Expedition Collection (page 14)

Pizarro and Almagro swearing peace, 1891
1574835 Pizarro and Almagro swearing peace, 1891; (add.info.: Pizarro and Almagro swearing peace. These oaths were taken in front of a priest in front of an altar)

Ferdinand Magellan (c1480-1521) on his ship 'Victoria'. Allegorical celebration of the first voyage of
527801 Ferdinand Magellan (c1480-1521) on his ship 'Victoria'. Allegorical celebration of the first voyage of circumnavigation (1519-1522) led by Magellan

Robert Cornelius Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-90) British soldier: Field-marshal 1883
531371 Robert Cornelius Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-90) British soldier: Field-marshal 1883. Abyssinian Expedition: Napier storming Magdala, 13 April 1868

Hunting Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) in 19th century
673481 Hunting Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) in 19th century; (add.info.: Hunting Walrus, 19th century); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Admiral Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920) American explorer of Arctic (north pole) here on the "Roosevelt" 1909
1719567 Admiral Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920) American explorer of Arctic (north pole) here on the "Roosevelt" 1909; (add.info)

Robert Peary's (1856-1920), American explorer who claimed to be the first person to reach the geographic North
1578535 Robert Peary's (1856-1920), American explorer who claimed to be the first person to reach the geographic North Pole, 1909; (add.info.: Robert Peary's (1856-1920)

Expedition to the South Pole (Antarctic) in 1912 (chromo)
1790222 Expedition to the South Pole (Antarctic) in 1912 (chromo); (add.info.: the crew of captain Robert Scott with frozen hands, nose)

A Royal Table Spread in the Jungle (b/w photo)
8628318 A Royal Table Spread in the Jungle (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Royal Table Spread in the Jungle)

Un Tour aux Indes (b/w photo)
8649397 Un Tour aux Indes (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Un Tour aux Indes)

Au Japon (b/w photo)
8649391 Au Japon (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Au Japon. Une rue au pied du Bluff. Yokohama)

Du Tonkin au Siam (b/w photo)
8649385 Du Tonkin au Siam (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Du Tonkin au Siam. Lavages aux mines d'or de Bophien Hoi)

De Paris au Tonkin (b/w photo)
8649382 De Paris au Tonkin (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: De Paris au Tonkin. Femmes de pecheurs a Abdallah, Au Lab-Nar)

A Madagascar (b/w photo)
8649372 A Madagascar (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Madagascar. Tananarive. Les canons de M Laborde. La Cathedrale et le Palais de la Reine)

A Madagascar (b/w photo)
8649371 A Madagascar (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Madagascar. Tananarive. La Residence de France)

Tonkin, Laos, Siam (b/w photo)
8649380 Tonkin, Laos, Siam (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tonkin, Laos, Siam. A Hong-Kong. Interieur d'une jonque chinoise)

A large Lion sprang upon one of the Men (colour litho)
8639564 A large Lion sprang upon one of the Men (colour litho) by Skelton, Joseph Ratcliffe (1865-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A large Lion sprang upon one of the Men)

World at the end of the Eighteenth Century (colour litho)
8634777 World at the end of the Eighteenth Century (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: World at the end of the Eighteenth Century)

Card advertising the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, 1905 (chromolitho)
8677481 Card advertising the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, 1905 (chromolitho) by Beck, Abram Raphael (1858-1947); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish Arctic explorer and naval officer (engraving)
8677140 Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish Arctic explorer and naval officer (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Francis Leopold McClintock)

Hannibal meeting the Gallic Chiefs (litho)
8660853 Hannibal meeting the Gallic Chiefs (litho) by Perrault, Henry Paul (1867-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hannibal meeting the Gallic Chiefs)

Bengal Lancers on their way to Beijing, Boxer Rebellion, 1900 (colour litho)
8663982 Bengal Lancers on their way to Beijing, Boxer Rebellion, 1900 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bengal Lancers on their way to Beijing, China)

Afonso de Albuquerque receiving the emissaries of the King of Hormuz, 1507 (colour litho)
8672911 Afonso de Albuquerque receiving the emissaries of the King of Hormuz, 1507 (colour litho) by Gameiro, Alfredo Roque (1864-1935); Private Collection; (add.info)

King John II of Portugal visiting a shipyard, late 15th Century (colour litho)
8672906 King John II of Portugal visiting a shipyard, late 15th Century (colour litho) by Gameiro, Alfredo Roque (1864-1935); Private Collection; (add.info)

James Cook, English explorer (engraving)
8672670 James Cook, English explorer (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Captain James Cook (1728-1779), English naval officer and explorer

Psamtek enters Ashdod (litho)
8661081 Psamtek enters Ashdod (litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Psamtek enters Ashdod)

Cambyses slays the Sacred Bull, XXVIIth Dynasty (litho)
8661079 Cambyses slays the Sacred Bull, XXVIIth Dynasty (litho) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cambyses slays the Sacred Bull, XXVIIth Dynasty)

Vasco da Gama rounding the Cape of Good Hope (litho)
8661341 Vasco da Gama rounding the Cape of Good Hope (litho) by Wigfull, William Edward (1875-1939) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vasco da Gama rounding the Cape of Good Hope)

Farnese, Alessandro (1545-1592). Military man in the service of Philip II of Spain (painting)
CUL4934134 Farnese, Alessandro (1545-1592). Military man in the service of Philip II of Spain (painting); (add.info.: Spanish Netherlands (1579)

Fuegians at Woollya, with the expedition's camp in the background, 1833
539810 Fuegians at Woollya, with the expedition's camp in the background, 1833; (add.info.: From Robert Fitzroy Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle)

HMS 'Erebus' and 'Terror' in the Antarctic, 1847 (oil on canvas)
7207906 HMS 'Erebus' and 'Terror' in the Antarctic, 1847 (oil on canvas) by Carmichael, John Wilson (1800-68); 123.2x184.2 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

1522 exploration led by Cristobal de Olid, one of Cortes' most trusted lieutenants
3478889 1522 exploration led by Cristobal de Olid, one of Cortes' most trusted lieutenants; (add.info.: 1522 exploration led by Cristobal de Olid, one of Cortes' most trusted lieutenants)

Jokhang c.1290, Grand Temple of Buddha, Lhasa, 1903 (print)
BAL34674 Jokhang c.1290, Grand Temple of Buddha, Lhasa, 1903 (print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jokhang, Grand Temple of Buddha, Lhasa, Tibet, c.1290 plan from The Book of Ser Marco Polo)

'A walk under the waters' from '20 000 Leagues Under The Sea', c.1870 (engraving)
7339941 'A walk under the waters' from '20 000 Leagues Under The Sea', c.1870 (engraving) by Hildibrand, Henri Theophile (1824-1897); 99.5x49.3 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Sir John Franklin dying by his boat during the North-West Passage expedition of HMS 'Erebus'
7337773 Sir John Franklin dying by his boat during the North-West Passage expedition of HMS 'Erebus' and 'Terror', 1895 (oil on canvas) by Smith, W

Captain Cook in Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound, 1777 (watercolour)
7295256 Captain Cook in Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound, 1777 (watercolour) by Webber, John (1750-93); 80.3x118 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

Fronstispiece to Marco Polo's Il Milione, 1503 (woodblock)
8678253 Fronstispiece to Marco Polo's Il Milione, 1503 (woodblock) by European School, (16th century); (add.info.: Santaella edition, 1503 The Travels of Marco Polo); Fototeca Gilardi.

Emperor Moctezuma attacked by rebels
3846963 Emperor Moctezuma attacked by rebels; (add.info.: Emperor Moctezuma attacked by rebels - the fall of the Aztec Empire)

Jemmy Button, the Fuegian 'adopted' by the expedition, as he appeared in 1833
539825 Jemmy Button, the Fuegian 'adopted' by the expedition, as he appeared in 1833.; (add.info.: From Robert Fitzroy Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure)

Frontispiece of " The Devisement of the World " (" Il Milione " or "The Book of Wonders")
FGL5497932 Frontispiece of " The Devisement of the World " (" Il Milione " or "The Book of Wonders") by explorer Marco Polo (1254-1324), 1503; Fototeca Gilardi.

Fronstispiece to Marco Polo's Il Milione, 1503 (woodblock)
8678254 Fronstispiece to Marco Polo's Il Milione, 1503 (woodblock) by European School, (16th century); (add.info.: Santaella edition, 1503 The Travels of Marco Polo); Fototeca Gilardi.

Conquistador Hernans Cortes attacking natives in Mexico, 16th century (engraving)
531383 Conquistador Hernans Cortes attacking natives in Mexico, 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Hernando Cortes (Cortez - 1485-1547)); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Nansen's Fram expedition
673466 Nansen's Fram expedition; (add.info.: Nansen's Fram expedition, 1893-1896, was an attempt by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen to reach the geographical North Pole by harnessing)

Peking, c.1290, from "The Book of Ser Marco Polo", 1903 (print)
BAL34691 Peking, c.1290, from "The Book of Ser Marco Polo", 1903 (print); Private Collection; (add.info.: ed. Yule).

Geography. Christopher Columbus arrives in America, 1492 Illustration in: Belles Images d'Histoire
3434652 Geography. Christopher Columbus arrives in America, 1492 Illustration in: Belles Images d'Histoire (History Schoolbook), by H

HMS Beagle' laid ashore: River Santa Cruz, 1839 (engraving)
533508 HMS Beagle' laid ashore: River Santa Cruz, 1839 (engraving); (add.info.: HMS Beagle' laid ashore: River Santa Cruz)

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, 1874 - 1922. Anglo-Irish polar explorer. From The Wonderful Year 1909
693721 Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, 1874 - 1922. Anglo-Irish polar explorer. From The Wonderful Year 1909 .

HMS 'Erebus' in the Ice, 1846, 19th century (oil painting)
7295338 HMS 'Erebus' in the Ice, 1846, 19th century (oil painting) by Musin, Francois Etienne (1820-88); 114.5x178 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Shoria Man, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Shoria Man, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region and another topographic expedition to the Mrasskii region

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Embarking on a treacherous journey, the brave souls of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror set sail in 1845, their destination unknown. Meanwhile, Sir Edmund Hillary, a legendary New Zealand mountaineer and explorer, stood proudly with Tenzing Norgay near the summit of Mount Everest in 1953 - an achievement that would forever be etched in history. The echoes of past expeditions resonated as we delved into Franklins' ill-fated trip aboard the Erebus and Terror. The haunting tales of those who ventured forth on this doomed voyage served as a reminder of the dangers that awaited explorers at every turn. In 1924, amidst great anticipation and hope, men gathered for yet another attempt to conquer Mount Everest. The faces captured in photographs from the British Mt Everest Expedition revealed determination etched upon their brows - Norton and Mallory leading the way towards an elusive triumph. Shackleton, Wild, Adams - names synonymous with resilience and unwavering spirit. These intrepid explorers faced unimaginable challenges during their Antarctic expedition aboard Endurance. Their story serves as a testament to human endurance against nature's harshest elements. As we gaze upon Colonel Norton standing tall at an astonishing altitude of 28, 000 ft on Everest in 1924, our minds are filled with awe for his audacity. Such feats remind us that there are no limits when it comes to pushing boundaries and reaching new heights. Captain Francis Crozier's presence looms large over history; his leadership aboard HMS Terror left an indelible mark on exploration narratives. His courage exemplified what it meant to face adversity head-on while navigating uncharted territories. Even Captain Robert Falcon Scott found himself immortalized not only for his heroic exploits but also through unexpected avenues such as Frys Cocoa Advert - reminding us that even great adventurers have moments where they seek comfort amidst harsh conditions.