FLO4638294: Northern white-cedar or eastern arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis. Handcoloured lithograph by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby from Edward Hamilton's Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4638296: Landscape and Lake Way - Artist's view / Bridgeman Images

FLO4638310: Asafetida, gum resin from the Ferula assa-foetida. Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby from Edward Hamilton's Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4638321: Lactee lane -Artist view - Lactee lane -Artist view / Bridgeman Images

FLO4638345: Margaret Bacon, Lady Butts, lady-in-waiting to Princess Mary, daughter and heir of John Bacon, wife of William Butts. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4638374: Sir George Carew, Admiral in the Royal Navy under King Henry VIII, died in the sinking of the Mary Rose at the Battle of the Solent, 1545. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4638400: Margaret (nee Abarrow), Lady Elyot, d 1569. Wife of Sir Thomas Elyot, English diplomat and scholar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4638402: Killer Whale hitting the beach to hunt - Orcs (Orcinus Orca) who live in groups have developed many hunting techniques. Perhaps one of the most extraordinary is the voluntary failure to catch young sea lions. This technique is used by the group of Mel (a male 9m) in peninsule Valdes. An Orca is coming on land to hunt sea lions. Valdes Peninsula, Argentina / Bridgeman Images

PIX4638440: Southern Right Whale - Southern Right Whale - Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis). Peninsule Valdes, Argentina. The drawings and shape of the southern right whale's tail identify it as a fingerprint. Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis). Valdes Peninsula, Argentina / Bridgeman Images

FLO4638484: Simon George of Quocoute, Cornwall. Married Thomasine Lanyon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4638488: Humpback Whale - Humpback Whale - Humpback Whale jumping (Megaptera novaeangliae). Puerto Lopez, Ecuador. Humpback Whales breaching. Puerto Lopez, Ecuador / Bridgeman Images

PIX4638494: Humpback Whale - Humpback Whale - Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Puerto Lopez, Ecuador. Humpback Whale breaching. Puerto Lopez, Ecuador / Bridgeman Images

FLO4638522: Sir Philip Hobby, English Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire and Flanders (1505-1558). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4638549: Faux de Verzy - Marne - Dwarf Beech - Faux de Verzy - France - Hetres tortillards (Fagus Sylvatica var Tortuosa). These remarkable trees are a variety of rare beech trees with contorted branches and trunks, whose origin remains unknown. The Faux site has been classified nationally since 1932. It became a State Biological Reserve in 1981. Dwarf Beech (Fagus sylvatica Tortuosa Group). Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France / Bridgeman Images

PIX4635591: Summer Lactee Way, Halley Comet and Zodiacal Light - Summer Lactee Way, Halley Comet and Zodiacal Light - On the right of the image, just above the Lactee Way, Halley Comet. Bottom left is the zodiacal light. Image obtained in Peru on April 10, 1986 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4635629: Tourists admiring the waterfalls of Trenton Falls (New York, USA). Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Amérique et d'Australie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), Meissen edition (Germany), 1835-1840. Tourists admiring the cataract of Trenton Falls, New York, America. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4635699: The Lactee Way in Scorpio and Jupite / Bridgeman Images

FLO4635735: Costumes of the natives of New Granada (Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela). Below, a couple of Peruvians and a couple from Patagonia (Argentina). Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Amérique et d'Australie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), Meissen edition (Germany), 1835-1840. Natives of New Granada (Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela) in long capes, Peruvian man with feather headdress and axe, and Patagonians in tunics and tattoos. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4635744: City view Buenos Aires (Argentina). Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Amérique et d'Australie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), Meissen edition (Germany), 1835-1840. View of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4635751: An Indian rope bridge, used to cross the rio de la Plata (silver river) (Argentina, Uruguay). Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Amérique et d'Australie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), Meissen edition (Germany), 1835-1840. Natives using a rope bridge to cross the Rio de la Plata, South America. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4635826: Leaf-roofed habitat of Patacho Indians. Illustration of “” Journey to Brazil, 1815-1817”” by Maximilian von Wied Neuwied. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Amérique et d'Australie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), Meissen edition (Germany), 1835-1840. Patachos huts built of large palm leaves over branches. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4635846: The center of our galaxy, the Lactee Way - The center of our galaxy, the milky way - The central region of our galaxy, the Lactee Way, photographed from Chile. This wide field image shows the Galactic Center region in the Milky Way. It is a very rich region of the sky, and is located in the constellations of Scorpius and Sagittarius. Among the zones and objects of interest on this image are: the colourful Antares region, the Baade window region, the Lagoon Nebula region with, just above it, the Trifid Nebula. The large and dark Pipe Nebula sits in the middle of this field / Bridgeman Images

PIX4635908: Milky Way and Echinopsis Atacamensis - These cacti are Echinopsis Atacamensis between 6 and 8 metres high. In the background, the lactee track. Near the horizon, the planet Jupiter. San Pedro de Atacama Region, Chile. June 2008. The 3 cacti on the image are Echinopsis Atacamensis / Bridgeman Images

FLO4635940: A long canoe sailing through the white waters of Rio dos Ilheos (Brazil). Illustration of “” Journey to Brazil, 1815-1817”” by Maximilian von Wied Neuwied. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Amérique et d'Australie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), Meissen edition (Germany), 1835-1840. Navigating the white-water rapids on the Ilheos river on a long canoe. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4636539: Sir James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, died 1629. Copperplate engraving from William Richard's Portraits Illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812. James Granger (1723-1776) was an English clergy, biographer, and print collector. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4636595: The centre of the Milky Way is visible here above some hills in New Zealand. Bright zodiacal light looks almost like light pollution above the horizon. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4636609: Lactee - Mosaic of 4 photos showing the halves visible in the northern hemisphere of the lactee. On the right, the Sagittarius and the galactic center, on the left, Cassiopee / Bridgeman Images

PIX4636626: Lactee Way and Autumn Constellations - Lactee Way and Autumn Constellations - Lactee Way seen in Autumn in the North Hemisphere. The constellations visible in this photo are Swan, Lizard, Andromede, Cephee and Cassiopee / Bridgeman Images

PIX4636640: Lactee Way and Autumn Constellations - Lactee Way and Autumn Constellations - Lactee Way seen in Autumn in the North Hemisphere. The constellations visible in this photo are the Swan, the Lizard, Cephee and Cassiopee / Bridgeman Images

PIX4636699: Fall-detail lactee lane - The lactee path with the constellations of Cassiopee, at the top of the image and Persee, below. On the right, the galaxy of Andromede / Bridgeman Images

FLO4636765: Reverend James Palmer, founder of the Alms Houses (Maison Dieu) in Tothill Fields, Westminster. Died 1659. Copperplate engraving from William Richard's Portraits Illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812. James Granger (1723-1776) was an English clergy, biographer, and print collector. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4636779: The Lactee Way and the Zodiac Light - The Lactee Way and the Zodiac Light - Venus Planet sets at the top of Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii. The bright glow that surrounds it is called the zodiacal light. Comprising of interplanetary dust, she draws the plane of the Solar System. To its right, the Lactee Way / Bridgeman Images

FLO4636802: Sir Richard Saltonston, Lord Mayor of London, 1597. Copperplate engraving from William Richard's Portraits Illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812. James Granger (1723-1776) was an English clergy, biographer, and print collector. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4636815: Cornelius van Dun, soldier with King Henry at Turney, Yeoman of the Guard, died 1577. Copperplate engraving by T. Trotter from William Richard's Portraits Illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812. James Granger (1723-1776) was an English clergy, biographer, and print collector. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4636846: Voie lactee d'été- Sagittarius - Anaglyph - Summer Milky way with Sagittarius -Anaglyph - La voie lactee, August 7, 2007 in Brittany. In overprint, the mythological form of Sagittarius, extracted from the Uranographia of Hevelius. Summer milky way. August 7 2007 (Finistere-France). Sagittarius mythological form from “” Uranographia”” star atlas by Hevelius (1690) has been added / Bridgeman Images

PIX4636906: Lactee lane, zodiacal light, Jupiter and Venus - Extreme wide angle view o the Milky Way and zodiacal light, with Jupiter and Venus / Bridgeman Images