Madagascar Collection (page 4)

Madagascar: The settler and his employees, 1900
LUX4811822 Madagascar: The settler and his employees, 1900; (add.info.: Madagascar: The settler and his employees, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

Madagascar, Moramanga: Malagasy indigenous rags leave to work in a wooden wagon next to a straw hut, 1890
LUX4807797 Madagascar, Moramanga: Malagasy indigenous rags leave to work in a wooden wagon next to a straw hut, 1890; (add.info.: Madagascar)

France Coloniale Madagascar, 1895
JAB5036845 France Coloniale Madagascar, 1895.; (add.info.: France Coloniale Madagascar, 1895.); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Bridge and waterfall over a river in Madagascar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio
FLO4620414 Bridge and waterfall over a river in Madagascar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Weapons of the Malagasy people of Madagascar, men with bow, arrow, shield, quiver, and axe
FLO4620393 Weapons of the Malagasy people of Madagascar, men with bow, arrow, shield, quiver, and axe. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Granary
3562480 Granary by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Madagascar, Farafangana, Africa 1902 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence.

Castle walls, Malagasy, snapdragon and mace (chromolitho)
8677349 Castle walls, Malagasy, snapdragon and mace (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: M for murailles (castle walls), Malagasy

Map of Madagascar and Comoro Islands, c.1900 (engraving)
533398 Map of Madagascar and Comoro Islands, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of Madagascar and Comoro Islands, circa 1902)

Malagasy mother with baby, c.1910 (photo)
7292898 Malagasy mother with baby, c.1910 (photo); (add.info.: Geography. Madagascar. Malagasy mother holding her baby. Photo, Madagascar, ca 1910.); Photo: © Archives Charmet.

Jobs in the world: the postman on a sedan chair wearing colonial clothes, the french flag and the stamp of Madagascar
ELD4922506 Jobs in the world: the postman on a sedan chair wearing colonial clothes, the french flag and the stamp of Madagascar

Flocky mauco or woolly lemur or indri, Lemur laniger. Illustration copied from Pierre Sonnerat
FLO4640363 Flocky mauco or woolly lemur or indri, Lemur laniger. Illustration copied from Pierre Sonnerat. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from " The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,"

Ring-tailed lemur or mauco, Lemur catta. Illustration copied from George Edwards
FLO4640725 Ring-tailed lemur or mauco, Lemur catta. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from " The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison

Tam-tam players, 1902 (print on double-weight paper)
3562477 Tam-tam players, 1902 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Madagascar, Farafangana, Africa 1902 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence.

The vari - Varecia (Lemuridea). Natural History of Buffon, Engraving 1856
JAB4121769 The vari - Varecia (Lemuridea). Natural History of Buffon, Engraving 1856; (add.info.: The vari - Varecia (Lemuridea)

TANANANARIVE, Madagascar. Engraving 1895
JAB4121576 TANANANARIVE, Madagascar. Engraving 1895; (add.info.: TANANANARIVE, Madagascar. Engraving 1895); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Letter M: 14th century lettrine, Malagasy, Walls, Muflier, Massue. Alphabet illustrates a character in traditional
DUV4198338 Letter M: 14th century lettrine, Malagasy, Walls, Muflier, Massue. Alphabet illustrates a character in traditional costume, a famous monument, a plant and an object or an insect

Africa, Saint Mary of Marovoay: training of the army of Sluzanski with young people on the back of zebus watched by
LUX4756982 Africa, Saint Mary of Marovoay: training of the army of Sluzanski with young people on the back of zebus watched by Sluzanski on horseback, 1895; (add.info.: Africa)

A Madagascar (b/w photo)
8649372 A Madagascar (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Madagascar. Tananarive. Les canons de M Laborde. La Cathedrale et le Palais de la Reine)

A Madagascar (b/w photo)
8649371 A Madagascar (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Madagascar. Tananarive. La Residence de France)

Portrait of king Andrianampoinimerina, 19th century (engraving)
1753478 Portrait of king Andrianampoinimerina, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Andrianampoinimerina (1745-1810) king of Madagascar in 1787-1810); Photo: Tallandier.

Madagascar, Moramanga: Moramanga station with Malagasy indigenous people and French settlers in colonial helmet, 1890
LUX4807818 Madagascar, Moramanga: Moramanga station with Malagasy indigenous people and French settlers in colonial helmet, 1890; (add.info.: Madagascar)

Africa, Saint Mary of Marovoay: Mr. Sluzanski and his workers await the arrival of General Gallieni's
LUX4756978 Africa, Saint Mary of Marovoay: Mr. Sluzanski and his workers await the arrival of General Gallieni's representative, 1895; (add.info.: Africa, Saint Mary of Marovoay: Mr)

Map of colonial Africa with Madagascar, c.1900 (engraving)
533062 Map of colonial Africa with Madagascar, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of southern colonial Africa, with an inset of Madagascar, circa 1902)

Madagascar: A white settler and his umbrella carries in a chair by 4 indigenous people, 1898 - En route to Tananarive
LUX4755554 Madagascar: A white settler and his umbrella carries in a chair by 4 indigenous people, 1898 - En route to Tananarive; (add.info.: Madagascar)

Cattle on their way to Tamatave, Madagascar, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Cattle on their way to Tamatave, Madagascar, 1864. 'Madagascar...does a considerable trade in live beef...It exports 30,000 head of cattle in a year...The ox is there commonly represented by

Embarking cattle at the port of Tamatave, Madagascar, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Embarking cattle at the port of Tamatave, Madagascar, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Lieutenant S. P. Oliver showing '...the mode of putting cattle on shipboard in a port of Madagascar

An endangered red ruffed lemur from Madagascar

Madagascar. Close-up of red-ruffed lemur on tree

Madagascar. Panther chameleon on tree limb

Indri lemur
Luigi Ruoppolo

Whale shark in the blue
Entre le mois d'octobre et Novembre, les requins baleines viennent en nombre se nourrir pres des cotes de Madagascar, et notament pres de l'ile de Nosy be.. Barathieu Gabriel

Malagasy faces
Gloria Salgado Gispert

The Vacoa, or screw pine, of Madagascar; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. Creator: M.D Charnay
The Vacoa, or screw pine, of Madagascar; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

A Madegasse widow; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. Creator: M.D Charnay
A Madegasse widow; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Sketches from Madagascar - the Traveller's-tree (Urania speciosa), 1858. Creator: Josiah Wood Whymper
Sketches from Madagascar - the Traveller's-tree (Urania speciosa), 1858. The tree rises from the ground with a thick succulent stem...It sends out...long

Spies of the Queen of Madagascar; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. Creator: M.D Charnay
Spies of the Queen of Madagascar; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Queen of Mohilla, and her attendants; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. Creator: M.D Charnay
Queen of Mohilla, and her attendants; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Tree-fern--Madagascar; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. Creator: M.D Charnay
Tree-fern--Madagascar; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Nossi-be, Madagascar; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. Creator: M.D Charnay
Nossi-be, Madagascar; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Governor of Tamatave; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. Creator: M.D Charnay
Governor of Tamatave; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Madagascar Dwarf Palms; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. Creator: M.D Charnay
Madagascar Dwarf Palms; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

A Madegasse women and her Children; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. Creator: M.D Charnay
A Madegasse women and her Children; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Rice-Pounding; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. Creator: M.D Charnay
Rice-Pounding; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Ravenal Trees; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. Creator: M.D Charnay
Ravenal Trees; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Travelling in Madagascar: the Tacon; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. Creator: M.D Charnay
Travelling in Madagascar: the Tacon; A Birds-eye View of Madagascar, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

'Un grand marche a Tananarive; Iles Africaines de la mer des Indes, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Un grand marche a Tananarive; Iles Africaines de la mer des Indes, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

'Types de Malgaches; Iles Africaines de la mer des Indes, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Types de Malgaches; Iles Africaines de la mer des Indes, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Dans la foret de Madilo (jadis foret vierge de Madagascar); Iles Africaines de la mer... 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Dans la foret de Madilo (jadis foret vierge de Madagascar); Iles Africaines de la mer des Indes, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

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"Discover the Enchanting Wonders of Madagascar" Embark on a journey through the captivating island of Madagascar, as we explore its rich history, diverse wildlife, and stunning landscapes. Starting with a political map of Africa, our focus zooms in on this unique gem nestled off the eastern coast. Known for its extraordinary biodiversity, Madagascar is home to countless natural treasures waiting to be discovered. Delve into the past as we unveil an ancient fossil ammonite from the Upper Early Cretaceous period. This Desmoceras spp. , found in Mahajanga Province under UV light, offers a glimpse into prehistoric times. Travel back even further with an antique map dating back to 1873. Witness how Africa was depicted during that era and imagine the adventures undertaken by explorers who traversed this vast continent. Dive beneath Nosy Be's crystal-clear waters and witness the graceful movements of a hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Its underwater ballet showcases just one example of Madagascar's incredible marine life. Continuing our exploration through maps highlighting travels of intrepid adventurers across Africa, we uncover hidden gems like Toamasina/Tamatave - Eastern Madagascar. Here hangs upside down a black-and-white ruffed lemur - an emblematic species thriving amidst lush forests. Venturing deeper into nature's wonders, meet Xanthopan morganii praedicta - also known as the sphinx moth. This remarkable creature shares its habitat with Angraecum sesquipedale –the Madagascan orchid famous for its long nectar spur adapted solely for pollination by this specific moth species. Returning to fossils once more, marvel at Cleoniceras sp. , another ammonite specimen from Cretaceous times found in Madagascar. These remnants offer insights into Earth's distant past while showcasing yet another facet of this island nation's geological heritage. Lastly but not least, we celebrate the discovery of Goodman's Mouse Lemur.