488423 \'On Route to the North Pole\', front and back of a promotional card for Huntley & Palmers Biscuits, produced for the French market, 1890 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Huntley & Palmers supplied biscuits for expeditions to both the North and South Pole; they were a British firm of biscuit manufacturers, founded in 1822, becoming biscuit suppliers to Queen Victoria; by 1867 they had expanded into Europe, receiving additional royal warrants from Napoleon III and King Leopold II of Belgium; by 1900 they were the world\'s largest biscuit producer and had become one of the earliest global brands; their easily recognisable tins and logo were a very successful marketing tool and became a symbol of the worldwide commercial power of the British Empire; later their production expanded into cake production;); English, out of copyright.