Travel, Science & Natural History
The Travel, Science and Natural History sales held bi-annually at Christie’s South Kensington encompass the Golden Age of Colonial Exploration in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and the scientific discoveries made during the Age of the Enlightenment. This exciting sales category contains a broad spectrum of items from the written accounts of voyages made by early travellers and the navigational and scientific instruments they used to the paintings, prints, maps, atlases and globes that resulted from those expeditions into newly discovered lands beyond Europe.
Please contact one of the specialists below if you are interested in a complimentary market valuation or wish to discuss the inclusion of your property in an upcoming Travel, Science & Natural History sale.
Upcoming Sales from this department
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Apr 2010 22 10:30am & 2pm
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Sep 2010 23 10:30am & 2pm
Department Contact Info
International Contacts
London, South Kensington Contacts
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Nick Martineau
Department Head
Specialist - Pictures, Drawings and Prints
nmartineau@christies.com Tel +44 (0)207 752 3291
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James Hyslop
Specialist - Scientific Instruments and Globes
jhyslop@christies.com Tel +44 (0)207 752 3205
London, King Street Contacts
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Nick Lambourn
Department Head
nlambourn@christies.com Tel +44 (0)207 389 2040
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Helena Ingham
Specialist - Topographical Pictures
hingham@christies.com Tel +44 (0)207 389 2046
Exceptional Prices
A fine star-shaped polyhedral dial
German, 16th century
Price realized: £26,900
April 2008, London, South Kensington
German, 16th century
Price realized: £26,900
April 2008, London, South Kensington
An Ottoman Turkish astrolabic quadrant
Muhammad Nuri, 1862
Price realized: £10,625
April 2008, London, South Kensington
Muhammad Nuri, 1862
Price realized: £10,625
April 2008, London, South Kensington
A 16th-century Nuremberg ivory diptych dial
Hans and Johann Gebhart, 1548
Price realized: £17,300
April 2008, London, South Kensington
Hans and Johann Gebhart, 1548
Price realized: £17,300
April 2008, London, South Kensington
A highly important Dutch silver microscope
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), circa 1690
Price realized: £313,250
April 2009, London, South Kensington
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), circa 1690
Price realized: £313,250
April 2009, London, South Kensington
An exceptional Louis XV 12-inch terrestrial globe
Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795), 1774
Price realized: £25,000
September 2008, London, South Kensington
Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795), 1774
Price realized: £25,000
September 2008, London, South Kensington
A large Portuguese cannon dial
Signed Ateria, mid-19th century
Price realized: £30,000
September 2008, London, South Kensington
Signed Ateria, mid-19th century
Price realized: £30,000
September 2008, London, South Kensington
John Webber, R.A. (1751-1793)
Views in the South Seas from drawings taken on Board the Resolution, 1776 to 1780
Price realized: £28,750
April 2009, London, South Kensington
Views in the South Seas from drawings taken on Board the Resolution, 1776 to 1780
Price realized: £28,750
April 2009, London, South Kensington
James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856)
Views in the Himala Mountains
Price realized: £30,000
April 2009, London, South Kensington
Views in the Himala Mountains
Price realized: £30,000
April 2009, London, South Kensington
D. Taylor, photographer
The Siege of Mafeking: A collection of group portraits and views including several portraits of Colonel Baden Powell and Lieutenant Colonel Hore
Price realized: £11,500
April 2009, London, South Kensington
The Siege of Mafeking: A collection of group portraits and views including several portraits of Colonel Baden Powell and Lieutenant Colonel Hore
Price realized: £11,500
April 2009, London, South Kensington
English School, 1840s
Mexican Antiquities from the Island of Sacrificious off Vera Cruz, from Excavations made in the year 1840, by Captain Evan Nepean whilst in Command of H.M.Ship Comus
Price realized: £11,250
April 2009, London, South Kensington
Mexican Antiquities from the Island of Sacrificious off Vera Cruz, from Excavations made in the year 1840, by Captain Evan Nepean whilst in Command of H.M.Ship Comus
Price realized: £11,250
April 2009, London, South Kensington
Charles Frederick von Brocktorff (1755-1850)
View of St John's Church, Valletta, Malta
Price realized: £6,875
September 2008, London, South Kensington
View of St John's Church, Valletta, Malta
Price realized: £6,875
September 2008, London, South Kensington
After Herr Fiebig
Panoramic View of Port Louis Mauritius with the Environs & Harbour taken from Tower of the Scotch Church, Jan 1859
Price realized: £13,750
September 2008, London, South Kensington
Panoramic View of Port Louis Mauritius with the Environs & Harbour taken from Tower of the Scotch Church, Jan 1859
Price realized: £13,750
September 2008, London, South Kensington
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