Map of Europe and Africa
Popular Geography, Travel Narratives
Image of a map of Europe and Africa from James Cook's travel atlas
A. Arrowsmith
"Europe" in Map of the World on a Globular Projection: Exhibiting Particularly the Nautical Researches of Capn. James Cook, F.R.S. with all the Recent Discoveries to the Present Time. London: A. Arrowsmith, 1794, 2.
January 1, 1794
Luke Johnson
Map of North Africa
Cartography
An eighteenth century map of north Africa
A. Arrowsmith
Map of the World on a Globular Projection
A. Arrowsmith
1794
Matt Underhill
Prester John Map
Popular Geography, Travel Narratives
Map of the Kingdom of Prester John
Abraham Ortelius
Basel University Library
1564
Luke Johnson
Map of Bruce's Route
General Expedition
Dutch map of James Bruce's journey through Africa
Andre Engels
WIkimedia Commons
Andre Engels
unknown
Madeline Dunn
Palmyra
Historical Sites, Travel Narratives
Photograph of historical ruins in the city of Palmyra
Arian Zwegers
Wikimedia Commons
May 12, 2009
Luke Johnson
Nubian Desert
General Expedition
Photograph of the Nubian Desert 8km NE of Wadi Halfa Market, Sudan, in 2008
Bertramz
Wikimedia Commons
Bertramz - own work
December 2008
Cody Solomon
Pocket Globe
Popular geography
Image of an eighteenth century pocket globe
British Library
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2014/03/11/pocket_globe_nesting_globe_sold_in_early_18th_century.html
1715
Margaret Felger
Georges-Louis Leclerc De Buffon
Taxonomy
Engraving of Georges-Louis Leclerc De Buffon
C. Baron after Drouais
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University
Encyclopedia Britannica
1761
Suzanna Mayer
Buffon's Fennec
General Expedition
Comte de Buffon's incorporation of James Bruce Fennec in his Historie Naturelle
Comte de Buffon
<em>Historie Naturelle</em>
1791
Mohammad Abudayyeh
Tisisat Falls
Introduction, Natural History
Photograph of Tisisat Falls in 2006
CT Snow
Wikimedia Commons
CT Snow
February 5, 2006
Cody Solomon