Rivers Gallery

Matthew Pariss Map of Great Britain showing rivers & towns in the south of England & part of Wales, c.1250 (1944)

Many place-names are still recognisable today. The word Auster, written over the English Channel at the bottom, refers to wind bringing heavy cloud cover and fog. Map drawn by the historian Matthew Paris, a monk at St Alban's Abbey. Cotton MS Claudius D.vi, f.12v, manuscript in the British Library, London. From "British Maps and Map-Makers", by Edward Lynam. [Collins, London, 1944]

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The Zulu War, Fugitives Drift, Buffalo River, with the Stone to which Lieutenant

1099744 The Zulu War, Fugitives Drift, Buffalo River, with the Stone to which Lieutenant Melvill clung (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Zulu War, Fugitives Drift, Buffalo River, with the Stone to which Lieutenant Melvill clung. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 6 September 1879.); Look and Learn / Illustrated Papers Collection; English, out of copyright

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Young European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers, or glass eels

Young European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers, or glass eels, caught during their annual migration up rivers from the Bristol channel, swimming in a large holding tank at UK Glass Eels, which supplies elvers for reintroduction projects across Europe, Gloucester, UK, March

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