in Australia. The shell of the turtle, which is as broad as it is long
Selection page of British reptiles. Date: 1881
Turtle Doves by George Rankin
Eastern quoll and water opossumEastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus 1, water opossum or yapok, Chironectes minimus 2. Dasyurus Maugei, Dasiuro di Mauge, Chironette yapock
Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas. Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837
Purple morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837
Starfish or sea star, Asterias rubens. Stella di mare. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science
Extinct Mosasaur, Pterosaur and sea turtleAn extinct seasnake-like Mosasaur in the Niobrara sea, North America, late Cretaceous. A pterosaur, Pteranodon, at left, and sea turtle at right
Hudibras, mock-heroic poem by Samuel Butler -- Hudibras and the astrologer Sidrophel. Date: 1845
Caspian turtle or striped-neck terrapin, Mauremys caspica (Clemmys caspica). Handcoloured lithograph by Gebhart after an illustration by Sandler from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural
Namaqua dove, Oena capensis (Ectopistes? capensis, Cape turtle). Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Edward Lear from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History
Crested pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes (crested turtle dove, Turtur lophotes). Handcoloured steel engraving after Edward Lear from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History
Shell of the Eastern mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum (Pensylvanian tortoise var. Testudo pensylvanica) from the Leverian Museum
Indian flap-shelled turtle and mud turtleIndian flap-shelled turtle, Lissemys punctata (la Chagrinee, Testudo granulata) and common mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum (Pensylvanian tortoise, Testudo pensylvanica)
Painted turtle, African helmeted turtle and pond sliderPainted turtle, Chrysemys picta (cinereous tortoise, Testudo picta), African helmeted turtle, Pelomedusa subrufa (galeated tortoise, Testudo galeata) and pond slider
Scorpion mud turtle and endangered loggerhead sea turtleScorpion mud turtle, Kinosternon scorpioides (Tricarinated tortoise, Testudo tricarinata) and loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, endangered
Spotted turtle and painted turtleSpotted turtle, Clemmys guttata (Spotted tortoise, Testudo guttata) and painted turtle, Chrysemys picta (Painted tortoise, Testudo picta)
Common box turtle, Terrapene carolina (close tortoise, Testudo clausa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Stalker after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London
Common snake-necked turtle, Chelodina longicollisEastern long-necked turtle or common snake-necked turtle, Chelodina longicollis (Long-necked tortoise, Testudo longicollis)
European pond turtle and Indian star tortoiseEuropean pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (mud tortoise or la Bourbeuse), and Indian star tortoise, Geochelone elegans (elegant tortoise)
European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (speckled tortoise, Testudo europaea) and variety, la Ronde, Testudo orbicularis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George
Shell of the endangered green sea turtle, Chelonia mydasEndangered green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas (Wrinkled tortoise, Testudo rugosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia
Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, by GottwaldLoggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta (loggerhead turtle, Testudo caretta). Endangered. Illustration by Christoforus Gottwald, with 16 scales instead of the usual 15 on the shield
Green turtle, Chelonia mydas. EndangeredGreen turtle, Chelonia mydas (Testudo mydas). Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London, 1801
Skeleton of a turtle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London, 1801
Common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina (Snake tortoise, Testudo serpentina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia
Mata mata or matamata turtle, Chelus fimbriata (fimbriated tortoise, Testudo fimbriata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology
Florida softshell turtle and Chinese softshell turtleFlorida softshell turtle, Apalone ferox (fierce tortoise, Testudo ferox) and Chinese softshell turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis (Testudo rostrata)
Tortoise and turtlesGreek tortoise c, Testudo graeca (vulnerable), hawksbill sea turtle b, Eretmochelys imbricata (critically endangered), green sea turtle a, Chelonia mydas (endangered) and European pond turtle d
Masks of god and goddesses accompanying He mishikweMask of god accompanying He mishikwe, and masks of goddesses accompanying He mishikwe, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of
Gulf coast spiny softshell turtle and endangeredGulf coast spiny softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera, and endangered green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Handcolored engraving by Oudet after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire