EditorialTropic Bird, Tropicbird (Phaeton aethereus), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 427 (vol. 7), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in the United States and ...
EditorialPortrait of Hendrik Merkus de Kock, The person portrayed is wearing a military uniform with epaulettes with three stars, a sash and various knight orders. After a painting by Jan Willem Pieneman from 1854, nowadays in the collection of the Royal Tropic...
EditorialOur new possessions-- four books in one-- : a graphic account, descriptive and historical, of the tropic islands of the sea which have fallen under our sway ... : special chapters on tropical cultivation, sugar, coffee, etc. ... : White, Trumbull, 1868...
EditorialTangara punctata, Print, The spotted tanager (Tangara punctata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropic...
EditorialAtherina pinguis, Print, Atherina is a genus of fish of silverside family Atherinidae, found in the temperate and tropic zones. Up to 15 cm long, they are widespread in the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Sea of Azov in lagoons and estuaries. It comes to the...
EditorialSaxicola bifasciata, Print, The buff-streaked chat or buff-streaked bushchat, (Campicoloides bifasciatus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropic...
EditorialTangara punctata, Print, The spotted tanager (Tangara punctata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropic...
EditorialAtherina taeniata, Print, Atherina is a genus of fish of silverside family Atherinidae, found in the temperate and tropic zones. Up to 15 cm long, they are widespread in the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Sea of Azov in lagoons and estuaries. It comes to th...
EditorialCracticus quoyi, Print, The black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi, also known as Cracticus quoyi) is a species of butcherbird in the family Artamidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropic...
EditorialCrossing the Tropic. A scene depicting an event which happened on board a merchant vessel. A seaman represents Neptune, in an amusing incident. West India Scenery, with illustrations of negro character, the process of making sugar, &c., from sketches t...
EditorialA Mercators chart. 'The tropic of Capricorn.' The cart shows New Zealand. . SIXTY-SEVEN Charts and maps illustrating the voyages and surveys of Capt. James Cook, R.N., and other discoverers; circ. 1760- 1780. c 1760-1780. Source: Add. 31360, no.1.
EditorialThe Tropic Bird (Phaeton aethereus). Dated: probably 1743/1762. Dimensions: plate: 21.9 x 37.5 cm (8 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.) sheet: 24.4 x 39.1 cm (9 5/8 x 15 3/8 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving on laid paper.
EditorialTropic Bird. Dated: 1835. Dimensions: plate: 66 x 55.6 cm (26 x 21 7/8 in.) sheet: 100.3 x 68.3 cm (39 1/2 x 26 7/8 in.). Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
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.
EditorialThe Tropic Bird (Phaeton aethereus). Dated: probably 1743/1762. Dimensions: plate: 21.9 x 37.5 cm (8 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.) sheet: 24.4 x 39.1 cm (9 5/8 x 15 3/8 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving on laid paper.
EditorialTropic Bird. Dated: 1835. Dimensions: plate: 66 x 55.6 cm (26 x 21 7/8 in.) sheet: 100.3 x 68.3 cm (39 1/2 x 26 7/8 in.). Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper.
EditorialThe Tropic Bird, from the Birds of the Tropics series (N5) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1889, Commercial color lithograph, Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm), Trade cards from the 'Birds of the Tropics' series (N5), issued in 1889 in a seri...
EditorialRed-tailed tropic bird, Phaethon rubricauda (Phaeton phoenicurus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824.
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.