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Primeval Man
Plate 32 from The World before the deluge by Guilliam Louis Figuier, 1891 depicting primeval man hunting animals of the time

Quarry scene, Tilgate Forest
Quarry scene in the Tilgate Forest, frontispiece from Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex (1827) by G. A. Mantell

Pilansberg from Brak legte sandflat north of Brak spruit May 1869 Sketch 13 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Silurian Wenlock sea
An artists impression of the Wenlock (430.4 - 424 million years ago) sea with trilobites, corals, and crinoids

Permian desert
An artists impression of the Permian desert with huge sandunes and sandstone mountains (290 to 248 million years ago) in Northern England

Surface of the early Earth
An impression by Barry Evans of what the surface of the Earth may have looked like when it was very young, and still forming

Paranthropus boisei (based on OH5)
Illustration by Maurice Wilson of a three-quarter view of Paranthropus boisei, a robust australopithecus which lived in Southern and Eastern Africa

Volcanoes on the early Earth
This is an artists impression of volcanoes frequently active on the surface of early Earth

Edinburgh volcano
Illustration of the Edinburgh Volcano erupting in the late Palaeozoic period (543 to 248 million years ago), superimposed onto a modern aerial photograph of the city

Anglian ice sheet
A reconstruction of the front of the Anglian ice sheet in Precambrian (4, 500 to 543 million years ago) north London

Homo erectus, Acheulian man
An illustration of a lakeside campsite 400, 000 years ago of Acheulian man (Homo erectus) in the Quaternary Hoxnian Interglacial period, Lower Palaeolithic

Jurassic seascape
Artists impression of a Jurassic sea with Ichthyosaur, Plesiosaur and Pterosaur. The Jurassic period was 205-144 million years ago

Pleistocene Britain
An artists impression of Britain at the time of the penultimate glaciation, from space during the Pleistocene period (1.8 million to 11, 000 years ago)

Ordovician Britain
An artists impression of an eroded Ordovician (490 to 443 million years ago) volcano and shore line near Builth Wells, Powys

Silurian mud-flows
An impression of Silurian (443 to 417 million years ago) mud-flows, coral reefs and volcanoes, by Michael Copus

Paranthropus sp. (left) and Homo erectus (right)
Illustration by Maurice Wilson. 2 to 1.5 million years ago parts of Africa were populated by these two hominids. Paranthropus foraged peacefully but here is threatened by Homo erectus

Homo heildelbergensis, Broken Hill or Rhodesian Man
Illustration by Michael Wilson of a Rhodesian man (H. heildelbergensi) family reconstructed from fossils discovered at Broken Hill, Kabwe, Zambia

Permian Britain
An artists impression of Permian (290 to 248 million years ago) Britain from space, with desert lands and the Zechstein sea

Raper drawing No. 28
Hummock Island, so named by Captain Carteret - by the natives call d Mondooroo by George Raper 1791

Raper drawing No. 24
Chief settlement on Norfolk Island April 1790. By George Raper, 1790

Raper drawing No. 21
[5] Views of Norfolk, Philip, & Nepean Islands by George Raper

Raper drawing No. 15
Entrance of Port Jackson from a boat close under the South Head; 1789

Raper drawing No. 19
Ice islands as seen on our passage round Cape Horn in 1788. By George Raper c. 1789

Raper drawing No. 16
View of the east side of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson; from the Anchorage also showing the Governors House. By George Raper c. 1790

Raper drawing No. 12
View of the Table-Land from the Anchorage in the bay of Cape Good-hope. By George Raper, 1792

Raper drawing No. 9
An illustration depicting Square Island, a little within the entrance of Rio de Janeiro [and] Island dos Enxchados in Rio de Janeiro. By George Raper, 1789

Raper drawing No. 8
Entrance of Rio de Janeiro (Brasil). View from the anchorage without the Sugar Loaf bearing NW off shore 2 miles. By George Raper, 1790

Raper drawing No. 4
His Majestys Brig Supply 1790 off Lord Howe Island [and] His Majestys Ship Sirius in Sydney Cove 1789. Painting by George Raper, 1792

Study of a Canon
A detailed study containing an illustration and reference notes of a canon, 1787. Drawing number 2 from the George Raper drawing collection held within the Natural History Museum, London

Raper drawing No. 22
The melancholy loss of His Majestys Ship Sirius, wrecked on Norfolk Island. By George Raper, 1790

A view of the coastline to the south of Botany Bay
Drawing 5 from the Watling Collection titled A View of the Land to the Southward of Botany Bay with the Entrance of the Harbour by John Hunter, 1790-1797

Passage sur des Troncs d Arbres
Passage on tree trunks. Page 79 from Voyages dans l Amerique du Sud (1883) by J. Crevaux

A partial view of Sydney Cove
Drawing 14 from the Watling Collection titled A partial view of Sydney Cove taken from the Sea side before the Surgeon Generals House by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Raper drawing No. 27
View of Port Hunter on the N. Side Duke of York Island St Georges Channel where we watered in the Waaksaamheydt May 1791. By George Raper, 1791

Temple of Jupiter Serapis near Naples. This comprises the frontispiece from Principles of Geology Vol. 1, 1830 by Charles Lyell

View of the entrance into the Harbour of Port Jackson
Drawing 8 from the Watling Collection titled View of the Entrance into the Harbour of Port Jackson, taken in a boat under the North head by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1790

Urwald in Esmeraldas
Jungle in Esmeraldas. Page 121 from Nach Equador, 1881 by J Colberg

The Governor making the best of his way to the Boat after be
Drawing 23 from the Watling Collection, by the Port Jackson Painter, c. 1790

An East view of Port Jackson
Drawing 16 from the Watling Collection titled An East View of Port-Jackson, and Sydney-Cove, taken from behind the New Barracks by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Implements of the Duke of York Islands and St Georges Channe

Raper drawing No. 5
View of SW coast of the Isle of Wight, 1. St Catherines Point; 2. the Needle Point. Painting by George Raper, 1789

Raper drawing No. 23
View of the west side of Sydney Bay Norfolk Island showing the method by which the crew and provisions were saved from the wreck of the Sirius. By George Raper, 1790

Raper drawing No. 26
[3] Views of Lord Howe Island, discovered by Lieut. Ball. February 1788 by George Raper

Deserted Indian village
A deserted Indian village in King George III Sound, New Holland. Facing p 54 from Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean. 1798, by Captain George Vancouver

Mate pots and bambillio illustration (p.118) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, John Murray illustrated edition, 1890

Chilian spurs, stirrup illustration (p.290) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, John Murray illustrated edition, 1890

Plate XXXVIII: Lava curtain and royal party
Pl XXXVIII. Observation on the volcanoes of the two Sicilies, Naples, 1776 & 1779 compiled by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) while Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples

Plate XXVII: Stromboli
Plate XXXVII. Observation on the volcanoes of the two Sicilies, Naples, 1776 & 1779 compiled by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) while Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples

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