Navigation Collection

Newmarket Race Course, 1940. Racing in Newmarket was first recorded in the time of James I. Charles II was known to attend races on Newmarket Heath with his brother, the future James II

Captain James Cook taking possession of New South Wales in the name of the British Crown, 1770. James Cook (1728-1779), English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, made three voyages of discovery

The Helmsman, 1925, (1926). Artist: Arthur Briscoe
The Helmsman, 1925, (1926). From The Studio Volume 91. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1926]

A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
A Hansen, first officer on the Knivsberg, 1898. Portrait of a German crew member using compasses and parallel rulers to plot the course of the SS Knivsberg through the South China Sea

Doncaster Race Course, 1940. Doncaster is one of the oldest established centres for horse racing in Britain, with records of regular race meetings going back to the 16th Century

Map of Magellans round the world voyage, 1519-1521. A Portuguese-born navigator sponsored by Spain, Ferdinand Magellan (c1480-1521)

Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Low-Lights Dock at Tynemouth, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Low-Lights Dock at Tynemouth, 1864. Rain-soaked celebrations marking the start of work at the mouth of the River Tyne

Illustration for Ancient, Medieval and Modern History, 1790. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Ancient, Medieval and Modern History, 1790

Illustration for Ancient, Medieval and Modern History, 1790. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Ancient, Medieval and Modern History, 1790

New Lighthouse on Bishop Rock, Scilly Islands, 1858. Creator: Unknown
New Lighthouse on Bishop Rock, Scilly Islands, 1858. It is built upon the Bishop, one of the clusters of rocks on the west of the Scilly Islands...The rock is so narrow that it was necessary in one

A New Channel at Upton-on-Severn, opened August 10, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A New Channel at Upton-on-Severn, opened August 10, 1858. The works for the improvement of the navigation of the River Severn at the upper lode, near Tewkesbury

Sketches of the Caswell Mutiny, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Sketches of the Caswell Mutiny, 1876. James Carrick; The Caswell; The Prisoner; Court House, Queenstown; Queenstown Bridewell...George Peno seems to have persuaded the other foreigners to kill

Map of a Portion of Africa, showing...Cameron's Route from the East to the West Coast...1876
Map of a Portion of Africa, showing Lieut. V.L. Cameron's Route from the East to the West Coast, 1876. A Map of the entire width of Africa

Sketches by Lieutenant Cameron in Central Africa...Lukuga Outlet of Lake Tanganyika...1876. Creator: Unknown
Sketches by Lieutenant Cameron in Central Africa: entrance to the Lukuga Outlet of Lake Tanganyika, 1876. Lieutenant Cameron's more exact survey led to the discovery of an important outlet

Map of Britain and Ireland, 10th century AH/AD 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Map of Britain and Ireland, 10th century AH/AD 16th century. Page from an early Ottoman illuminated and illustrated maritime atlas, referred to as the Walters Deniz atlasi

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator and colonist who was sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator and colonist who was sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator and colonist who was sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator and colonist who was sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain

Taking soundings on board a steamer on the Indus, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Taking soundings on board a steamer on the Indus, 1876. The navigation of this great river, which, below the confluence of the Punjaub "five rivers"...has yet a further course of five

Saugor Lighthouse, off the mouth of the Hooghly, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Saugor Lighthouse, off the mouth of the Hooghly, [India], 1876. The island of Saugor, upon which stands the iron lighthouse to guide ships approaching Calcutta as they enter the Hooghly river

Eight Bells: the Boy at the Helm, by H. Macallum, in the exhibition at the Dudley Gallery, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Eight Bells: the Boy at the Helm, by H. Macallum, in the exhibition at the Dudley Gallery, 1876. Mr. Macallum's pictures of coast life are always fresh and vigorous, suggestive of sea breezes

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Vasco da Gama on board ship, late 15th-early 16th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Vasco da Gama on board ship, late 15th-early 16th century, (2023). Vasco da Gama, (c1460s-1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea

Schooner and Yawl Match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club last Saturday: the Pantomine... 1876. Creator: H. E. Tozer
Schooner and Yawl Match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club last Saturday: the Pantomine fouling the Mouse Light-Vessel, 1876. There was a very fine wind for the schooner and yawl matches of this club

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1490s, (2023). Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator and colonist who was sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain

Navigation, 1743. Creator: Louis Fabritius Dubourg
Navigation, 1743

The first Englishman in Japan, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The first Englishman in Japan, 1860. Illustration from "Will Adams; the First Englishman in Japan. A Romantic Biography" by William Dalton

Portrait of Gerard Pietersz Hulft (1621-1656), First Councilor and Director-General of the Dutch Eas Creator
Portrait of Gerard Pietersz Hulft (1621-1656), First Councilor and Director-General of the Dutch East India Company, 1654

Portrait of Carel Quina (1622-89), Knight of the Holy Sepulchre and Amsterdam-born explorer of Asia, 1669

Lighthouse in Breaking Waves, c.1900-c.1907. Creator: Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Lighthouse in Breaking Waves, c.1900-c.1907

Beachscape with capstans, 1840-1865. Creator: Constant Troyon
Beachscape with capstans, 1840-1865

Portrait of Hendrick de Hartog, 1790. Creator: Adriaan De Lelie
Portrait of Hendrick de Hartog, 1790

Cape Henry light houses (old & new ), Va. c1905. Creator: Unknown. Cape Henry light houses (old & new ), Va. c1905
Cape Henry light houses (old & new ), Va. c1905

Bug Light, Boston, Mass. c1906. Creator: Unknown
Bug Light, Boston, Mass. c1906

U.S.S. New York bridge and pilot house, 1899 July 5. Creator: Edward H Hart
U.S.S. New York bridge and pilot house, 1899 July 5

Hudson memorial monument, Riverside Drive, New York, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Hudson memorial monument, Riverside Drive, New York, between 1910 and 1920. "To commemorate the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson in the year [16] 09" on monument

The Peace Commemoration at Portsmouth - Triumphal Monument on Southsea Common, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Portsmouth - Triumphal Monument on Southsea Common, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in Hampshire

Portrait of Jan van Riebeeck (1619-77). Commander of the Cape of Good Hope and of... c.1660. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Jan van Riebeeck (1619-77). Commander of the Cape of Good Hope and of Malacca and Secretary of the High Government of Batavia, c.1660

Navigation of the Elbe - the Steamer "Pollux" cutting through the ice at Altona, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Navigation of the Elbe - the Steamer "Pollux" cutting through the ice at Altona, 1856. 'A novel and important experiment has just been made on the Elbe

Eddystone Lighthouse, 1846. Creator: Anton Melbye
Eddystone Lighthouse, 1846

Vourekas, Captain, on his ship, 1929 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Vourekas, Captain, on his ship, 1929

Figure Costume Study for Columbus Mural, Washington, D.C. in or after 1837. Creator: John Vanderlyn
Figure Costume Study for Columbus Mural, Washington, D.C. in or after 1837

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Map of the World, 1566, reprinted 1889. Creator: Unknown
Map of the World, 1566, reprinted 1889. Heart-shaped world map with the North Pole in the centre. After John Paul Cimerlin

Orontius Finaeus, 1531, reprinted 1889. Creator: Unknown
Orontius Finaeus, 1531, reprinted 1889. Top: Terra Australis on the left. Europe, Russia, the North Pole, China and northern Africa on the right

Columbus taking possession of the Island of St Salvador; Columbus and his Discoveries 1492, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Columbus taking possession of the Island of St Salvador; Columbus and his Discoveries 1492, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Sketch for dining room in the Hotel de Ville in Paris: Water, Earth, Air, between 1891 and 1892

Portrait de Jean-Francois Trebuchet. Creator: Unknown
Portrait de Jean-Francois Trebuchet

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