Explorer Collection (page 5)

Comte de La Perouse, 18th century French navigator, astronomer and explorer, c1834
Jean Francois de Galaup, Comte de La Perouse, 18th century French navigator, astronomer and explorer, c1830. La Perouse (1741-1788) spent four years (1785-1788)

Burke and Wills expedition setting out from Royal Park, Melbourne, Australia, 20 August 1860. Robert O Hara Burke and William John Wills were commissioned by the Government of Australia to make

Illustration from De la Terre a la Lune by Jules Verne, 1865. The astronauts, having landed, set to work surveying the Moon. From De la Terre a la Lune (From the Earth to the Moon) by Jules Verne

Professor H. Y. Hind, Geologist to the Exploring Party, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Professor H. Y. Hind, Geologist to the Exploring Party, 1858. The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition...consisted of three different branches - geology and natural history

The Late Madame Ida Pfeiffer - from a painting, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Late Madame Ida Pfeiffer, 1858. Engraving after a painting by Miss Emily Marie Schmack, a relative. The record of [Madame Pfeiffer's] adventurous career reads like a story in the Arabian

Medallic Portrait of Sir J. Franklin, by David, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Medallic Portrait of Sir J. Franklin, by David, 1854....a medallic Portrait of the lamented Sir John Franklin, executed in bronze by M. David'

Dr. Rae - (from a daguerreotype by Beard), 1854. Creator: Unknown
Dr. Rae - (from a daguerreotype by Beard), 1854. Dr. [John] Rae, of the Hudson's Bay Company, has reached England, bringing with him from the Arctic Seas a number of articles that belonged to Sir

The late Henri Mouhot, naturalist, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The late Henri Mouhot, naturalist, 1862. M. Mouhot was a Frenchman by birth, but, having married into a branch of the family of the late Mungo Park, the African traveller

In Winter Quarters in the Arctic Sea; A days sport in the Polar Sea, 1875. Creator: Unknown
In Winter Quarters in the Arctic Sea; A days sport in the Polar Sea, 1875. [Men in fur suits, dog, bow and arrow, and cauldron suspended over a fire]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Alexander von Humboldt, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Humboldt, between 1855 and 1865. [German author, naturalist, explorer]

John C. Fremont, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
John C. Fremont, between 1855 and 1865. [Soldier, explorer, politician: Governor of Arizona Territory. Undertook several surveying expeditions to the West in the 1830s and 1840s

William Gilpin, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Wm. Gilpin, between 1855 and 1865. [Explorer, politician, newspaper editor, land speculator, writer, soldier: Governor of the Territory of Colorado

Admiral Charles Wilkes, US Navy, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Adm. Chas. Wilkes, U.S.N. between 1860 and 1875. [Naval officer, ships captain, and explorer]

Isaac Israel Hayes, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Mathew Brady
Isaac Israel Hayes, between 1860 and 1875. [Arctic explorer, physician, and politician]

Melville, Adm. Artic Explorer; Engineer of the JEANETTE in 1880s; photographed c. 1910. Creator: Unknown
Melville, Adm. Artic Explorer; Engineer of the JEANETTE in 1880s; photographed c. 1910

Banquet given by the Egyptian Government at Cairo in honour of Mr. Stanleys arrival, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Banquet given by the Egyptian Government at Cairo in honour of Mr. Stanleys arrival, 1890

The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday February 8. 1890, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday February 8. 1890, 1890

Mr. Stanley's Arrival at Cairo--Entering Shepheards Hotel after having visited the Khedive, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Stanley's Arrival at Cairo--Entering Shepheards Hotel after having visited the Khedive, 1890

Mr. H. M. Stanleys return to civilisation; Mr. Stanley and his Porters at the British... 1890. Creator: Unknown
Mr. H. M. Stanleys return to civilisation; Mr. Stanley and his Porters at the British Agency, Zanzibar

Mr. H. M. Stanley; A sketch from Life, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Mr. H. M. Stanley; A sketch from Life, 1890

The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday January 25. 1890, 1890. Creator: Charles Edwin Fripp
The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday January 25. 1890, 1890

Dr. Nansens Snow-Shoe Expedition across Greenland, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Dr. Nansens Snow-Shoe Expedition across Greenland, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Assassination of Sir Alexander Burnes, c1891. Creator: James Grant
Assassination of Sir Alexander Burnes, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

Sir Francis Drake, 1588, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Sir Francis Drake, 1588, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume38. July to December, 1888

Folding Screen (Biombo), China, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Folding Screen (Biombo), China, 17th century

Le Romance du Cortes (The Song of Cortez) (Furnishing Fabric), Nantes, 1815. Cortez Recevoie une Esclave Sans Rancon, [Cortez Recieves a (female)

Medal commemorating Saint Brendan, Discoverer, c. 1869. Creator: J. K. Davison
Medal commemorating Saint Brendan, Discoverer, c. 1869. Designed by John Frederick Mowbray-Clarke, possibly made at the J. K. Davison foundry

Worlds Columbian Exposition Commemorative Medal, 1892 / 93
Worlds Columbian Exposition Commemorative Medal, 1892/93

Worlds Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentation Medal, 1892 / 94
Worlds Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentation Medal, 1892/94

The fleet of Pedro Alvares Cabral in 1500. From Livro das Armadas, ca 1568. Found in the Collection of the Academia das Ciencias de Lisboa

Two Medals Commemorating the Hudson-Fulton Celebration New York, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Two Medals Commemorating the Hudson-Fulton Celebration New York, 1909

Two Medals Depicting Columbus, 1892. Creator: Unknown
Two Medals Depicting Columbus, 1892

A. E. Nordenskiold (Swedish geologist and mineralogist, born Finland, 1832-1901), c. 1880. Woodburytype, from the periodical "Galerie Contemporaine Litteraire, Artistique" (1880), volume 1

Copy of Carleton Watkins "Galen Clark Before the Grizzly Giant", c. 1863
Copy of Carleton Watkins " Galen Clark Before the Grizzly Giant", c. 1863. Print on paper from woodcut engraving

$3 Columbus Describing His Third Voyage single, 1893. Creator: American Bank Note Company
$3 Columbus Describing His Third Voyage single, 1893. Mint; Design of the stamp is taken from a painting by Francisco Jover entitled " Columbus Describing His Third Voyage"

$2 Columbus in Chains single, 1893. Creator: American Bank Note Company
$2 Columbus in Chains single, 1893. mint; Design of the stamp is believed to be after a painting by Leutze painted in 1841

50c Recall of Columbus single, 1893. Creator: American Bank Note Company
50c Recall of Columbus single, 1893. Mint; Design of the stamp is taken from a painting by A.G. Heaton entitled " Recall of Columbus"

30c Columbus at La Rabida single, 1893. Creator: American Bank Note Company
30c Columbus at La Rabida single, 1893. Mint; Design of the stamp is taken from a painting by R. Maso entitled " Columbus at La Rabida"

2c Landing of Columbus single, 1893. Creator: American Bank Note Company
2c Landing of Columbus single, 1893. Mint

10c Columbus Presenting Natives single, 1893. Creator: American Bank Note Company
10c Columbus Presenting Natives single, 1893. Mint; Design of the stamp taken from a painting by Luigi Gregori entitled " Columbus Presenting Natives"

8c Columbus Restored to Favor single, 1893. Creator: American Bank Note Company
8c Columbus Restored to Favor single, 1893. Mint; Design of the stamp taken from a painting by Francisco Jover entitled " Columbus Restored to Favor"

15c Landing of Columbus re-issue single, 1875. Creator: National Bank Note Company
15c Landing of Columbus re-issue single, 1875. Used; perf 12; re-issue of 1869; without grill; In 1875, Post Office Department officials decided to exhibit samples of all previously issued stamps at

$5 Christopher Columbus single, 1893. Creator: American Bank Note Company
$5 Christopher Columbus single, 1893. Mint

Portrait of Simeon Habel, Before 1878. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Simeon Habel, Before 1878

Portrait of John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), 1885. Creator: Charles Parker
Portrait of John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), 1885

Portrait of Louis Laurent Simonin (1830-1886), Before 1876. Creator: Cayol Freres
Portrait of Louis Laurent Simonin (1830-1886), Before 1876

Portrait of John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), Circa 1872. Creator: Charles Milton Bell
Portrait of John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), Circa 1872

15c Columbus Announcing His Discovery block of four, 1893. Creator: Unknown
15c Columbus Announcing His Discovery block of four, 1893. Columbian Exposition issue

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