LSE4323645: The rescue of the victims of Aubervilliers, following the collapse of the friable terrain, weakened by the manoeuvres of the soldiers of the 16th artillery battalion, 5 victims were swallowed into the collapse. Engraving in “” Le petit journal”” 11/06/1892. Selva's collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4324803: Milestones of a road in the pampa, drawing by Paul Marcoy, to illustrate his journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, through South America, 1848 to 1860. Engraving in “” Le tour du monde””, edited by Edouard Charton, 1862. Selva's collection., Marcoy, Paul (1815-1887) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4323918: Portrait of Eugene Turpin (1848-1927), chemist specializing in explosives, (inventor of melinite in 1884), unjustly accuses of having sold his inventions to the enemy, he is the source of inpiration for the character of Thomas Roch in Jules Verne's novel “Face au drapeau” (1828-1905). Engraving in “” Le petit journal”” 18/06/1894. Selva's collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4324316: Rade and peak of the island of Borabora, drawing by Evremond Auguste de Berard (1824-1881), to illustrate the journey of a naturalist in the Galapagos archipelago and the coral islands, in 1858 by Charles Darwin (1809-1882). Engraving in “” Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” Paris, 1860. Selva's collection., Berard, Evremond de (19th century) (after) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4324327: View of Kabra, Port of Timbuktu, on the Niger River (Mali), drawing by Adolphe Rouargue (1810-187?) and Emile Rouargue (ca1795-1865), to illustrate the journey of Dr. Henri Barth to central Africa in 1849-1855. Engraving in “” Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” Paris, 1860. Selva's collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images