Travel & Exploration Exploration from Sophie Dupre

saying that he has a "dinner engagement every day till the 13th, I wrote to Captain Lyon to ask if he could accept your very kind invitation on that day... I now enclose his reply, and can only say that on any day after the 20th (except the 28th) I shall be most happy to wait upon you, Lyon… Read more about this item

saying he received her letter on his "return to the city. I deeply regret that I am so pressed for time at present that I shall not be able to furnish an article for you paper... Perhaps it will serve your purpose to reprint (with the permission of the publishers, F. A. Stokes...) some portion of my recent… Read more about this item

Keep on Flying", 4½" x 3½", no place, 9th March In 1919 Cobham carried the amazing total of 5,000 passengers with the Civil Aviation Company. In 1920 - 1921 he pioneered aerial photography with the Aircraft Manufacturing Company and De Havilland Aircraft. He started the Spanish airline to Morocco, November 1921, flew Belgrade to London… Read more about this item

saying that he is "going to walk into the dockyard with my two boys in about 20 minutes & if your boys care to accompany us I shall be glad of their company...", 1 side 8vo., H.M.S. Challenger headed paper, no date but annotated in another hand as April Nares's was Captain of H.M.S. Challenger, a wooden… Read more about this item

(Helen Euphrosyne, 1871-1967, Daughter of Constantine Alexander, 1833-1900, Art Patron and Collector) starting "Who would a poet understand must first visit the poet's land." and going on "To be in Athens is to realize how the unfettered life of an Ant, obeying all the laws of nature, grew, blossomed, faded and alas died. So much is it the case… Read more about this item

(James, 1746-1831, Historical & Portrait Painter, R.A., & Author) "or in his absence Wm Owen Esq. Royal Academy" (William, 1769-1825, Portrait Painter) saying that as he is "so extremely ill that I cannot venture out today without the greatest danger, I must therefore beg that Mr Owen and yourself will excuse my non attendance...", 1 side 8vo., with original… Read more about this item

no date, circa light traces of gum on edges of recto, has been laid down In 1919 Cobham carried the amazing total of 5,000 passengers with the Civil Aviation Company. In 1920 - 1921 he pioneered aerial photography with the Aircraft Manufacturing Company and De Havilland Aircraft. He started the Spanish airline to Morocco, November 1921,… Read more about this item

"in respect of Morris Car no. CG 2456", with a note in another hand on verso "£75. Austin 7. 1933. Overhauled. New tyres & petrol pump. Re-plated battery. Reliable", the receipt 1 St. Aubyns, Hove, 13th September Curwen was a pioneer in using aerial photography for archaeology. His 'Air-Photography &… Read more about this item

showing him half length, wearing an open necked shirt, 4" x 2½", Trieste, no date, c. rather indistinct and faded Trieste was Burton's home from 1872 when he took over the Consulship, till his death.

of his expedition to the Air region of the Sahara, showing camels feeding on thorn trees in the dry river bed of the Air, transporting "big game specimens to camp" of a new sub-species of damas gazelle, and two ostriches shot by Captain Buchanan, 3½" x 5½", southern central Sahara region, no date, circa See Buchanan's 'Out… Read more about this item