Voyage Collection (#94)

Tristan da Cunha, circa 1870 C016 / 6063
Tristan da Cunha, circa 1870. This small group of islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean is the most remote archipelago in the world. Photographed during the voyage of HMS Challenger (1872-1876)

Bell of the Great Buddha, Kyoto, Japan C016 / 6073
Bell of the Great Buddha, Kyoto, Japan. Photographed during the voyage of HMS Challenger (1872-1876). This scientific expedition, organised by the Royal Society

Sir Joseph Banks, English naturalist C016 / 5845
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), English naturalist and botanist. Banks took part in Captain James Cooks first great voyage (1768-1771)

Charles Gaudichaud, French botanist
Charles Gaudichaud (1789-1854), French botanist, using a microscope to examine specimens collected during a voyage of exploration

Steamer Oneida in the Altlantic, 1868 C013 / 7747
Steamer Oneida in the Atlantic. 19th-century artwork of the voyage undertaken in 1868 by the claimant to the fortune and baronetcy of Roger Tichbourne

Reconversion of Queen Elizabeth
When the work of reconversion was over the Queen Elizabeth was virtually a new ship, ready to cast off her moorings at Southampton and begin her maiden voyage as a passenger liner

Botanical engravings
Engraving from Natural History of Jamaica Tab 166 by Sir Hans Sloane. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Plate 103 by William Ellis
Plate 103 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 105 by William Ellis
Plate 105 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Shell and insect illustration
Table 240 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Fox
An illustration (Plate 7, Mammals) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Plate 102 by William Ellis
Plate 102 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 108 by William Ellis
Plate 108 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Rodent
An illustration (Plate 21, Mammals) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Plate 107 by William Ellis

Plate 106 by William Ellis
Plate 106 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Plate 109 by William Ellis
Plate 109 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Bat
An illustration (Plate 1, Mammals) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Drawing by Wild of the ship Pellucida made during the Challe
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for the purpose of scientific discovery. Correct image?

The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle
A first edition of Charles Darwins The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle, in three volumes

View of H. M. S. Challenger at floating dock in Bermuda
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for the purpose of scientific discovery

Crepidula, slipper limpets
Slipper limpets collected by Charles Darwin in Chile on the Beagle voyage (1831-1836)

Humming bird nest
A humming bird nest collected by Captain Cook 1st voyage in Rio de Janiero

Mocking bird
An illustration (Plate 17, Birds) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Plate 104 by William Ellis
Plate 104 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Butterfly illustration
Table 239 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Plate 100 by William Ellis
Plate 100 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Panoramic: Landscape in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Sugar Plantation, St. Thomas 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas, West Indies after a hurricane
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

A drawing of the laboratory on board H. M.s Challenger by Wil
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Group of seamen, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Cemetary, St. Thomas, West Indies (1873)
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Landscape in Madeira
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Landscape in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Wilds Drawing Animals from Dredge
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Townscape in Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Funchal, Madeira 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

The Mole, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Papau tree
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

View of H. M. S. Challenger in Bermuda, West Indies
The Voyage of H.M.S Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Alphitonia zizyphoides, toi
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Cordia subcordata, kou tree
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Cordia sebestena

Drawing of H. M. S. Beagle
Facing page 98 from A Naturalists Voyage Round the World (1912) by Charles Darwin

Plate 99 by William Ellis
Plate 99 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (1756-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)

Ardea sp. Heron
Ff. 112. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Ardea cocoi and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

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