Exploration Collection (page 12)

The manner of treading out their rice, pub. 1681. Creator: Robert Knox (1641-1720)
The manner of treading out their rice, from An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, pub. 1681 (engraving). An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon ; an account of Robert Knoxs (1641-1720)

An execution by an elephant, pub. 1681. Creator: Robert Knox (1641-1720)
An execution by an elephant, from An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, pub. 1681 (engraving). An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon ; an account of Robert Knoxs (1641-1720)

Tycoons halting place on the Tocaido Hasa, 1868. Creator: Felice Beato (1825-c. 1908)
Tycoons halting place on the Tocaido Hasa, 1868 (b/w photo)

A garden in Turkey, pub. 1883. Creator: A. de Beaumont (19th century)
A garden in Turkey; from Ornements Turcs: Recueil du Paris: Dessins pour l Art et l Industrie; pub. 1883 (chromolithographgraph)

Zanjueelah, the boatman of the rapids, pub. 1865. Creator: Thomas Baines (1820-75)
Zanjueelah, the boatman of the rapids, from The Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, pub. 1865 (colour lithographgraph). sketched on the spot; originally published with five other prints

Cairo: Funerary or Sepuchral Mosque of Sultan Barquoq seated Imam reading the Koran, before a pierced screen c14th; from L Art Arabe d apres les Mounments de Kaire; pub. 1877 (print)

Corvettte La Recherche near Bear Island on 7th August, 1838, from Voyages en Scandinavie, 1852
Corvettte La Recherche near Bear Island on 7th August, 1838, from Voyages en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feroe, pub. 1852 (engraving), 1852

Bear Island from Voyages en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feroe, pub. 1852 (engraving), 1852

Exercising the Dogs, 1936. George Marston leading the dogs down on to the floe from the Endurance. Shackleton is standing on the platform overlooking the gangway

Sir Ernest Shackleton, c1900s, (1936). From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Captain Scotts ship, the Terra Nova, entering pack ice of South Polar Regions
Prelude to Adventure. Captain Scotts ship, the Terra Nova, entering the pack ice of the South Polar regions, c1910-192, (1936) From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol

Alvaro Mendana de Neira (1541-1595), Spanish navigator, he sent expeditions to the Marquesas islands, engraving, 1880

Mandibular reduction, miniature in the Surgery Codex in Comments of Apollonius, by Cizio the 8th century AD, 9th century copy

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah by Richard Burton, 1855
Frontispiece to Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah by Richard Burton, 1855. Richard Francis Burtons (1821-1890) extensive travels included a journey to Mecca

William Barents Arctic expedition, 1596-1597 (1598). Members of the crew killing and skinning bears outside the cabin in which the expedition wintered

Explorers with Humboldts expedition at the basalt cliffs at Regla, Mexico, c1820-1839. German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldts (1769-1859) interests included geophysics

Woman of Dsjidda (Jeddah) selling flatbread, Arabia, c1772-1774. Artist: CJ de Huyser
Woman of Dsjidda (Jeddah) selling flatbread, Arabia, c1772-1774. From the account of the expedition to Arabia and the Middle East undertaken by the German explorer Carsten Niebuhr on behalf of

Battle in Jamaica between Christopher Columbus and Francisco Poraz, 1504 (1631). Artist
Battle in Jamaica between Christopher Columbus and Francisco Poraz, 1504 (1631). A scene from Columbus fourth and final voyage of discovery to the New World

Great Asian Archipelago: French explorers with natives on the Island of Ombai Artist
Great Asian Archipelago: French explorers with natives on the Island of Ombai, 1822-1824. From Voyage Autour du Monde (1817-20) by Louis Claude Desaulses de Freycinet

The Great Chamber in the Second pyramid of Ghizeh, discovered by Giovanni Belzoni, 1820-1822. Plate 12 from Plates Illustrative of the Researches in Egypt and Nubia by Giovanni Battista Belzoni

Cover of Roald Amundsen, Explorer by Charles Turley, 1935. Artist: Charles Turley
Cover of Roald Amundsen, Explorer by Charles Turley, 1935. Norwegian explorer. Amundsen (1872-1928) led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving at the Pole in December 1911

Commander Evans observing an Occulation of Jupiter, Antarctica, 1910-1912. Artist
Commander Evans observing an Occulation of Jupiter, Antarctica, 1910-1912. Edward Evans (1881-1957) was second in command of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition of 1910-1913

Cover of In Darkest Africa, by Henry Morton Stanley, 1890
Cover of In Darkest Africa: or The Quest, Rescue, and the Retreat of Emin (Governor of Equatoria), Vol 1, by Henry Morton Stanley, 1890

Captain Cook observes an Offering, Sandwich Islands, 1778-1779 (19th century). James Cook (1728-1779) became the first European to visit the Hawaiian Islands when he arrived there in January 1778

Captain Samuel Wallis being received by Queen Oberea on the Island of Tahiti, 1767 (19th century). Scene from Samuel Walliss voyage of circumnavigation in HMS Dolphin, undertaken from 1766-1768

David Livingstone reading the Bible, Africa, 19th century. Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873) began his missionary work in southern Africa in 1841

Sir Richard Francis Burton, British explorer, late 19th century. Burtons (1821-1890) extensive travels included a journey to Mecca, disguised as a Pathan

Captain James Augustus Grant, Scottish explorer, 19th century. Grant (1827-1887) joined the Indian Army in 1846, seeing action in both the Sikh War and the Indian Mutiny

Livingstone and Stanley receiving newspapers in Central Africa, 1871-1873. Artist
Livingstone and Stanley receiving newspapers in Central Africa, 1871-1873. Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873)

Crossing the Lulindi, Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-94)
Cameron Crossing the Lulindi, Congo, 1870s (late 19th century). Sent to Africa in 1873 to assist David Livingstone, Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-1894)

Christopher Columbus with Native Americans, 1492-1503 (c1820-1839). Artist: DK Bonatti
Christopher Columbus with Native Americans, 1492-1503 (c1820-1839). Columbus (1451-1506) made four voyages to the New World between 1492 and 1504

Christopher Coumbus with Hernando Cortes receiving a native American girl as a gift, (c1820-1839). Plate 5 from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne, Volume I, by Jules Ferrario

Columbus discovering America, 1492, (c1600). Artist: Theodoor Galle
Columbus discovering America, 1492, (c1600). Christopher Columbus meeting the allegorical figure of America, depicted as a woman in a hammock

A buffalo pound, Canada, c1819-1822 (1823). Artist: Edward Finden
A buffalo pound, Canada, c1819-1822 (1823). From Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-22 by John Franklin (1786-1847)

Music in the Hut, Scotts South Pole expedition, 1911. Artist: Herbert Ponting
Music in the Hut, Scotts South Pole expedition, 1911. Scene during the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913). Scott and four companions reached the Pole on 17 January 1912

The Main Party at Cape Evans after the Winter, Scotts South Pole expedition, Antarctica, 1911. Group portrait of the members of the expedition taken before the polar party set out in October 1911

In Winter Quarters Working on Maps and Records, Antarctica, 1911-1912. Artist
In Winter Quarters Working on Maps and Records, Antarctica, 1911-1912. Scene from Captain Scotts Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole

Captain Scotts last Birthday Dinner, Antarctica, June 6th 1911. During the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) to the South Pole

Dr Atkinson in his Laboratory, 1911-1912. Artist: Herbert Ponting
Dr Atkinson in his Laboratory, 1911-1912. Edward Atkinson, the expeditions doctor, took over the leadership of the Terra Nova expeddition after Captain Scott was missing, believed dead

Oates and Meares at the Blubber Stove in the Stables, Antarctica, 1911. Artist
Oates and Meares at the Blubber Stove in the Stables, Antarctica, 1911. Two of the members of Captain Scotts Terra Nova South Pole expedtion

Lieutenant Evans surveying in the Antarctic, 1911-1912. Artist: Herbert Ponting
Lieutenant Evans surveying in the Antarctic, 1911-1912. Evans using the 4 inch theodolite used to locate the South Pole on Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition of 1910-1913

John Hanning Speke, British explorer, 19th century. In 1858, Speke (1827-1864) and Richard Burton became the first Europeans to discover Lake Tanganyika

Waterfall of Port Praslin, New Ireland, 19th century. Scene from the circumnavigation of the world undertaken between 1822

Deception of Captain Wallis by Queen Oberea Artist: G Bramati
Deception of Captain Wallis by Queen Oberea, 1820-1839. Scene from Samuel Walliss voyage of circumnavigation in HMS Dolphin, undertaken from 1766-1768

Captain Bartlett and his Party, 1910. Born in Newfoundland, Robert Bartlett was a noted ice navigator and Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th century

Roald Amundsen in polar kit, Antarctica, 1911-1912. From The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram 1910-12, frontispiece to Vol 2 by Roald Amundsen

A Winter Evening at Framheim, Amundsens South Pole expedition, Antarctica, 1911-1912. From The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expeditian in the Fram, 1910-12 Vol 1 by Roald Amundsen

The carpenters shop, Amundsens South Pole expedition, Antarctica, 1911-1912. Artist
The carpenters shop, Amundsens South Pole expedition, Antarctica, 1911-1912. Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) led the first expedition to reach the South Pole

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