Explorer Collection (page 18)

Jean-Francois Champollion, (1790-1832), 1881. Artist: Gaston Maspero
Jean-Francois Champollion, (1790-1832), 1881. French classical scholar, philologist and orientalist, credited as the father of Egyptology, Published in L Egypt by Gaston Maspero, 1881

Great Chamber in the Second Pyramid of Ghizeh, Egypt, 1820. Artist: Agostino Aglio
Great Chamber in the Second Pyramid of Ghizeh, Egypt, 1820. The Italian explorer and antiquities collector Giovanni Belzoni was the first to enter the second pyramid at Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre

Forced Passage in the Second Pyramid of Ghizeh, Egypt, 1820. Artist: Agostino Aglio
Forced Passage in the Second Pyramid of Ghizeh, Egypt, 1820. The Italian explorer and antiquities collector Giovanni Belzoni was the first to enter the second pyramid at Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre

Excavation of the Great Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel, 1819. Artist: Louis M. A. Linant de Bellefonds
Excavation of the Great Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel, 1819. Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds better known as Linant Pasha (1799-1883)

A Boat on the Nile, Ibrim, Nubia, 1827-1829. Artist: Louis M. A. Linant de Bellefonds
A Boat on the Nile, Ibrim, Nubia, 1827-1829. Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds better known as Linant Pasha (1799-1883) was an explorer of Egypt

Great Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel, 1846. Artist: Louis M. A. Linant de Bellefonds
Great Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel, 1846. Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds better known as Linant Pasha (1799-1883) was an explorer of Egypt

Grand Temple of Isis, c1846. Artist: Louis M. A. Linant de Bellefonds
Grand Temple of Isis, c1846. Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds better known as Linant Pasha (1799-1883) was an explorer of Egypt and, as the chief engineer of Egypts public works

Jacques Cartier takes possession of the Bay of Gaspe, Canada, 1534 (1900). Artist: L Geisleh
Jacques Cartier takes possession of the Bay of Gaspe, Canada, 1534 (1900). Jacques Cartier was a French navigator who first explored and described the Gulf of St Lawrence

The Marchand expedition: resting at Bahr-el-Gazal, Sudan, June 1897. In 1896-1898 Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863-1934), a French army officer

The Marchand expedition: fighting at M tila Voula, January 1897. In 1896-1898 Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863-1934), a French army officer

The Marchand expedition: fighting at Kimbedi, Congo, 19 October 1896. In 1896-1898 Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863-1934), a French army officer

Christopher Columbus landing in America, c1760(?)-1770. Artist: Jean Robert Ango
Christopher Columbus landing in America, c1760(?)-1770. Piece taken from the collection of paintings of the Baillif of Breteuil in 1770

Detail from The Virgin of the Navigators, 16th century. Christopher Columbus (left) at the feet of the Virgin. From the Museo de America, Madrid

Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer of Western Africa, 1870. Laing (1793-1826) was the first European known to have reached the ancient city of Tombouctou (Timbuctoo)

John Ross, British polar explorer and naval officer, 19th century. In 1818 Ross (1800-1862) led an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage

Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist, c1830. Artist: William Home Lizars
Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist, c1830. Humboldts (1769-1859) interests included geophysics, geology and botany and he is sometimes called the founder of ecology

Robert Falcon Scott, British Antarctic explorer, 1914
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), British Antarctic explorer, 1914. Portrait surrounded by vignettes of his fatal expedition to South Pole

Marco Polo, Venetian traveller and merchant, 19th century. Together with his father Niccolo and uncle Matteo, Marco Polo (1254-1324) set off from Venice for Asia in 1271

Samuel Bakers boat hauled through river grass, 1864 (1874). Samuel White Baker (1821-1893), English explorer and anti-slavery campaigner, left Khartoum, Sudan

Charles Plumier, French friar, botanist and botanical explorer, 1762. Plumier (1646-1702) was born in Marseilles. Appointed royal botanist by Louis XIV in 1693

Dr Heinrich Schliemann, German explorer and archaeologist, 19th century. Schliemann (1822-1890) pioneered prehistoric Greek archaeology

Postcard commemorating Captain Scotts ill-fated expedition to the South Pole, c1912. Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) English antarctic explorer (inset) and his ship the Terra Nova trapped in ice

(Salomon) August Andree (1854-1897), Swedish engineer and balloonist, 1897. In 1897 Andree made an attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon

James Cook, English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, 1775-1776. Artist: Nathaniel Dance-Holland
James Cook, English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, 1775-1776. Captain Cook (1728-1779) in naval uniform, seated, with his hand resting on a map of the world

Christopher Columbus arriving in the New World, 1492 (1817-1826). Artist: Bonatti
Christopher Columbus arriving in the New World, 1492 (1817-1826). Genoese explorer and navigator Columbus (1451-1506) presenting gifts to the first natives to greet him on his landing in America

Vasco da Gamas fleet at sea, 1497. In 1497, Vasco da Gama (c1469-1525), Portuguese navigator, became the first westerner to round the Cape of Good Hope, the tip of South Africa

Henry the Navigator, Portuguese prince, founder of school of navigation, 15th century
Henry the Navigator, Portuguese prince and founder of a school of navigation, 15th century. From his base at Sagres in the Algarve, Henry (1394-1460) sponsored voyages of discovery into the Atlantic

Richard Francis Burton, English explorer and orientalist, 1880. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Richard Francis Burton, English explorer and orientalist, 1880. Burtons (1821-1890) extensive travels included a journey to Mecca, disguised as a Pathan

David Livingstone navigating the Zambezi, Africa, 1852-1864 (c1878). Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstones (1813-1873)

Henry Morton Stanleys African expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, 1886-1889 (1887). Emin Pasha, who was in the Egyptian service and Governor of the Equatorial Province

The Last Mile, c1880. David Livingstone (1813-1873), Scottish missionary and African explorer, being carried the last mile to die at his African home in Ujiji, Tanganyika (Tanzania)

Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Italian explorer and antiquity seeker, c1860. From 1815 Belzoni (1778-1823) devoted himself to tomb robbing and exploration and excavation in Egypt

Christopher Columbus, faced with mutiny on his voyage to America, 1492 (early 20th century)

Pierre-Paul-Francois-Camille Savorgnan de Brazza, French explorer and founder of Brazzaville, 1882. Brazza (1852-1905) in the Belgian Congo

Christopher Columbus, Genoese explorer, discovering America, 12 May 1492 (1590). Artist: Theodor de Bry
Christopher Columbus, Genoese explorer, discovering America, 12 May 1492 (1590). Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Columbus set out to discover a westward route to Asia

Marco Polo, Venetian merchant and explorer, 14th century. Marco Polo (1254-1324) setting out with his uncles from Venice for the Far East

Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857), American naval surgeon and arctic explorer in arctic dress, 1862. Kane took part in two expeditions, in 1850 and 1853

Amerigo Vespucci (1471-1512), Italian-born Spanish explorer. Vespucci observing the constellation of the Southern Cross. During his voyages

Francisco Pizarro (c1478-1541), Spanish conquistador
Francisco Pizarro (c1478-1541) Spanish conquistador. Pizarro and his soldiers on the island of Gallo. Pizarro conquered the empire of the Incas in 1532, claiming their lands for the King of Spain

Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892) English traveller and naturalist. Together with Alfred Russell Wallace, Bates set out to explore the Amazon in 1848

Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), Norwegian Arctic explorer, scientist and diplomat, 1915. Nansen made the first crossing of Greenland in 1888

Roald Engelbrecht Gravning Amundsen (1872-1928), Norwegian explorer, at the South Pole, 1911. Amundsen led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving in December 1911

Wax models of Peary and Cook, polar explorers, at Madame Tussauds, London, 1909
Wax models of Peary and Cook, polar explorers, at Madame Tussaud s, London, 1909. American explorer Robert E Peary claimed he had reached the North Pole in 1909 at his third attempt

Neptune raising James Cook to immortality and fame, late 18th century. The name of Captain Cook (1728-1779), English navigator, explorer and hydrographer, is being written in the book of history

Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French soldier, navigator and mathematician, c1890. Bougainville (1729-1811) was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1756 while secretary to the French Embassy in

Jacob van Heemskerk, Dutch naval officer and explorer, c1595. His search for the Northeast Passage to China, 1595 was unusuccessful. He died at Gibraltar after defeating Spanish fleet. Engraving

Samuel de Champlain, French explorer. Explored coasts of Canada 1603-7. Founded Quebec on third voyage to Canada (1608). Wood engraving

Christopher Columbus landing in America, 1492, (c1920)

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