South America Gallery

South America

© Michael Nolan

Ancient, Ancient Civilisation, Archaeological Site, Archaeology, Art And Craft, Blue, Carving, Chile, Cloudy Sky, Colour Image, Cultures, Day, Easter Island, Erosion, Grass, Hill, History, Horizontal, Incomplete, International Landmark, Isla De Pascua, Male Likeness, Moai Statues, Mystery, National Park, No People, Non Urban Scene, Old, Photography, Places Of Interest, Quarry, Rano Raraku, Rapa Nui National Park, Side View, South America, Statue, Stone, The Past, Tradition, Travel Destination, Unesco World Heritage Site

Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982

Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982 (c); with typescript annotations relating to the condition and passibility of airfields, roads and tracks by tracked and wheeled vehicles. From papers relating to the South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982), collected by 24057159 WO2 David Langham, 81 Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Date: circa 1982

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

Butterfly illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian

Butterfly illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, engraved by P Sluyter, from a visit to Suriname, South America, folio volume with colour plates. Date: 1719

© Mary Evans Picture Library

1719, America, American, Butterflies, Butterfly, Caterpillar, Caterpillars, Colour, Colourful, Eating, Engraved, Folio, German, Historical, History, Illustration, Illustrator, Insect, Insects, Latin, Leaf, Leaves, Maria, Markings, Merian, Naturalist, Nature, Plant, Plants, Plate, Plates, Scientific, Sibylla, Sluyter, South, Surinam, Suriname, Sybilla, Visit, Volume