Discoverers Collection (#3)

Jospeh Priestley, one of discoverers of oxygen, 1791 (engraving)
539749 Jospeh Priestley, one of discoverers of oxygen, 1791 (engraving); (add.info.: Jospeh Priestley (1733-1804) English Chemist and Non-Conformist minister

James Cook watching a human sacrifice in Tahiti, 1806 (engraving)
1936296 James Cook watching a human sacrifice in Tahiti, 1806 (engraving); (add.info.: Captain James Cook watching a human sacrifice in Tahiti, engraving from his book); Photo © CCI

Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) english explorer and journalist, photographed in full tropical kit probably on his
1750198 Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) english explorer and journalist, photographed in full tropical kit probably on his triumphant return to England in 1872; (add.info)

Hernando Cortez (1485-1547) Spanish Conquistador and Conqueror of Mexico, engraving
1753205 Hernando Cortez (1485-1547) Spanish Conquistador and Conqueror of Mexico, engraving; (add.info.: Hernando Cortez (1485-1547) Spanish Conquistador and Conqueror of Mexico

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905) italian explorer naturalized French who explored Africa (right bank of the Congo)
1757565 Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905) italian explorer naturalized French who explored Africa (right bank of the Congo)

Richard Spruce (1817-1893) english botanist and explorer
1744253 Richard Spruce (1817-1893) english botanist and explorer; (add.info.: Richard Spruce (1817-1893) english botanist and explorer); Photo: Tallandier

Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) French sailor and explorer who took possession of Canada in 1534, drawing by Dan Lailler
1742645 Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) French sailor and explorer who took possession of Canada in 1534, drawing by Dan Lailler; (add.info)

Scene from "A Dutch Picture", by Longfellow (litho)
8672616 Scene from "A Dutch Picture", by Longfellow (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from "A Dutch Picture")

If Christopher Columbus had returned to Spain and Ferdinand and Isabella without discovering America (engraving)
8672613 If Christopher Columbus had returned to Spain and Ferdinand and Isabella without discovering America (engraving) by Downey

Chasse au Tigre Dans le Terai, Nepal (b/w photo)
8649400 Chasse au Tigre Dans le Terai, Nepal (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chasse au Tigre Dans le Terai, Nepal. Au depart)

Un Tour aux Indes (b/w photo)
8649392 Un Tour aux Indes (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Un Tour aux Indes. A Benares. Sur le Gange, Une embarcation passant devant les Ghats)

Au Japon (b/w photo)
8649384 Au Japon (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Au Japon. Une danseuse, a Kioto)

A Madagascar (b/w photo)
8649379 A Madagascar (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Madagascar. Coin de Tananarive et Palais de la reine)

A Madagascar (b/w photo)
8649374 A Madagascar (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Madagascar. Ambatoudrazaka. Types des Antsyanakas, femme)

Botocude allumant du feu (engraving)
8653302 Botocude allumant du feu (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Botocude allumant du feu)

Au Japon (b/w photo)
8651447 Au Japon (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Au Japon. Mousmes sortant le matin du Yoshiwara, a Yokoama)

De Paris au Tonkin (b/w photo)
8651445 De Paris au Tonkin (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: De Paris au Tonkin. Au Turkestan Chinois)

SS Roosevelt, American steamship of 1908 built for Robert Peary"s polar exploration, ... 1909 (photo)
8782678 SS Roosevelt, American steamship of 1908 built for Robert Peary"s polar exploration, ... 1909 (photo) by Peary, Robert Edwin (1856-1920); (add.info.: SS Roosevelt)

Men in Arctic ice north of Greenland during Robert Pearys expedition to the North Pole, 1909 (photo)
8782680 Men in Arctic ice north of Greenland during Robert Pearys expedition to the North Pole, 1909 (photo) by Peary, Robert Edwin (1856-1920); (add.info)

Vasco da Gama (circa 1460-1524), 1838 (oil on canvas)
7337905 Vasco da Gama (circa 1460-1524), 1838 (oil on canvas) by Fonseca, Antonio Manuel da (fl.1838); 121.9x96.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Capt. L.E.G. Oates, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, 1916 (card)
7295704 Capt. L.E.G. Oates, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, 1916 (card) by British School, (20th century) ; 3.6x6.7 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: No 3)

Four expedition members having lunch in a tent, 1911 (b/w photo)
7295702 Four expedition members having lunch in a tent, 1911 (b/w photo) by Ponting, Herbert (1870-1935); 11.9x16.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Medal commemorating Captain James Cook's second voyage, 1772 (silver)
7295731 Medal commemorating Captain James Cook's second voyage, 1772 (silver) by British School, (18th Century); 42.5x42.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Danish Official (Hans Elberg) and family, 1854 (b/w photo)
7295427 Danish Official (Hans Elberg) and family, 1854 (b/w photo) by Inglefield, Admiral Edward Augustus (1820-94); 16.2x21.2 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Le Theatre du Monde, 1638-40 (engraving)
7340645 Le Theatre du Monde, 1638-40 (engraving) by Blaeu, Willem (1571-1638); 23.7x39.1 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Map of Cartagena, 1588 (engraving)
7340018 Map of Cartagena, 1588 (engraving) by Boazio, Baptista (fl.1588-1606); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator)

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), 1838 (oil on canvas)
7337870 Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), 1838 (oil on canvas) by Furse, William Henry (att. 1831-50); 109.3x82x2.4 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

The Arctic Council, 19th century (mezzotint, board)
7295271 The Arctic Council, 19th century (mezzotint, board) by Pearce, Stephen (1819-1904) (after); 55.5x77.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Print)

Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and his crew land at San Salvador on October 12, 1492, 1860
7125147 Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and his crew land at San Salvador on October 12, 1492, 1860; (add.info.: Italian explorer Christopher Columbus)

Figure of Captain James Cook (1728-1779), c.1840 (earthenware)
7295353 Figure of Captain James Cook (1728-1779), c.1840 (earthenware); 18x11x11 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info)

Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1892 (bronze medal)
MMM5470488 Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1892 (bronze medal); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Portrait of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)

Royal Geographical Society Prize Medal, 1835, awarded to Captain George Back (1796-1878), 1835 (silver)
MMM5477680 Royal Geographical Society Prize Medal, 1835, awarded to Captain George Back (1796-1878), 1835 (silver) by Wyon, William (1795-1851); National Maritime Museum, London

Portrait of John Hanning Speke, c.1863 (b/w photo)
MMM5477340 Portrait of John Hanning Speke, c.1863 (b/w photo); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Portrait of John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) on his left, a sextant on his foot

The distant Cathay, 19th century (litho)
NWI4849533 The distant Cathay, 19th century (litho); (add.info.: The distant Cathay: phantasmagorical vision of the fabulous Chinese civilization at the time of Marco Polo (1254-1324)

James Cook, 1777 (engraving)
7341628 James Cook, 1777 (engraving) by Hodges, William (1744-97) (after); 26.3x19.9 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Messrs. Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice (1816-1893) and Keys (?) Dancing to save their lives
MMM5482802 Messrs. Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice (1816-1893) and Keys (?) Dancing to save their lives, in front of armed and threatening indigenous peoples

Lieutenant H.R. Bowers, Royal Indian Marine, 1916 (card)
7295710 Lieutenant H.R. Bowers, Royal Indian Marine, 1916 (card) by British School, (20th century) ; 3.6x6.7 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: No 6)

Antarctic huts - (Scott) Midwinter Day dinner in the hut, June 22nd 1911 (b/w photo)
7295657 Antarctic huts - (Scott) Midwinter Day dinner in the hut, June 22nd 1911 (b/w photo) by British School, (20th century) ; National Maritime Museum, London

Captain Robert Falcon Scott, R.N. C.V.O. F.R.G.S. 20th century (photogravure)
7295568 Captain Robert Falcon Scott, R.N. C.V.O. F.R.G.S. 20th century (photogravure) by Maull & Fox (fl.1877-1928); 50.8x37.7 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

E H Shackleton standing by wheel of the Discovery (1901) From album by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton entitled National
7295417 E H Shackleton standing by wheel of the Discovery (1901) From album by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton entitled National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1903), 1905 (b/w photo) by Shackleton

A navigator with globe and dividers, 1624 (oil on panel)
7338094 A navigator with globe and dividers, 1624 (oil on panel) by Borcht, Hendrick van der the Elder (1583-1651); 73.5x56 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Return of Colonel Marchand with French expeditionary forces to Fashoda, 1898
3480885 Return of Colonel Marchand with French expeditionary forces to Fashoda, 1898; (add.info.: Return of Colonel Marchand with French expeditionary forces to Fashoda, 1898)

Geography. Congo. Colonel Jean-Baptiste Marchand, 1863-1934 French explorer
3434338 Geography. Congo. Colonel Jean-Baptiste Marchand, 1863-1934 French explorer, in virgin forest during the Congo-Nile expedition in Africa, 1898, illustration in: Le Petit Journal, c.1898

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905) italian explorer naturalized French who explored Africa (right bank of the Congo)
1753197 Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905) italian explorer naturalized French who explored Africa (right bank of the Congo), picture by Nadar

The yellow rally 1931-1932 : Georges Marie Haardt Maurice Penaud and Pierre Theilhard de Chardin
1752983 The yellow rally 1931-1932 : Georges Marie Haardt Maurice Penaud and Pierre Theilhard de Chardin; (add.info.: The yellow rally 1931-1932)

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905) italian explorer naturalized French who explored Africa (right bank of the Congo)
1757561 Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905) italian explorer naturalized French who explored Africa (right bank of the Congo) photo by Otto c

Discovering of the Naguii Lake by Orwell Murray and Dr David Livingstone (1813-1873) explorers in XIX th century
1748668 Discovering of the Naguii Lake by Orwell Murray and Dr David Livingstone (1813-1873) explorers in XIX th century, here in austral Africa; (add.info)

Jacques Cook alias James Cook (1728-1779) british navigator, member of the royal society in London
1745878 Jacques Cook alias James Cook (1728-1779) british navigator, member of the royal society in London, portrait by Benard in 1778; (add.info)

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"Unveiling the Secrets: Celebrating the Courageous Discoverers" Watson and Crick, the brilliant minds behind the DNA model, forever changed our understanding of life's blueprint. Marie and Pierre Curie, pioneering French physicists, unlocked the mysteries of radioactivity and revolutionized modern science. The discoverers of Tutankhamen's tomb unearthed a treasure trove that revealed ancient Egypt's opulence and history. The antiproton discovery team pushed boundaries in particle physics, unraveling fundamental secrets of matter. Eskimaux of Clyde explored Baffin's Bay with awe-inspiring resilience, capturing its beauty through vivid watercolors (c. 1843-50). "Indians Discovering Lewis and Clark" immortalizes an encounter that shaped American history in this captivating oil on canvas from 1896. Douglas Mawson's portrait stands as a testament to his indomitable spirit during Antarctic expeditions in 1914 – a true explorer at heart. Captain Bellingshausen embarked on epic voyages to Antarctica (1819-1821) depicted through intricate engravings from 1831 – paving the way for future explorations. Fernand Foureau, a fearless French explorer (1850-1914), ventured into uncharted territories with unwavering determination – leaving an enduring legacy. These remarkable individuals embody curiosity, perseverance, and bravery; their discoveries continue to shape our world today.