Geographical Collection (page 3)

Ross Arctic search expedition, 1848-9 C016 / 4490
Ross Arctic search expedition. 19th-century artwork of the ships HMS Enterprise and HMS Investigator caught in pack ice in Baffin Bay off Devils Point in the Arctic

Portolan chart, 1582. Map of the central part of the Mediterranean sea. Printed in Messina. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting

Brisbane, Australia, satellite image. North is at top, water is blue, shallow coastal areas are light blue, urban areas are grey and vegetation is green

Africa, satellite image
Africa. Satellite image of the Earth centred on Africa. Clouds are white, oceans are blue and land is green and brown. Also seen are Europe (top) Asia (upper right), the Indian Ocean (right)

Map of the Americas, 1660
17th century map of the Americas. Published in Amsterdam in 1660, this map by the Dutch cartographer Frederick de Witt (1630-1706) shows the geography of the Americas

Karbala, Iraq. Satellite image of Karbala, the capital city of the Al Karbala province, Iraq. Shi a Muslims consider it to be one of the holiest places in the world

Planets internal structures, and Pluto, computer artwork. Mercury, Mars and Venus consist of a large iron core (spherical), surrounded by a thick silicate mantle (yellow) covered in a surface crust

Richat Structure, satellite image. North is at top. Desert sands are pale yellow/white (top left and lower right), while less sandy, rocky areas are green, and volcanic rocks are blue

17th century map of South America
South America, 17th century Dutch map. This shows the new continent that was being discovered by European explorers. The shape is distorted because it had not yet been accurately mapped

Atlas compass, 16th century
Atlas compass in a 1544 copy of the Agnese Atlas. Several copies of this atlas were produced between 1536 and 1564, in Venice, by the Italian mapmaker Battista Agnese

Southeast Asia at night, satellite image
Southeast Asia at night. Satellite image of the Earth seen at 18:00 (6pm) GMT (UCT), centred on China. City lights (yellow) show areas of dense population, particularly in India (left)

Italy at night, ISS image
Italy at night. International Space Station (ISS) image of Italy (centre) and the Adriatic coast (right) at night. The island of Sicily is at centre left

Africa, night-day satellite image. This composite image of the Earth is set against a background of stars, and is centred on the continent of Africa. North is at top

Whole Earth at night, satellite image. This map is centred on the Greenwich meridian, at zero degrees latitude. City lights (yellow) show areas of dense population

Africa, topographic map. Highlands and lowlands of the continents are shown as ridges and flat areas. Southern Europe and the Middle East are also seen at top and upper right respectively

Map of the world, 1590
16th century map of the world. Published around 1590, this map shows the known world, including the new lands being discovered by Europeans exploring across the Atlantic

Altocumulus undulatus clouds. This cloud formation consists of parallel bands of cumulus clouds. It occurs when a layer of altocumulus cloud is affected by wind shear

Map of England Britannia Antiqua From The Atlas of Ancient Geography by Samuel Butler published London circa 1829

1864, Johnson Map of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, topography, cartography, geography
1864, Johnson Map of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho

View of Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam
Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to H Long City, Cam Pha town

Captain Scott film poster, 1913 C014 / 2073
Captain Scott film poster. This 1913 film told the story of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913), led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Mount Etna erupting, 2012 C016 / 4639
Mount Etna erupting, 2012. Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy. Photographed on 27th April 2012

Map of Gibraltar (XVIIIIth c. ). Etching
Map of Gibraltar (XVIIIIth c.). Etching

Mars map from 1881
Map of Mars, published in Paris in 1881. The first accurate telescope observations of Mars were made in 1877 and 1881 when Mars was at its closest to Earth (a situation called an opposition)

Invention of the compass, Ancient China
Invention of the compass in Ancient China. These early compasses consisted of a magnetised needle floating in a bowl of water

Martian sand dunes, satellite image
Martian sand dunes. Coloured satellite image of north polar sand dunes blown into crescent shapes by the wind. The dunes are covered by carbon dioxide frost except dark-coloured patches where

Orteliuss world map, 1570
Orteliuss world map. This world map is from the 1570 first edition of Theatrum orbis terrarum ( Theatre of the World ). Drawn by the Flemish mapmaker Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)

World map, February 2004
World Map. Blue Marble: Next Generation cloud-free true-colour composite image of the Earth in February 2004. It is winter in the Northern Hemisphere and large areas of land are covered in snow

Sunset at Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam
Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to Ha Long City, Cam Pha town

Great North Road out of London, 1st July 1790 (colour litho)
XCF275041 Great North Road out of London, 1st July 1790 (colour litho) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Middle East, satellite image
Middle East. North is at top. Satellite image of the Middle East, showing the borders (white lines) of the countries. The Middle East is a Eurocentric term used to describe a region that roughly

JAPAN. HONSHU. HIROSHIMA. Hiroshima. Atomic Bomb

Rainbow over sand dunes. This arching spectrum of colours is seen when sunlight from behind the observer is reflected and refracted by rain in front

Arctic landscape, Canada
Arctic landscape, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada. The midnight sun is seen in the sky. In recent years, the effects of global warming have caused sea ice to melt earlier in the season

Eroded sea arch
Sea arch and a calm sea. This is Durdle Door, near Lulworth Cove in Dorset, UK. A sea arch forms when wave action erodes part of a headland quicker than the rest

Eastern Himalayas, satellite image. North is at top. Snow is white, vegetation is red, barren areas are light blue and water is dark blue

Desert alluvial fan, satellite image. North is at top. Desert areas can sometimes go for years without rain, and then intense storms will cause flooding that fills old dry river beds

Europe, satellite image
Europe. Satellite image centred on Europe. North converges towards top. Water is blue, vegetation is green, arid areas are brown, and snow and ice are white

Native copper, macrophotograph
Native copper. Native copper is copper found naturally in a pure (chemically uncombined) state. Native copper deposits are now almost depleted

Denmark - Sweden border, satellite image
Denmark. Satellite image of the European country of Denmark (left) and the surrounding area. North is at top. Water is blue, vegetation is green

Selenite crystals on a dried lake bed, White Sands National Monument, near Alamagordo, New Mexico, United States

Iceberg floating in the sea. Photographed off the western coast of Greenland, in the Ilulissat Icefjord. This fjord is the birthplace of thousands of icebergs

Martin Frobisher, English explorer
Martin Frobisher (c.1535-1594), English navigator and explorer. Frobisher became a cabin boy in 1544 and rose to the rank of captain by 1565

Toscanellis world map, 1474
Toscanellis world map. This map was drawn by the Italian mathematician and astronomer Paolo Toscanelli (1397-1482) in 1474

16th Century Plan of Rome
16th century plan of Rome. Details from the map of Latium et Sabina (Southern Lazio), in the Gallery of Maps in the Vatican Museum.The Gallery of Maps holds maps which were commissioned between 1578

Ordnance Survey benchmark, UK
Ordnance Survey (OS) benchmark. OS benchmarks were installed by the Ordnance Survey department throughout the UK to record the height above mean sea level as determined by the Ordnance Datum Newlyn

Woodland river. This is the East Lyn river, which flows through Exmoor National Park. Photographed near Rockford, Somerset, UK

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