Piece of sub-continental land completely surrounded by water

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The island known as Graia, in the Gulf of Akabah, at sunset. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Island of Chios (Scio, Khio): a well in a garden. Etching by J. Dambrun after J.B. Hilair.

Singapore: a view across part of Blakang Mati Island. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1880.

Inosima, a Japanese island, viewed from the village of Katasie on the mainland. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Singapore: St. John's Island and The Sisters from the beach at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Isolario di Benedetto Bordone nel qual si ragiona di tutte l'isole del mondo, con li lor nomi antichi et moderni, historie, fauole, et modi del loro viuere, et in qual parte del mare stanno, & in qual parallelo & clima giaciono. Con la gionta del Monte del Oro nouamente ritrouato. Con il breve del papa et gratia & priuilegio della illustrissima Signoria di Venetia come in quelli appare / [Benedetto Bordone].

L'isole piv famose del mondo / descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro. Padovano, al sereniss, principe et sigre. il S. Don Giovanni d'Avstria.

A famous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.), named Cubbeer Burr, on a river island in India. Lithograph by W. Stoker, 1811, after J. Forbes, 1778.

Island life, or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates / by Alfred Russel Wallace.

Making humans : complete texts with introduction, historical contexts, critical essays / edited by Judith Wilt.

Sandrock Chalybeate - Spring, near Niton, Isle of Wight, England. Line engraving by G. Brannon, 1828, after himself.

Special health problems of island developing and other specially disadvantaged countries : report of a meeting of experts, London, 21-25 January 1980.

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Islands

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Images referencing Islands

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Island life, or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates / by Alfred Russel Wallace.

Inosima, a Japanese island, viewed from the village of Katasie on the mainland. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Making humans : complete texts with introduction, historical contexts, critical essays / edited by Judith Wilt.

Sandrock Chalybeate - Spring, near Niton, Isle of Wight, England. Line engraving by G. Brannon, 1828, after himself.

Special health problems of island developing and other specially disadvantaged countries : report of a meeting of experts, London, 21-25 January 1980.

Islands

Images from the collections

Images referencing Islands

Works from the collections

Island life, or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates / by Alfred Russel Wallace.

Inosima, a Japanese island, viewed from the village of Katasie on the mainland. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Making humans : complete texts with introduction, historical contexts, critical essays / edited by Judith Wilt.

Sandrock Chalybeate - Spring, near Niton, Isle of Wight, England. Line engraving by G. Brannon, 1828, after himself.

Special health problems of island developing and other specially disadvantaged countries : report of a meeting of experts, London, 21-25 January 1980.

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