Channel Collection (#6)

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: flight of rockets and illumination... 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: flight of rockets and illumination of the Allied Fleets at Spithead, 1865

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth:..the Solferino saluting the English flag, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: arrival of the French fleet - the Solferino saluting the English flag, 1865....the flag of the Minister of Marine received a salute from the Victory

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the Great Eastern off Brighton on her return home, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the Great Eastern off Brighton on her return home - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865

The British Channel Squadron entering Cherbourg Harbour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The British Channel Squadron entering Cherbourg Harbour, [northern France], 1865. View...from a sketch by our special artist...The first to round the point was the Royal yacht Osborne, while

The British Channel Squadron in Portland Roads, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The British Channel Squadron in Portland Roads, [Dorset], 1865. View...from a sketch by our special artist...of the squadron lying at anchor in Portland Roads, on the Sunday

Display of fireworks, Inner Harbour, Cherbourg, in honour of the British Channel Squadron, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Display of fireworks, Inner Harbour, Cherbourg, in honour of the British Channel Squadron, 1865. In the evening there was a brilliant display of fireworks from the French vessels in the inner

The action off Cherbourg on Sunday between the Alabama and the Kearsarge: the Alabama sinking, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The action off Cherbourg on Sunday between the Alabama and the Kearsarge: the Alabama sinking, 1864. Engraving of a sketch by James Bryant of the Royal Western Yacht Club

The arrival of Garibaldi at Southampton on board the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The arrival of Garibaldi at Southampton on board the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon, 1864. Giuseppe Garibaldi, the popular hero of Italian Unification

The fatal ballooning accident of Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier
3732772 The fatal ballooning accident of Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the fatal ballooning accident of Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1756-1783)

A Bermuda floating dock being towed down the Channel from Woolworth, 1850
3330503 A Bermuda floating dock being towed down the Channel from Woolworth, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a Bermuda floating dock being towed down the Channel from Woolworth)

Second Anglo-Dutch War 1665-1667. English fleet under Monck and the Dutch under Ruyter in the English Channel, 1666
527984 Second Anglo-Dutch War 1665-1667. English fleet under Monck and the Dutch under Ruyter in the English Channel, 1666. After engraving published Amsterdam, 1666.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Ships sailing through the ice in the Wide Channel, 1860 (engraving)
1579599 Ships sailing through the ice in the Wide Channel, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting ships sailing through the ice in the Wide Channel)

The rival gardeners, 1803
1574974 The rival gardeners, 1803; (add.info.: The rival gardeners. King George III of England and Napoleon I tend to their respective plants on opposite sides of a stream labelled "The)

Underwater working in diving suit. 19th century (engraving)
672982 Underwater working in diving suit. 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Avranches, France, c.1900 (painting)
2145127 Avranches, France, c.1900 (painting) by Cheron, Olivier (1854-1935); (add.info.: Geography. France. Normandy, Avranches. Painting by Olivier Cheron, France, ca 1900.); Photo © CCI

The Armada off Powey (line engraving)
1579696 The Armada off Powey (line engraving); (add.info.: Line engraving of the Armada off Powey and the English fleet pursuing the Spanish up the Channel. Engraved by J)

S.J. Mackie's design for a channel passenger steamer, 1850
3359471 S.J. Mackie's design for a channel passenger steamer, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting S.J. Mackie's design for a channel passenger steamer)

Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover after crossing the English Channel from Les
530322 Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, flying over the cliffs at Dover after crossing the English Channel from Les Boraques near Calais, France

Sunset in Venice
Alla Simacheva

The Sund (channel) with Kronborg Castle, Helsingor (Elsinore), Denmark and Helsingborg, Sweden, on the other side
FLO4722019 The Sund (channel) with Kronborg Castle, Helsingor (Elsinore), Denmark and Helsingborg, Sweden, on the other side

The Calais Packet rescuing Colonel Brine and Mr Joseph Simmons
3732761 The Calais Packet rescuing Colonel Brine and Mr Joseph Simmons; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Calais Packet rescuing Colonel Brine and Mr)

Captain Matthew Webb (1848-1883) English swimmer. First man to swim the English Channel, 24-25 August 1875
530607 Captain Matthew Webb (1848-1883) English swimmer. First man to swim the English Channel, 24-25 August 1875. Took 21 3/4 hours to cross from Dover to Calais

Underwater construction site. 19th century (engraving)
672983 Underwater construction site. 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

English family taking the air on deck crossing the English Channel for France, 1886 (chromo)
533646 English family taking the air on deck crossing the English Channel for France, 1886 (chromo); (add.info.: English family taking the air on deck crossing the English Channel on a steamer)

Louis Bleriot crosses the English Channel, 1909 (illustration)
2093181 Louis Bleriot crosses the English Channel, 1909 (illustration); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Transport. Aviation. The french aviator Louis Bleriot cross the Channel between France and England)

Panama Canal: cutting a channel to divert the river Chagres during the de Lesseps attempt to dig the Panama Canal
529966 Panama Canal: cutting a channel to divert the river Chagres during the de Lesseps attempt to dig the Panama Canal. West Indian labourers filling trolleys with spoil

First balloon crossing of English Channel, 7 January 1785 by Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor
528362 First balloon crossing of English Channel, 7 January 1785 by Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, and American Dr John Jeffries from Dover to Guines, 2 hours 30 mins

The fight between the Alabama and the Kearsarge, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The fight between the Alabama and the Kearsarge, 1864. American Civil War - sea battle off Cherbourg on 19th June, from a sketch by Robert Lancaster, the owner of the yacht Deerhound

The Deerhound rescuing a portion of the crew of The Alabama, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Deerhound rescuing a portion of the crew of The Alabama, 1864. American Civil War - view of the sea battle off Cherbourg on 19th June, ...from the plan and information supplied by Mr. George T

The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company's new steam-boat The Prince Imperial, 1864. Our Engraving represents the new paddle-wheel steam-boat Prince Imperial

Torbay Regatta: the schooner-yachts starting from Torquay, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Torbay Regatta: the schooner-yachts starting from Torquay, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. G. Whitaker. The course was three times round the bay

Barcelona F1 Test
(L to R): Ignacio Arrola, Marketing Director of the Canal Latin America, Tatxo Benet, CEO Imagina/Mediapro Group and Liborio Garcia

A young African elephant, Loxodonta Africana, crossing the Savuti Channel, Linyanti, Botswana

Barcelona F1 Test
Ignacio Arrola, Marketing Director of the Canal Latin America, at F1 Latin America Channel launched at Formula One Testing, Day Four, Barcelona, Spain, 1 March 2015

Bray Dunes, near Dunkirk, during the evacuation, WW2
Members of the British Expeditionary Force at Bray Dunes, to the east of Dunkirk, northern France, during the evacuation, with men making their way into the water ready to embark onto vessels

Map, South Wales coalfield. 1939

The Last of England, 1852-1855. Creator: Ford Madox Brown
The Last of England, 1852-1855. This is a painting about emigration, the couple are departing for Australia. The subject itself - departure in desperate circumstances for a foreign land - has

The Promenade, Havre-des-Pas, Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: 1960s

The Swimming Pool, Havre-des-Pas, Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: 1960s

Mercedes Gleitze (1900-1981) - British professional swimmer. She was the first person to swim the Straits of Gibraltar and the first British woman to swim the English Channel

Eddystone Lighthouse, c1870. Smeatons lighthouse at Eddystone Rocks on the English Channel remained in use until 1877 when erosion of the rocks under the lighthouse caused it to shake whenever large

Bastion Hill Park (Bastejkalns Park) is a beautiful and quiet park along a channel of the Daugava river, in the very center of Riga. Latvia

Africa, Guinea Bissau. Sunrise with fishing boats

Africa, Guinea Bissau. Sunset over a wetland

Moon over Corbiere Lighthouse, Jersey, Channel Islands

German rescue buoy in Channel by G. H. Davis
Rettungsboje -- nicknamed lobster pots by the RAF -- German rescue buoys anchored in the English Channel during the Second World War

Sunset at Trouville, 1813-1869. Creator: Paul Huet
Sunset at Trouville, 1813-1869

Her Majesty leaving Cherbourg, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Her Majesty leaving Cherbourg, 1858. Queen Victoria returns to England on the Royal Yacht....a farewell visit was paid by the Emperor and Empress;

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