Incredibly Frustrated w iPhoto (simple copying)

Since 2005, I have nearly 35,000 images and video footage that I would like to COPY onto an[other] external drive.
When I started filling up my iMac, I purchased an external drive for Time Machine purposes, and also created a folder that iPhoto would link to when downloading images from my camera(s).
So today I opened iPhoto and panicked when I only saw photos taken within the last couple of days. I went into Time Machine and Restored...or tried to Restore all 35,000 images back into iPhoto. Something tells me that I was actually copying nack those images onto my iMac because at around 20,000, I got a message saying that my disk was nearly full.
I've looked up how to SIMPLY COPY the folder(s) (wherever the h%#$@ they may be) but only found words of warning or vague language on doing this. I've also thought about selecting all file within iPhoto and Exporting them to the external, but I don't even know if its possible to select/export 35,000 files. I'm also considering spending a couple if weekend toiburn these files onto DVDs.
In the meantime...is there a simple drag and copy method to this?

Thanks folks—I greatly appreciate all your quick help. However, I'm probably not making myself clear.
I want to know where on my HD all these files reside physically? I went into "[my User Name]" Library thinking I'd find a folder called "iPhoto>Images" but nope.
So I go into the Pictures folder but only found specifically-created folders I'd made in iPhoto (such as special events, trips, etc.) but again...no folders that contain all 35,000 images. I'm assuming that whenever I DO find them, that I can just copy them over to an external.
But here's where the mystery is...
I clicked on a photo while holding down the Control key, which then opened up my External Editor app (Photoshop), modified it a bit, then hit Save As...and in the dialog box, I saw the name of the image, then (in reverse order), the name of a keyword I'd given it, then a year folder (in this case 2013), then underneath that a folder called "Modified" which [supposedly] sits just underneath the "Pictures" folder that I referred to above...yet in the Finder, there is no "Modified" folder?
THAT is what's confusing me!

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