EditorialGreenland, from the Types of All Nations series (N24) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1889, Commercial color lithograph, Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm), Trade cards from the 'Types of All Nations' series (N24), issued in 1889 in a set of 50 cards...
EditorialGreat sea serpent seen off the coast of Greenland in 1734, Scoliophis atlanticus. From a description by Hans Egede. Steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Hamilton's Amphibious Carnivora, part of Sir William J...
EditorialGreenland or harp seal, male and female, Pagophilus groenlandicus. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Hamilton's Amphibious Carnivora, part of Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Mamma...
EditorialHarp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus (Greenland seal, Phoca groenlandica). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardine's Naturalist's Library, Edinburgh, 1836.
EditorialHooded seal, Cystophora cristata. Vulnerable. (Crested seal, Greenland Seas.) Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Hamilton's Amphibious Carnivora, part of Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Lib...
EditorialHarp seal with pup, Pagophilus groenlandicus (Ocean seal of Lepechin, Phoca oceanica). Greenland seas. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Hamilton's Amphibious Carnivora, part of Sir William J...
EditorialEskimo peoples. Inuit. Seals hunting with kayaks in the open seas around Greenland. Spears. Exhibition of clothing and Eskimo objects. Historical Museum. Oslo. Norway.
EditorialSea chart a part of the coast of northern Canada and Greenland, with two compass roses, the North is to the left, print maker: Jan Luyken, Dating 1684 - 1799.
EditorialInterior of a communal Inuit house in Greenland, with families cooking, sleeping, and nursing babies. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
EditorialInuit (Eskimo) family in sealskin clothes, and man with kayak walking to a fishing boat in Greenland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Ricci from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
EditorialTHE NORDENSKJOLD GREENLAND EXPEDITION, 1883: 1. The "Sophia," Nordenskjold's Exploring Vessel. 2. View of the Inland Ice in Greenland with Intermittent Hot Spring, Thirty Miles from the Coast. 3. The Inland Ice at the Furthest Point Reached by Human Be...
EditorialHarp seal female, Pagophilus groenlandicus (Greenland or harp seal, Phoca groenlandica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith of a specimen in the Museum of Prince Maximilian of Neuwied from...
EditorialHarp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus (Greenland or harp seal, Phoca groenlandica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith of a specimen in the Museum of Prince Maximilian of Neuwied from Edward...
EditorialPeople from Greenland in fur clothes with bow, arrow and staff, eskimo from Labrador with bow, arrow and trident, and eskimo family in front of igloo, tipi and canoe in North America. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaen...
EditorialGlobe by James Ferguson, London, around 1750. Ferguson re-edited the famous globes by Senex (after 1702), left out quotes and images, except for the discoverer's heart-felt sigh: " Here brandy freezes by the fire" Detail: Greenland.