EditorialCertificate - Crossing the Equator, MS Nelly, Wittusen & Jensen AS, 3 Jun 1950, Crossing the Equator Certificate, published by Wittusen & Jensen AS, circa 1950. It was issued to passengers on the MS Nelly for crossing the equator on 3 June 1950. This c...
EditorialBalance of iron, A forged iron balance. The arms of the balance are reduced to the ends from rectangular to octagonal cross-section and end in an open-worked button, the equator is open at the start with a rosy shape and has three open-worked buttons. ...
EditorialAdventure with curl-crested toucans, Naturalist Bates in South America with toucans, signed: H W, frontispiece, Whymper, Josiah Wood, Henry Walter Bates: The naturalist on the river Amazonas: a record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazi...
EditorialIron balance, a star at the end of the equator. (Point of the equator aborted before 1922)., 1600 - 1699, iron (metal), h 35.0 cm ? w 46.0 cm.
EditorialCertificate - Crossing the Equator, MS Nelly, Wittusen & Jensen AS, 3 Jun 1950, Crossing the Equator Certificate, published by Wittusen & Jensen AS, circa 1950. It was issued to passengers on the MS Nelly for crossing the equator on 3 June 1950. This c...
EditorialDafila acuta, Print, The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator. U...
EditorialBucorvus abyssinicus, Print, The Abyssinian ground hornbill or northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) is an African bird, found north of the equator, and is one of two species of ground hornbill. The other is the slightly larger southern groun...
EditorialDafila acuta, Print, The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator. U...
EditorialBucorvus abyssinicus, Print, The Abyssinian ground hornbill or northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) is an African bird, found north of the equator, and is one of two species of ground hornbill. The other is the slightly larger southern groun...
EditorialNectarinia amethystina, Print, The amethyst sunbird, also called the black sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina), is a species of passerine bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is native to the Afrotropics, mostly south of the equator. They are commonly fo...
EditorialBucorvus abyssinicus, Print, The Abyssinian ground hornbill or northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) is an African bird, found north of the equator, and is one of two species of ground hornbill. The other is the slightly larger southern groun...
EditorialBucorvus abyssinicus, Print, The Abyssinian ground hornbill or northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) is an African bird, found north of the equator, and is one of two species of ground hornbill. The other is the slightly larger southern groun...
EditorialBucorvus abyssinicus, Print, The Abyssinian ground hornbill or northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) is an African bird, found north of the equator, and is one of two species of ground hornbill. The other is the slightly larger southern groun...
EditorialHirundo cucullata, Print, The greater striped swallow (Cecropis cucullata) is a large swallow that is native to Africa south of the equator., 1700-1880.
EditorialDafila acuta, Print, The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator. U...
EditorialBucorvus abyssinicus, Print, The Abyssinian ground hornbill or northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) is an African bird, found north of the equator, and is one of two species of ground hornbill. The other is the slightly larger southern groun...
EditorialDafila acuta, Print, The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator. U...
EditorialCaprimulgus pectoralis, Print, The fiery-necked nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae, which occurs in Africa south of the equator. Its distinctive and frequently uttered call is rendered as 'good-lord-d...
EditorialBucorvus abyssinicus, Print, The Abyssinian ground hornbill or northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) is an African bird, found north of the equator, and is one of two species of ground hornbill. The other is the slightly larger southern groun...
EditorialBucorvus abyssinicus, Print, The Abyssinian ground hornbill or northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) is an African bird, found north of the equator, and is one of two species of ground hornbill. The other is the slightly larger southern groun...
EditorialDafila acuta, Print, The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator. U...
EditorialNectarinia amethystina, Print, The amethyst sunbird, also called the black sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina), is a species of passerine bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is native to the Afrotropics, mostly south of the equator. They are commonly fo...
EditorialAn allegorical map of the Spanish Empire showing the empire as a crowned female figure. Spain forms her head, her crown includes the names of Iberian Kings, the Americas form her mantle, the sailing routes from America to the Philippines form the folds...
EditorialNaval rite of passage: Crossing the Line. Johnny is dunked in a bath of bilge water when he first crosses the equator. Sailors are dressed as sea gods Neptune, Amphitrite and Triton. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by W. Read after an illustration b...
EditorialAn allegorical map of the Spanish Empire showing the empire as a crowned female figure. Spain forms her head, her crown includes the names of Iberian Kings, the Americas form her mantle, the sailing routes from America to the Philippines form the folds...
EditorialPaper globe, 1780. [A terrestrial globe] Miss Cowley inv[enti]t. London : John Marshall & Comp[an]y, Aldermary Church Yard in Bow Lane, October 1st 1785. "Paper globes, 1780s These paper globes were made in the 1780s by a Miss Cowley as educational too...
EditorialA hemispheric map of the world. The slip-case is dated 1802, and bears the title “Wallis's New Geographical Game Exhibiting a Voyage round the World”. The rules for the game are pasted at the foot of the map. . Wallis's Complete Voyage Round the ...
EditorialArmillary sphere shows the earth in the center, surrounded by planets and the sun; outer ring with signs of zodiac; tropic and equator. 16 cm across. By Christian Schindler, around 1713.
EditorialNaval rite of passage: Crossing the Line. Johnny is dunked in a bath of bilge water when he first crosses the equator. Sailors are dressed as sea gods Neptune, Amphitrite and Triton. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by W. Read after an illustration b...
EditorialArmillary sphere shows the earth in the center, surrounded by planets and the sun; outer ring with signs of zodiac; tropic and equator. 16 cm across. By Christian Schindler, around 1713.