The photo album, documenting Prince Philip’s solo round-the-world tour on the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1959, with previously unpublished images included, is to go on sale at a Lymington auction house.

It shows pictures of the Duke of Edinburgh visiting various far-flung places, including some of the remotest islands on earth.

The four-month tour began in Portsmouth and headed through the Mediterranean, down the Suez Canal, to Rangoon (now called Yangon, which is in Myanmar), Singapore, Hong Kong, and then through a number of South Pacific islands before returning via the Panama Canal.

Among the photos are images of Prince Philip being taken for a trip on a sailing boat in the Solomon Islands, and standing at the tiller of a native racing canoe off the island of Tarawa. He is also shown being carried aloft in a boat by dozens of people on the island of Vaitupu before a feast of roast suckling pig and breadfruit. Many of the images depict the various peoples visited, giving an insight into their cultures and dress.

The album is being offered for sale by Charles Wallrock of Wick Antiques in Lymington, for £1,250.

Charles said: “Flicking through this album is a remarkable journey back in time, and the contrast between the Duke in his white uniform and the often grass-skirted South Pacific Islanders is clear.

“But so are the smiles on the faces of everyone as the different cultures meet in locations right around the world.

“There are two photographers listed as crew – both ‘Leading Airmen’, A Masters and T Roberts – and the album is likely to have been put together by one of them.

“This album provides a wonderful insight into his life on the voyage and into that of the crew, many of whom gave up chances of promotion to stay with Britannia.”