Cactus Collection (page 3)

Cactus and street in Masca, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 2007. Masca is a small mountain village located in Buenavista del Norte

Cactus Garden, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

View of natural bridge and boat, Blue Grotto, Malta

Atacama Desert, Northern Chile, South America, c1923. The Atacama is the driest desert on Earth. A print from Countries of the World, Volume VI, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London

Indefatigable Island, Galapagos Archipelago, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XXXVI, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

Terebinth tree, Hammam Meskoutine, Algeria. The Terebinth or turpentine tree (Pistacia terebinthus)

View of the Spanish Main, Guatemala, 1877. Cacti, banana trees and other tropical plants on the Caribbean coast

Starting for the Pyramids, 1874. Artist: Bromley
Starting for the Pyramids, 1874. European tourists visiting the Egyptian pyramids. A print from The Illustrated London News, (3 October 1874). Hand-coloured later

Mentone, 1900. Artist: Frith & Co
Mentone, 1900. View of the Mediterranean coast between France and Italy. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, Volume IV, (Cassell and Company, London, Paris)

Aqueduct near Queretaro, Mexico, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Aqueduct near Queretaro, Mexico, late 19th century. A steam train passing under the aqueduct which was built in the 18th century

A hedge of arborescent cactus, Mexico, 19th century. Artist: Alexandre de Bar
A hedge of arborescent cactus, Mexico, 19th century

Indian extracting pulque, Mexico, 19th century. The sap of the agave plant is fermented to obtain a drink called pulque. This in turn can be distilled to make mescal, a colourless spirit

Scene in Bolivia, 1877. In the foreground are men wearing ponchos, and in the distance is the city of Sucre, the constitutional capital of Bolivia

The Camp at Staoueli, 1830. Artist: Theodore Gudin
The Camp at Staoueli, 1830

Prophecy figure II from Prognosticatio Eximii Doctoris Paracelsi, 1536. Artist
Prophecy figure II from Prognosticatio Eximii Doctoris Paracelsi, 1536, A small book of 32 prophecies, filled with cryptic and allegorical symbols, by the Swiss astrologer

Princely Garden in Cairo, Egypt, 1880. Published in L Egypt by George Moritz Ebers, 1880

Edges of the Channel, Mahmoudiyeh, 1880. Artist: Wilhelm Gentz
Edges of the Channel, Mahmoudiyeh, 1880. Published in L Egypt, 1880

Cochineal and lac insects, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Cochineal and lac insects, c1850. Varnish and scarlet dye are derived from the lac insect native to parts of Asia, and a red colour from the cochineal insect of South America

Producing indigo dye with slave labour: West Indies or Central America, 1725. Indigo tinctoria is cut, tied in bundles, steeped in water and fermented in the centre tank

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