Explorer Collection (page 16)

The Last Mile, 1873 (1883) David Livingstone (1813-1873), Scottish missionary and African explorer, being carried the last mile to die at his African home in Ujiji, Tanganyika (Tanzania)

The Adventure with a Hippopotamus, 1883. A print from The Life and explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D. compiled from reliable sources, Adam and Co, 14 Ivy Lane, London and Newcastle, 1883

The Arrival at Lake Ngami, 1883. Lake Ngami is a lake in Botswana north of the Kalahari Desert. It is seasonally filled by the Okavango River, via the Okavango Delta

Captain Richard Burton, British explorer, c1880-1882. Artist: Charles Waltner
Captain Richard Burton, British explorer, c1880-1882. After the portrait by Sir Frederic Leighton. Richard Francis Burtons (1821-1890) extensive travels included a journey to Mecca

The cover of The Illustrated London News, 29th May 1875. Artist: WJ Palmer
The cover of The Illustrated London News, 29th May 1875. Preparing to start on a sledge journey. The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Sir George Strong Nares

Elisha Kent Kane and his companions in Greenland, c1855 (c1880). Kane served as senior medical officer on the Grinnell Arctic Expedition of 1850-1851

John C Fremont, American soldier, explorer and presidential candidate, (c1880). Fremont (1813-1890) undertook several surveying expeditions to the West in the 1830s and 1840s

Mutiny on Henry Hudsons ship, 1611 (c1880)
Mutiny on Henry Hudsons ship, c1880. English navigator Henry Hudson was set adrift in a boat together with his son and seven others after the crew of his ship the Discovery mutinied in Hudson Bay

The last moments of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, 1583 (c1880). Gilbert (1539-1583) was an English soldier and navigator who was one of the pioneers of the English colonisation of North America

Martin Frobisher, 16th century English navigator, c1880. Artist: Whymper
Martin Frobisher, 16th century English navigator, c1880. Frobisher (c1535-1594) made three voyages to the New World in search of the Northwest Passage

Abel Tasman, 17th century Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, c1870. Artist: JH Rennefeld
Abel Tasman, 17th century Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, c1870. Tasman is best known for his discovery of Tasmania in 1642

Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk charting their route, 1596 (c1870). Artist: H Sluyter
Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk charting their route, 1596 (c1870). Barents (d 1597) was a Dutch navigator who led expeditions in 1594

Johan Nieuhof, Dutch traveller, 1931. Plate taken from Historic Farms of South Africa, by Dorothea Fairbridge, published by Oxford University Press (London, 1931)

Captain James Cook, 18th century British naval officer and explorer, 1879. Artist: McFarlane and Erskine
Captain James Cook, 18th century British naval officer and explorer, 1879. A print from The History of Australasia, by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson, and Niven, 1879

William Dampier, English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer, (1879). Artist: McFarlane and Erskine
William Dampier, English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer, (1879). Dampier (1652-1715) mapped the coasts of New Guinea and Western Australia (then known as New Holland)

Chart of the West Indies, with the adjacent Coast of South America, 1830. Artist: J&C Walker
Chart of the West Indies, with the adjacent Coast of South America, 1830. Map of the Caribbean, showing the tracks of Christopher Columbus

Advert for Grenfell cloth and raincoats, 1937. A print from the Blackpool Tower Program, September 1937

Julius Payer (1841-1915), Austro-Hungarian arctic explorer and landscape artist, 19th century
Lieutenant Julius Payer (1841-1915), Austro-Hungarian explorer and landscape artist, 19th century. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume X, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co

The meeting between Henry Morton Stanley and Dr David Livingstone, Africa, 19th century
The meeting between Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) and Dr David Livingstone (1813-1873), Africa, 19th century. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume X, published by Cassell, Petter

The Greely expedition, 1893. Artist: BW Kilburn
The Greely expedition, 1893. The purpose of the Greely expedition was to establish one of a chain of meteorological-observation stations as part of the (first) International Polar Year

Captain Cooks statue, Australia, 1928. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, Australia, 2nd series

The Boyhood of Raleigh, 1908-1909. Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618) was a famed English writer, poet, courtier and explorer

Vasco da Gamas introduction to the Zamorin, India, 1498, (1847). Artist: Robinson
Vasco da Gamas introduction to the Zamorin, India, 1498, (1847). Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (1469-1524) is received by Manavikraman Raja, the Saamoothiri (or Zamorin) of Kozhikode

Jules Dumont d Urville, French explorer and naval officer, 1898. Artist: Gustave Demoulin
Jules Dumont d Urville, French explorer and naval officer, 1898. A print from Les Francais Illustres, by Gustave Demoulin, Hachette, Paris, 1898

Cricket at Igloolik, 1822-1823 (1912). The crews of HMS Fury and HMS Hecla. playing cricket on the Arctic ice during the mission commanded by Lieutenant William Edward Parry to try to try to find

Columbus at the Convent of La Rabida, 1490 (19th century). Artist: H Lemon
Columbus at the Convent of La Rabida, 1490 (19th century). Christopher Columbus visited the Franciscan monastery of La Rabida in Andalusia in 1490 to consult with the friars on his plans for a voyage

Captain James Cook, 18th century British navigator and explorer. Captain Cook (1728-1779) in naval uniform, seated, with his hand resting on a map of the world. Cook made three voyages of discovery

The final page of Captain Scott`s diary, 1912 (1935). Artist: Robert Falcon Scott
The final page of Captain Scott`s diary, 1912 (1935). From The Royal Jubilee Book 1910-1935 [Associated Newspapers Ltd. London, 1935]

Portrait of Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, c1920. In 1888 Nansen (1861-1930) made the first crossing of Greenland. He is best known in exploration terms for his three year expedition (1893-1896)

Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596), English sailor, 1924
Sir Francis Drake, 16th century English navigator. Drake (1540-1596) was the most renowned seaman of the Elizabethan Age. He circumnavigated the globe (1577-1580)

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Genoese navigator and explorer, 1924
Christopher Columbus, Genoese navigator and explorer. Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Columbus (1451-1506) set out in 1492 to discover a westward route to Asia

Sebastian Cabot (c. 1474 ? c. 1557), English born, Italian explorer, 1924
Sebastian Cabot (c1474-c1557), English born, Italian explorer. Taken from the Leaders of Men cigarette cards produced by Ogdens 1924

Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, courtier, adventurer and explorer, 1924
Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, courtier, adventurer and explorer, (1821). Raleigh (1554-1618) was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, who knighted him in 1585

The landing of Christopher Columbus on Hispaniola, 1901. Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Columbus set out to discover a westward route to Asia

Christopher Columbus, Genoese navigator and explorer, (1901). Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Columbus (1451-1506) set out in 1492 to discover a westward route to Asia

Henry Morton Stanley, African explorer, 1880. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Henry Morton Stanley, African explorer, 1880. Stanley was sent by the New York Herald to look for Dr Livingstone, who had been lost for two years in central Africa

Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1865-1924) and his two faithful servants, 1898. Landor was an English painter, explorer, writer and anthropologist who was born in Florence

Sir John Franklin, c1860s. Artist: DJ Pound
Sir John Franklin, c1860s

Christopher Columbus and his sons Diego and Ferdinand, 15th century. Columbus (1451-1506) was a navigator, colonizer and one of the first Europeans to explore the Americas after the Vikings

Columbus discovering America, 1492, (19th century). Artist: Holhs
Columbus discovering America, 1492, (19th century). Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Christopher Columbus set out to discover a westward route to Asia

Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), Welsh journalist and explorer, 19th century. Stanley is famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone. He is seen here with Kalulu

Mungo Park, Scottish explorer, (c1900). Park (1771-1806) led expeditions on the River Niger into the interior of Africa. Dutch advertising for Cibils meat extract, (c1900)

Dr Heinrich Barth, German geographer and explorer, (c1900)
Dr Heinrich Barth, German geographer and explorer, at Timbuktu, Mali, (c1900). Heinrich Barth (1821-1865) was a member of the expedition commanded by James Richardson

The Departure of John and Sebastian Cabot... on their First Voyage of Discovery in 1497, 1906
The Departure of John and Sebastian Cabot from Bristol on their First Voyage of Discovery in 1497, 1906, (c1906-1920). Italian father and son navigators John and Sebastian Cabot

John C Fremont, American soldier, explorer, and Presidential candidate, 1862-1867. Fremont (1813-1890) undertook several surveying expeditions to the West in the 1830s and 1840s

Sir Walter Raleigh in the Tower of London, 1603-1616 (1836). Artist: J Jackson
Sir Walter Raleigh in the Tower of London, 1603-1616 (1836). Raleigh (1554-1618) was an English adventurer, explorer and writer, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, who knighted him in 1585

Alexander von Humboldt and Aime Bonpland on the Orinoco River, 1800-1804 (1900). In 1800-1804, together with the French botanist Aime Bonpland (1773-1858)

Alexander von Humboldt, Prussian naturalist and explorer, (1900). Humboldts (1769-1859) interests included geophysics, geology and botany and he is sometimes called the founder of ecology

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