Iceland Antique

Inset maps of the Faroe Islands and Iceland add an extra dimension to this comprehensive portrayal.

Antique Print of Arctic Skate – Raia Gaimardi (Gaimard’s Ray) – Hand-Colored Lithograph, 1845 Description: This striking 19th-century hand-colored lithograph depicts La Raie de Gaim...

They were also important to northern European fisheries in the 19th century, especially in Iceland, Greenland, and northern France. This is plate “Poissons Pl. 28,” drawn by Louis B...

Original antique map of Denmark. With inset maps of Iceland, Faroe Island, and Copenhagen. This map originates from the ‘Royal Atlas of Modern Geography’.

**Faroe Islands**: An important part of the local economy and tradition. 3. **Iceland**: Where puffin hunting is a long-standing practice. 4.

Locher traveled through Western Europe from Spain to Iceland and Greenland and lived for a time in Hornbæk.

Peregrines were caught locally though the white gyrfalcons came from as far as Scandinavia and Iceland; they could cost more than a noble racehorse.

An inset map in the upper left corner provides a detailed view of Iceland, carefully depicting its rugged coastline and geographical features.

Attila appears under the name Etzel in the Nibelungenlied and Atli in Icelandic sagas. Additional dimensions Plaque: Height 41.5cm x Width 29.5cm x Depth 4.5cm (16.34in x 11.61in x...

The 1900 EDDA series from Amphora was named after two medieval Icelandic poems of Norse mythology, and its pieces were "highly regarded for the original concepts of design and form" ...

Some European herring gulls, especially those resident in colder areas, migrate further south in winter, but many are permanent residents, such as in Ireland, Britain, Iceland, or on...

Map of Scandinavia including Sweden, Norway and Denmark. With inset maps of Iceland and the Faroe Islands. This map originates from 'Atlas universel de géographie ancienne et moderne...

He was devoted to the landscapes of Iceland, Normandy, coasts of Portugal, sites of Ténériffe, sights of Venice, Istanbul and the Bosphorus; what lets suppose that he travelled much.

The map covers the entirety of Europe, from the western coasts of Portugal and Spain to the eastern boundaries of Russia and the Caspian Sea. It also includes Iceland and parts of No...

The map depicts Europe from Scandinavia in the north to the Mediterranean Sea in the south. Iceland is also included in the northwest, Russia in the east and North Africa and Asia ar...

He was lost in action in Iceland in 1942. This is one of three books illustrated by Ravilious for the Golden Cockerel Press.

He was devoted to the landscapes of Iceland, Normandy, coasts of Portugal, sites of Ténériffe, sights of Venice, Istanbul and the Bosphorus; what lets suppose that he travelled mu...

He was devoted to the landscapes of Iceland, Normandy, coasts of Portugal, sites of Ténériffe, sights of Venice, Istanbul and the Bosphorus; what lets suppose that he travelled mu...

No trace was found, but the present work is the result of Gaimard's extensive travels through Iceland, and contains many fine views. Engraving with contemporary hand colouring on ve...

He was devoted to the landscapes of Iceland, Normandy, coasts of Portugal, sites of Ténériffe, sights of Venice, Istanbul and the Bosphorus; what lets suppose that he travelled mu...

These species, typical of Icelandic and Greenlandic waters, are presented with striking detail and scientific precision.

Originally launched to search for Jean de Blosseville’s lost Arctic voyage, the mission instead produced one of the century’s most important natural history surveys of Iceland and Gr...

Native to the cold waters of the North Atlantic around Iceland and Greenland, the species is noted for its elongated body and fearsome dentition, adapted to crush hard-shelled prey s...

This unusual deep-sea predator is native to the North Atlantic, including the waters around Iceland and Greenland. The illustration captures the creature’s broad, flattened head, cav...

Known in French as *Le Lémargue Boréal*, this species inhabits the icy waters around Iceland and Greenland, where it can live for several centuries, making it one of the longest-live...

**Breeding Range**: - **Northern Atlantic**: The Common Skua breeds in regions such as Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway, and Scotland, including the Shetland and Orkney Islands....

Some European herring gulls, especially those resident in colder areas, migrate further south in winter, but many are permanent residents, e.g. in Ireland, Britain, Iceland, or on th...

The map extends from Iceland, Scandinavia and Russia in the north to North Africa in the south.

This series was composed of 47 different depictions of people from the Danish Realm, which at the time included Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland, and in this case depicts na...

This series was composed of 47 different depictions of people from the Danish Realm, which at the time included Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland, and in this case depicts na...

The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) is a small migratory passerine bird, breeding across northwestern Eurasia from Iceland and Greenland to Russia, and wintering as far south as Nort...

Insets show the island of Iceland, a detailed plan of Copenhagen, and the Elbe River.

Antique Print of Gaimard’s Ray (La Raie de Gaimard) – 1842 This elegant hand-colored lithograph represents La Raie de Gaimard (Raja gaimardi), a skate species documented during Paul...

Its inclusion in *Voyage en Islande et au Groenland* (Paris, 1842) highlights the breadth of Paul Gaimard’s 1835 scientific mission, which, although initially intended to search for ...

The large majority of the population breeds on islands off the coasts of Europe, with the greatest numbers in the Faroe Islands, United Kingdom, Ireland and Iceland. The Mediterranea...

While the official aim of the voyage was to search for Jean de Blosseville’s missing expedition, it became one of the most significant scientific surveys of Iceland and Greenland in ...

Though the official aim was to locate Jean de Blosseville’s lost Arctic voyage, the result was instead a comprehensive scientific and ethnographic survey of Iceland and Greenland. Th...

Known simply as "Pop," Hart spent most of his life traveling the world. In South America, Iceland, the South Seas, Mexico, and Europe, Hart captured scenes of everyday life in casual...

During the breeding season, they live on lakes and other waterways in Canada, the northern United States (including Alaska), as well as in southern parts of Greenland and Iceland. Sm...

Originally intended to search for Jean de Blosseville’s lost Arctic expedition, the voyage instead produced a monumental survey of Iceland and Greenland’s natural history, landscapes...

Key cities such as Stockholm, Oslo (then Christiania), Copenhagen, and Helsinki are marked, along with major rivers, mountain ranges, and transportation routes. Insets of Iceland and...

Hennell, was to succeed Ravillious as an official war artist in Iceland and sadly, like Ravillious, this position was ultimately to lead to his death; whilst in Java in 1945 he was c...

The Atlantic puffin is the only puffin species native to the Atlantic Ocean, while two close relatives inhabit the northeastern Pacific. It breeds in Iceland, Norway, Greenland, Newf...

This map depicts all of Europe including Iceland and parts of North Africa and Asia. Color coded according to sovereign nation.