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Sir Francis Drake, 1581 (miniature) (see also 6836)

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CH 1619 Sir Francis Drake, 1581 (minia...

Hilliard, Nicholas (1547-1619) (studio of)
English

Sir Walter Raleigh's (1552-1618) First Smoke

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BAL 2877 Sir Walter Raleigh's (1552-161...

Anonymous
 

Sloane 197 f.182 Exploration map of Surat, in the Gujarat district of India, illustration from 'Historical Accounts of Portuguese Settlements', 1646 (paper) (detail of 69166)

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BL 3913 Sloane 197 f.182 Exploration m...

Barretto de Resende, Pedro (fl.1646)
Portuguese

Scott's compass, thermometer, sundial, barometer and altitude scale used on Antarctic expedition, 1910-12

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BAL 4381 Scott's compass, thermometer, ...

 
 

The Terra Nova sailed by Scott, in Antarctic waters, 1910 (photo)

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BAL 4382 The Terra Nova sailed by Scott...

English Photographer, (20th century)
English

Diary Entry for 9th January, 1902

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BAL 4383 Diary Entry for 9th January, 1...

Wilson, Edward Adrian (1872-1912)
English

Scott's clothing used on the Antarctic expedition, 1901-4

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BAL 4386 Scott's clothing used on the A...

 
 

Food taken on Scott's Antarctic expedition, 1901-4

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BAL 4388 Food taken on Scott's Antarcti...

 
 

The last page of his diary, Antarctica, 29th March 1912

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BAL 4421 The last page of his diary, An...

Scott, Robert Falcon (1868-1912)
English

Sir Francis Drake

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XCR 5522 Sir Francis Drake

Lane, Samuel (1780-1859)
English

Meeting with hostile natives, 1855

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RGS 5806 Meeting with hostile natives, ...

Baines, Thomas (1820-75)
English

Antarctic Ice Cave (from Shackleton's description) (oil)

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RGS 5809 Antarctic Ice Cave (from Shack...

Greenfield, E.J.F. (b.1866)
American

T1589 The Pandora Nipped in the Pack in Melville Bay, 24th July 1876, an Arctic expedition led by Commander Sir Allen Young (1827-1915) c.1877 (oil on canvas)

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RGS 5810 T1589 The Pandora Nipped in th...

May, Walter William (1831-96)
English

Arctic Expedition: the Most Northern Encampment of H.M.S. Alert, 1877 (oil on canvas)

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RGS 5813 Arctic Expedition: the Most No...

Beechey, Richard Bridges (1808-95)
English

Departure of Capt Sturt into the Interior from 'South Australia Illustrated', August, 1844

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RGS 5815 Departure of Capt Sturt into t...

Gill, Samuel Thomas (1818-80)
Australian

Main Street, Fort Gary (w/c on paper)

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BAL 5817 Main Street, Fort Gary (w/c on...

Simpson, John (1782-1847)
English

Arrival and Stay at Rockfort, 1821 (w/c on paper)

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BAL 5818 Arrival and Stay at Rockfort, ...

Simpson, John (1782-1847)
English

Manitoba, Showing a Hudson Bay Company Trading Station, 1871 (w/c on paper)

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BAL 5819 Manitoba, Showing a Hudson Bay...

Simpson, John (1782-1847)
English

Incidents on a Trading Journey: HMS Terror Making Fast to an Iceberg in Hudson's Strait, August 18th 1836 (w/c on paper)

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BAL 5820 Incidents on a Trading Journey...

Smyth, Lieutenant (19th century)
English

Incidents on a Trading Journey: Men Playing Football on Board HMS 'Terror', 1836 (w/c on paper)

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BAL 5821 Incidents on a Trading Journey...

Smyth, Lieutenant (19th century)
English

Incidents on a Trading Journey: HMS Terror as she Appeared After Being Thrown Up by the Ice in Frozen Channel, September 27th 1836 (w/c on paper)

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BAL 5822 Incidents on a Trading Journey...

Smyth, Lieutenant (19th century)
English

Incident on a Trading Journey: HMS Terror Thrown up by the Ice, March 15th 1837 (w/c on paper)

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BAL 5823 Incident on a Trading Journey:...

Smyth, Lieutenant (19th century)
English

Portrait of David Livingstone

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BAL 6041 Portrait of David Livingstone

Anonymous
 

Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1598 (oil on panel)

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BAL 7790 Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh...

Segar, William (fl.1585-d.1633) (attr. to)
English

The Ship Breaks up, from 'The Unlucky Voyage of the Ship Batavia', published in Amsterdam, 1647 (engraving)

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BL 10089 The Ship Breaks up, from 'The ...

Dutch School, (17th century)
Dutch

The Ship Breaks up, from 'The Unlucky Voyage of the Ship Batavia', published in Amsterdam, 1647 (engraving)

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BAL 10090 The Ship Breaks up, from 'The ...

Dutch School, (17th century)
Dutch

Pelsaert Sets Sail and Makes his Way Between Islands, from 'The Unlucky Voyage of the Ship Batavia', published in Amsterdam, 1647 (engraving)

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BAL 10091 Pelsaert Sets Sail and Makes h...

Dutch School, (17th century)
Dutch

Walking in the Pack, Ross Expedition, 1842

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BAL 10102 Walking in the Pack, Ross Expe...

Davis, John Edward (fl.1832-42)
American

Possession Island, Victoria Land, 11th January 1841

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BAL 10104 Possession Island, Victoria La...

Davis, John Edward (fl.1832-42)
American

Cartier, Jacques (1491-1557): French navigator and discoverer of Canadian River St. Lawrence (steel engraving after a portrait in St. Malo) (see also 65188)

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BL 10372 Cartier, Jacques (1491-1557): ...

 
 

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826)

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BAL 10400 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1...

Lonsdale, James (1777-1839)
English

Double portrait of Gerard Mercator (1512-94) and Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) engraved for inclusion in the Mercator and Hondius series of atlases, 1619 (engraving) (see also 174686)

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BL 10457 Double portrait of Gerard Merc...

Flemish School, (17th century)
Flemish

A Maori bartering a crayfish with an English naval officer, from a series of drawings illustrative of Cook's First Voyage, 1768-70, 1769 (pencil & w/c on paper)

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BAL 10611 A Maori bartering a crayfish w...

English School, (18th century)
English

William Barents' Hut in Novaya Zembya, 1597

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BL 10613 William Barents' Hut in Novaya...

 
 

Illustration taken from Willem Barents' Search to find a Northern Passage Novaya Zembya, Arctic, 1598 (vellum)

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BL 10614 Illustration taken from Willem...

 
 

William Barents fleet on his first voyage, Novaya Zemlya, 1594 (manuscript)

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BL 10615 William Barents fleet on his f...

 
 

Tahitian War Canoes. In 1774 James Cook Witnessed a Review of the Fleet Consisting of 160 Big War Canoes and 160 Smaller Boats, the Latter Pressed into War Service

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BCC 11223 Tahitian War Canoes. In 1774 J...

Hodges, William (1744-97)
English

Brunei: Captain Mundy's visit to the Sultan from Captain Mundy's "Borneo and Celebes"

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BL 11786 Brunei: Captain Mundy's visit ...

 
 

Sarawak: HMS 'Dido', c.1846 (litho)

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BL 11787 Sarawak: HMS 'Dido', c.1846 (l...

Hawkins, George (1819-52)
English

A hippopotamus attacks the boats during the night, from 'Ismailia: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Organised by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt' by Sir Samuel White Baker (1821-93) (engraving)

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BL 11788 A hippopotamus attacks the boa...

Zwecker, J.B. (fl.c.1875)
 

Add 8946 f.52 Maori canoes attack Dutch ships off New Zealand, 1642. Copy of the journal of a voyage from Batavia, in the East Indies, for the discovery of the unknown South Land, by Abel Jansen Tasman (parchment)

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BL 11869 Add 8946 f.52 Maori canoes att...

Dutch School
Dutch

An English traveller in India, Indian

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BAL 11968 An English traveller in India,...

 
 

Borneo: Signing of the Treaty for cession of Labuan, 1846

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BL 12083 Borneo: Signing of the Treaty ...

 
 

Indian legend of `men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders' (print)

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BL 12098 Indian legend of `men whose he...

 
 

Departure of the Team from H.M.S. Alert, from 'Voyage a la Mer Polaire', 1875-76 (litho)

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BL 12211 Departure of the Team from H.M...

Riou, Edouard (1833-1900) (after)
French

`In the Ice Floes' from 'Voyage a la Mer Polaire', 1875-76 (litho)

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BL 12212 `In the Ice Floes' from 'Voyag...

Riou, Edouard (1833-1900) (after)
French

Sir Charles Wyville Thomson (1830-88), Oceonographer. Engraving by C.H. Jeens

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BL 12214 Sir Charles Wyville Thomson (1...

 
 

Portrait of Richard Burton, c.1861 (oil on card)

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BAL 12831 Portrait of Richard Burton, c....

Lesanges, Louis (19th century)
French

Queen Isabella and Columbus (oil on board)

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WAG 13332 Queen Isabella and Columbus (o...

O'Neil, Henry Nelson (1817-80)
English

Commodore Phipps' Expedition, 1773 (w/c)

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SC 14506 Commodore Phipps' Expedition, ...

Cleveley, John the Younger (1747-86)
English

Sir Francis Drake

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SC 14558 Sir Francis Drake

Oliver, Isaac (c.1565-1617)
French

Columbus in Chains, 1863 (oil on canvas)

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BAL 14807 Columbus in Chains, 1863 (oil ...

Delleani, Lorenzo (1840-1908)
Italian

An Iceberg off Cape Evans, 1st-11th September, 1911 (w/c on paper)

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CHE 18180 An Iceberg off Cape Evans, 1st...

Wilson, Edward Adrian (1872-1912)
English

Snowsuit and accessories as worn by Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson on the Discovery Expedition with Scott in Antarctica, 1901-4 (photo)

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CHE 18825 Snowsuit and accessories as wo...

 
 

Marco Polo (1254-1324) before Kublai Khan

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FAB 20151 Marco Polo (1254-1324) before ...

Cremona, Tranquillo (1837-78)
Italian

The Reception of Christopher Columbus (1450-1506) by Ferdinand II (1452-1516) of Aragon and Isabella (1451-1504) of Castille (oil on canvas)

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XIR 20531 The Reception of Christopher C...

Deveria, Eugene (1808-65)
French

Portrait presumed to be of Vasco da Gama (1469-1524) c.1524

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XIR 20536 Portrait presumed to be of Vas...

Portuguese School, (16th century)
Portuguese

The Ships of Lord Mulgrave's Expedition of Discovery embedded in Ice in the Polar Regions

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BAL 25960 The Ships of Lord Mulgrave's E...

Cleveley, John the Younger (1747-86)
English

Columbus Sails into the Unknown, tapestry designed and made by Mabelle Linea Holmes (20th century), American

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BAL 33641 Columbus Sails into the Unknow...

Linnea Holmes, Mabelle (20th Century)
American

The Pearl passing the northeast point of Tenerife, 1858 (w/c)

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RGS 33828 The Pearl passing the northeas...

Baines, Thomas (1820-75)
English


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