Exploration Collection (page 13)

Improvised sounding tackle, Antarctica, 1911-1912. Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving at the Pole on 14th December 1911

Captain McClintocks search for missing Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, 6 May 1859 (1901). The discovery of the Ross Cairn relics by Lieutenant Hobson of the yacht Fox

Passage from the Second to the Third Gallery in the Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt, 1802. Exploring the interior of the Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu). Plate 5 from Views in Egypt by Luigi Mayer, 1802

Petty Officer Patrick Keohane, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913

Cecil H Meares, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913. Artist
Cecil H Meares, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913

Bernard C Day, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913. Artist
Bernard C Day, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913

Charless Wright, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913. Artist
Charless Wright, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913

Sir Martin Frobisher, 16th century English navigator, (1825). Frobisher (c1535-1594) made three voyages to the New World in search of the Northwest Passage

Sir Francis Drake, 16th century English navigator, (1825). Drake (1540-1596) was the most renowned seaman of the Elizabethan Age

Mungo Park encouraged by the sight of a little flower, (19th century). Artist: JM Corner
Mungo Park encouraged by the sight of a little flower, late 19th century. Scottish explorer Mungo Park (1771-1806) led two expeditions into the interior of West Africa in an attempt to determine

Frontispiece to Through the Dark Continent, by Henry Morton Stanley, 1878. Artist
Frontispiece to Through the Dark Continent, by Henry Morton Stanley, 1878. Stanley (1841-1904) was sent by the New York Herald to look for Dr David Livingstone

Sir Francis Drake and Sir Martin Frobisher, 16th century English navigators, (1825). Drake (1540-1596) was the most renowned seaman of the Elizabethan Age

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

Statues on Easter Island, late 18th century. Artist: C Bottigella
Statues on Easter Island, late 18th century. Known as Moai, these large stone statues in human form are carved from a type of volcanic rock known as tuff

Howard Carter, British archaeologist, in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 1922. Artist
Howard Carter, British archaeologist, in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 1922. Carter (1873-1939) and a colleague beside a partially demolished wall of one of the tombs

Members of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913. Artist: Herbert Ponting
Members of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913. Four members of the Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole. Charless Wright, Bernard C Day, Cecil H Meares and Petty Officer Patrick Keohane

Herbert Ponting, British photographer, in the Antarctic, 1910-1912. Ponting (1870-1935) with a cinematographic camera on the Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913) to the South Pole led by Captain Scott

Captain Scott, British polar explorer, in the Antarctic, 1911. Artist: Herbert Ponting
Captain Scott, British polar explorer, in the Antarctic, 1911. Scott (1868-1912) in his den at Winter Quarters, during the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) to the South Pole

The Fleet of Columbus, 1916. From America in Pictures, by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. B.Litt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1916]

Antarctic 100 Memorial, Waterfront Park, Cardiff, Wales. Commissioned by the Captain Scott Society to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Age of Antarctic Discovery

Norwegian Church and Antarctic 100 Memorial, Waterfront Park, Cardiff, Wales. Commissioned by the Captain Scott Society to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Age of Antarctic Discovery

Information board, David Douglas Memorial, Scone, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Born in Scone, Douglas (1799-1834) was a Scottish botanist who undertook a plant-finding expedition in the Pacific

David Douglas Memorial, Scone, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Born in Scone, Douglas (1799-1834) was a Scottish botanist who undertook a plant-finding expedition in the Pacific Northwest of North

Guided tour to lava fields, Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy

Casa de Colon, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. Casa Colon is a museum named after Christopher Columbus, who stopped at Gran Canaria in 1492 on his first voyage to the Americas

Portrait of the Cossacks leader, Conqueror of Siberia Yermak Timopheyevich (?-1585), 1818. Found in the collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Death of Yermak. 1584 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Artist: Chorikov, Boris Artemyevich (1802-1866)
The Death of Yermak. 1584 (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Yermaks Embassy at the Tsar Ivan the Terrible (From Illustrated Karamzin), 1836. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Map with a Russian camp in Eastern Siberia, 1689-1722. Artist: Chinese Master
Map with a Russian camp in Eastern Siberia, 1689-1722. Found in the collection of the Library of Congress, Washington D. C

David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer, 19th century. Livingstone (1813-1873) was the first European to discover the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river in central Africa

Roald Amundsen 1872-1928, 1934. Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872-1928), Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition of 1910-12 which was the first to reach the South

Jean Charcot, c1893. Artist: Eugene Pirou
Jean Charcot, c1893. Jean-Baptiste Auguste Etienne Charcot (1867-1936), scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. From the 2e collection [Felix Potin, c1893]

Captain Cook Landing in Australia, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Captain Cook Landing in Australia, 1912. Captain Cook (1728-1779) in naval uniform landing at Botany Bay on Sunday 29 April 1770. Cook made three voyages of discovery

Captain Richard Burton, British explorer, writer, soldier and diplomat, 1876. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Captain Richard Burton, British explorer, writer, soldier and diplomat, 1876. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science

Marco Polo, Medieval Venetian merchant and traveller. Together with his father and uncle, Marco Polo (1254-1324) set off from Venice for Asia in 1271

Exploracao do Ro de Sto. Anastacio, 1895. Artist: Francisco Henszler
Exploracao do Ro de Sto. Anastacio, 1895. From Sao Paulo by Gustavo Koenigswald. [S. Paulo, 1895]

Christopher Columbus Discovering America, woodcut, 1493
Discovering America, woodcut, 1493. Ferdinand II of Aragon points to Columbus in Santa Maria as she approaches land with the Pinta and Nina. Said to be earliest depiction of Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan (c1480-c1521), Portugese navigator. The first explorer to circumnavigate the globe and cross the Pacific Ocean

Captain Scott, British polar explorer, on the Terra Nova, c1900s-c1910s (1936)
Captain Scott (1868-1912) on the Terra Nova, c1900s-c1910s (1936). It was during the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) that Scott and four companions reached the South Pole

Lars Pettersen on Snow Shoes, c1893-1896, (1897). Lars Pettersen (born in 1860) was a Norwegian explorer who took part to the three year expedition (1893-1896) aboard the Fram led by Fridtjof Nansen

The Members of the Expedition, after their Return to Christiania, c1893-1896, (1897). Nansens crew after the return from their three year North Pole exploration (1893-1896) aboard the Fram

Workshop on deck. July, 1895, (1897). From Farthest North, Vol. 2 by Fridtjof Nansen. [Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1897]

Cleaning the Accumulators Before Stowing Away. July, 1895, (1897). From Farthest North, Vol. 2 by Fridtjof Nansen. [Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1897]

Observation with Sextant and Artificial Horizon. July 1895, (1897). From Farthest North, Vol. 2 by Fridtjof Nansen. [Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1897]

Channel Astern of the Fram. June, 1895, (1897). Fram (Forward) was a ship used in northern and southern polar expeditions by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen

Ice-Smithy. May, 1895, 1897. From Farthest North, Vol. 2 by Fridtjof Nansen. [Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1897]

Fitting the Hand-Sledges with Runners. July, 1895, (1897). From Farthest North, Vol. 2 by Fridtjof Nansen. [Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1897]

The Fram when dug out of the Pressure-Mound. End of March, 1895, (1897). Fram (Forward) is a ship used in northern and southern polar expeditions by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen

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