Vintage Natural Landscapes

Engravings depicting ancient landscapes, hurricanes, early inhabitants, and historical events, showcasing dramatic scenery and wildlife.

Robinsons guyana. Imagine vines clinging to it all, vintage engraving. Robinsons guyana. Imagine vines clinging to it all, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657271

Bombyx speech on the future life, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

medicine, diseases, cholera, caricature, protection against contamination, ""Equiped like this one is sure to catch the cholera first"", drawing, Germany, 1830,

Polyps of the Malacca Strait, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1878.

Eingeborene auf Löwenjagd in Afrika, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

A conference. Facsimile of the frontispiece of the tables of the universe and of human knowledge (1802), vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1875.

Engraving depicting the eruption of Mt. Etna. Dated 19th Century

The Triassic formation, Wieliczka salt mines in Poland, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886.

Engraving depicting a North American Indian using a bow drill, a prehistoric form of drilling tool, which was used to produce fire. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting glowworms. Glowworm is the common name for various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence. Dated 19th century

Regents Canal, London: Bargees footing their vessels through. Engraving, London, 1885.

Jorullo volcano in Mexico as an example of a crater in the modern era, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Engraving showing the design for a flying machine, suggested in 1877. This design would appear to incorporate several spheres of gas or hot air, as well as features of bird-like construction. Date: 1877

'20,000 LIEUES SOUS LES MERS' 20 000 leagues under the sea A giant squid, seen from the safety of the 'Nautilus' Date: 1870

$Engraving depicting a solar halo. A solar halo appears when tiny ice crystals in the Earth's atmosphere are refracting and reflecting the light from the sun. Dated 19th Century$

The Triassic formation, Wieliczka salt mines in Poland, vintage engraving. The Triassic formation, Wieliczka salt mines in Poland, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647851

Planetary motion. Demonstration that an earthy substance and water will travel in a curved path together (left). They will still travel together when carried round by the universe. This was one of the arguments used by the Italian astronomer and mathematician Galileo (1564-1642) to prove that the Moon is a body similar to the Earth. Engraving from 'Utriusque cosmi ... historia' by Robert Fludd (Oppenheim 1617-1619).

Crop Rotation: Sowing seed broadcast. In Norfolk 4-course system, wheat planted first year, followed by turnips, then barley often underplanted with grass or grass & clover ley to be used for hay or grazing in 4th year. Engraving 1855

Execution of the Sentences of the Secret Tribunal. Copy of woodcut in the Cosmographie Universelle published Basle 1552

Engraving depicting Tissandier landing his balloon. Gaston Tissandier (1843-1899) a French chemist, Meteorologist, aviator and editor. Dated 19th Century

Cast precious minerals in ancient civilized peoples, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

energy, electricity, electrical illuminated clock holder, wood engraving, by A. Kiekebusch, 1896,

Illustration depicting an invention by Claude Chappe (1763-1805) a French inventor. Dated 18th Century

The craters of extinct volcanoes testify to the violent past of the Moon. Date: circa 1880

Witkowski "Histoire des accouchements...", 1889: figure

Mushroom cultivation, historical wood engraving, circa 1888

A clear example of theexcavation style of HeinrichSchliemann at Hissarlik,cutting through lateroccupation levels, actually missing Homerian deposits! Date: 1873

Robinson Crusoe the guyana. A red-skin appeared stretched his bow, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Daniel Ruggles (1810-1897). Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. In 1880 he obtained a federal patent to produce rain by explosions in the clouds. The experiment consisted in ascending dynamite, through a kite, to a cloud and exploding it to prompt rainfall. Wires were used from the ground to detonate the explosive. The attempts were generally unsuccessful. Mr. Ruggles' procedure for producing artificial rain. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

The bushman hunter, presenting his companion, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne 3 Russian and 3 English, 1872

Paris region during the Cretaceous sea, vintage engraving. Paris region during the Cretaceous sea, End of the reign of the great mosasaur, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647760

The ascent of life, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886.

Arctic polar regions, Abandoned Cape York, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Engraving showing the cone of lime, 42 feet high and 22 feet in diameter, known as 'The Cap of Liberty, Yellowstone National Park, 1874. The cone was formed by the successive deposits of boiling water of a now extinct geyser. Date: 1874

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Arctic polar regions, Abandoned Cape York, vintage engraving. Arctic polar regions, Abandoned Cape York, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657218

Position of the climber man, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Telescopic tree pruner. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1884

Circle of Ulloa, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

'THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON' Worker-Selenites carrying a Selenite intellectual who is no longer capable of walking due to his oversized brain Date: 1900

An engraving depicting Alfred Brandt's pneumatic rock boring machine. Dated 19th century

E.F. Farrington, master mechanic, testing the first span of wire cables of the Brooklyn Bridge, New York Wood engraving published 1883

Engraving depicting Victorius launching himself off a rock to begin his flight of exploration. Dated 18th Century

Vesuvius eruption seen at night, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

The saber Grasshopper laying eggs, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1878.

Everyone involved in organizing the halt, vintage engraving. Everyone involved in organizing the halt, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659814

'THE WONDERS OF A LONDON WATER DROP' A water drop as it would be seen under the 'Molecular Magnifier'. It is home to many hideous microscopic creatures. Date: 1850

Dwellings of primitive peoples II, illustration, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon encyclopedia, 1897

Artist's impression of the Benjamin Franklin's (1706-1790) investigation of the electrical nature of lightning, made at Philadelphia, USA, in September 1752. Franklin and his assistant are flying a kite in a thunderstorm and Franklin is drawing a spark off the kite string. Engraving from 'Le Journal de la Jeunesse' (Paris, 1881).

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French mathematician, physicist and religious philosopher. Pascal carrying out experiments with the mercury barometer on the tower of St Jacques-la-Boucherie, Paris. From 'La Nature'. (Paris, 1878). Engraving.

Reconstruction of the rich marine life of the Cambrian era. Extinct crinoids, jellyfish, coral and horseshoe crabs. Illustration by Hugo Wolff-Maage from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932.

Engraving depicting the aftermath of Gaston Tissandier's fatal balloon accident. Gaston Tissandier (1843-1899) a French chemist, Meteorologist, aviator and editor. Dated 19th Century

Cyrus McCormick's reaper and binder, an improvement on the model patented in 1831 which was a reaper only. Wood engraving 1877.

Engraving depicting the sea lit up by phosphorescence at night. Dated 19th Century

Africa. French expedition opens way into the Nieniya mountains, Sudan (January, 1893). Engraving. Colored.

Lime borate mine in the Valley of Death California, USA. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1893

Linnaeuss Anthropomorpha after his Systema naturae. From Mans Place in Nature, London, 1894, by Thomas Henry Huxley.

natural disaster catastrophe volcanic eruptions Etna crater colour etching 16,8 cm x 24,7 cm by Georg Heinrich Busse (1810 - 1868) Rome 29.9.1838 private collection,

Illustration showing Dr Cartaz inoculating a sheep against anthrax. 1882

Illustration showing Tasmanian native producing fire by rubbing a hardwood stick on a softwood core; the blister method

Engraving depicting the discovery of the ancient megalithic tombs known as the 'Corte de Guadiana' in Spain. Dated 19th Century

Heinrich (Jindrich) Eckert's 1876-1886 albumin photograph showcases a prepared glans and a squirrel, highlighting his work in photographic studies of natural specimens.

Futuristic underwater exploration, with two men in diving gear observing an array of strange creatures. Date: 1899

The entomologist from the mission, Colorado. USA, United States, North America. America's Switzerland by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden and Whitney, 1873

Diagram of slaves packed in a slaver ship, 1848.

Africa. Stanley Expedition. Cutting Out teh New "Livingstone Canoe". Engraving by Com. "La Ilustracion Nacional", 1871. Later colouration.

iscis gibbosus. A fish illustration from an early marine fish catalog. In: 'Specula physico-mathematico-historica ' by Johann Zahn.1696

The mud volcanoes of Turbaco, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Charging retorts at the Gas Light Establishment, Brick Lane, London. From Colin Mackenzie 'One Thousand Experiments in Chemistry', London, 1822. Aquatint.

Illustration depicting Aenaeus Tacitus's telegraph system; with smoking torches. Dated 19th Century

Embalming & Mummification, Illustration, Cyclopaedia of Universal History, Volume 1, The Ancient World, by John Clark Ridpath, the Jones Brothers Publishing Company, 1885

Embalming & Mummification, Illustration, Cyclopaedia of Universal History, Volume 1, The Ancient World, by John Clark Ridpath, the Jones Brothers Publishing Company, 1885

The Story of Creation -- As Pictured by Joseph Boggs Beale, Newly Discovered Early American Artist.The works of the American artist Joseph Boggs Beale(1841-1926) are known for their exact and detailed depiction of Biblical and historical events. These drawings are from the Beale collection owned by the Modern Galleries in Philadelphia, from whom the (name of paper) has obtained exclusive publication rights. Quotations are from the King James Bible.1."In the Beginning God created the heaven and the earth ... And the earth was without form, and void: and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.... And God said, Let there be light ... " 2."And God Called the light Day. and the darkness Re called Night ... And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together in one place, and let the dry land appear ... and God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He made th

Fata Morgana in the Sahara, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Manioc roots (jatropha manihot) with natives harvesting tubers, from Florindie ou histoire physico-conomique des vgtaux de la Torride (plants of the torrid regions), 1789 watercolour by G.S. Delahaye (detail)

Illustration depicting Benjamin Franklin investigating the electricity of thunderstorms. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) a renowned polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Illustrated by Thomas Heath Robinson (1869-1954) an English illustrator. Dated 20th century

United States of America. 16th century French expedition. Florida. Seminoles Indians. Food and meal preparation. Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (1533-1588) made the illustrations during the expedition. 19th century engraving after the original of Jacques Le Moyne. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amérique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850. Later colouration.

God had taken the side of Eve the first man, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886.

Discovery in North West and Western Australia, during the years 1837, 1838, 1839, 19th century engraving

Life on Titan, one of Saturn's satellites - 'a world of swamps and of ferocious beasts and giant plants'. Scientists speculate that it may be warm enough to support life. Date: 1940

Manufacture of a pottery with clay beads in New Guinea, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (February 16, 1834 - August 9, 1919), also written von Haeckel, was an eminent German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology, including anthropogeny, ecology, phylum, phylogeny, and the kingdom Protista. Haeckel promoted and popularized Charles Darwin's work in Germany.

Topography operations in the river Tiati, Darien Isthmus, Republic of Panama. Central America. Drawing by Gaston Vuillier (1845 - 1915) Explorations of the Isthmus of Panama and the Darien region by Armand Reclus (1843 - 1927) Le Tour du Monde 1880

Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (February 16, 1834 - August 9, 1919), also written von Haeckel, was an eminent German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology, including anthropogeny, ecology, phylum, phylogeny, and the kingdom Protista. Haeckel promoted and popularized Charles Darwin's work in Germany.

Cyclone in North America, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

History of Africa. Doctors in an expedition of European explorers, examining the native blood attacked by sleeping sickness. Engraving by Thiriat. 1903. Colored.

England/UK: 'Orion', plate 29 in Urania's Mirror, a set of celestial cards accompanied by 'A Familiar Treatise on Astronomy', Sidney Hall and Richard Rouse, London, 1824

Croupade, illustration from Meyers Encyclopedia, 1897

Prehistory: drawing depicting men and habitat of the Neolithic

Healing of a shot in Africa. Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) expedition. Colored engraving of "The Illustrated World", 1882.

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.Light pressure of TessieA du Molay U Marchel, 1867.

Dyeing skeins of silk, India. Hand-coloured engraving published Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1822.

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