continent

[Map showing "Insula Atlantis", the lost continent of Atlantis]

Illus. in: Mundus Subterraneus, by Athanasius Kircher, 1665. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Archaeology; Mythology; Volcanoes; Geogr.; Maps; Publ. Ind.

Abundantia, from The Four Continents and Related Allegories

In this tapestry, part of a Four Continents and Related Allegories set, Abundantia, a female personification of abundance, sits on a horn of plenty overflowing with fruit, surrounded by three female attendants,... More

An explanation on the prospect draft of the Fort William and Mary on P...

Drawing shows Fort William and Mary on the Piscataqua River with surrounding landscape and buildings in "the town of New Castle on the Great Island"; many features are identified by letter with corresponding ke... More

By the Honourable Col. Francis Nicholson, and Col. Samuel Vetch. A pro...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; A proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfoli... More

A new and exact map of the dominions of the King of Great Britain on y...

Scale ca. 1:3,600,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Imprint date from Henry Stevens and Roland Tree's Comparative cartography, item 55c. Includes descriptive text. Insets: A v... More

A new map of North America, with the British, French, Spanish, Dutch &...

Scale ca. 1:18,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. Shows boundaries, cities and towns, roads, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory, and vegetation. Also shows anchorages, currents, and route... More

An accurate map of the West Indies. Exhibiting not only all the island...

Scale ca. 1:14,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Also shows southern United States, Central America, and northern South America. "Where may be had just publish'd for the use of the curious as well as students,... More

Carte des possessions angloises & françoises du continent de l'Amériqu...

Scale ca. 1:7,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Longitude occidentale de l'Île de Fer" and "de Londres." LC copy annotated under cartouche with brown ink. LC Maps of North America, 1750-17... More

A map of the British plantations on the continent of North America, ac...

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "West longitude from Ferro." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 87 Includes historic notes and text on "Fourteen British colonies including Newfo... More

An accurate map of North America. Describing and distinguishing the Br...

An accurate map of North America. Describing and distinguishing the Br...

Scale ca. 1:550,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Lowery 409 LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 20 Includes historical notes, notes on territorial claims, and insets of "A particular map of Baffin ... More

Carte des possessions angloises & françoises du continent de l'Amériqu...

An accurate map of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New Engl...

An accurate map of the West Indies containing the Bahama & Caribbe Isl...

Relief shown pictorially. From The General magazine of arts and sciences. 1758. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1722 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A new map of North America wherein the British Dominions in the contin...

Scale ca. 1:5,100,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "The projection of this map is on the 2 meridians of London & Ferro." Includes notes, text, and inset "A map of the bays of Hudson and Baffin." Ava... More

An accurate map of the West Indies containing the Bahama & Caribbe Isl...

Relief shown pictorially. From The General magazine of arts and sciences. 1763. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1722 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Carte des possessions angloises & françoises du continent de l'Amériqu...

Scale ca. 1:7,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 57 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in red and bro... More

An accurate map of North America. Describing and distinguishing the Br...

Scale ca. 1:550,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 21 Includes historical notes, notes on territorial claims, and insets of "A particular map of Baffin and Hudson'... More

An accurate map of North America describing and distinguishing the Bri...

Scale ca. 1:7,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Longitude west from Ferro" and "Longitude west from London." LC copy imperfect: Hole at upper left margin. Includes articles IV, V, VI, VII... More

A Plan of London on the Same Scale as that of Paris : In order to as c...

Comprende al actual condado de Gran Londres

A map of the whole continent of America, divided into North and South ...

Scale ca. 1:11,250,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Includes text, chart of possessions, and inset "The supplements to North America containing the countries adjoining Baffins... More

To the publick. The ship Lady Gage being arrived from London, with a c...

2565 C 11 20 My 44.; Rec. R. B. June 1944.; Not in Evans.; On verso: 2565C11 20 My 44. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. P... More

Committee-Chamber, New York, May 12, 1775. Whereas the friends of libe...

On verso: S; May 12, 1775. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 108, Folder 20.

An act to restrain the sending of provisions to Cape-Breton, or any ot...

Evans 7509.; On verso: New York Acts 19 Feb 1755. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio... More

An accurate map of North America. Describing and distinguishing the Br...

Scale ca. 1:550,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Longit. w. from London." From Thomas Jefferys' American atlas. 1775. no. 5, 6. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 23 Includes historical notes, ex... More

Carte des possessions des colonies Anglaises dans le continent de l'Am...

Scale ca. 1:3,800,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: Suplement pour les possessions des colonies Anglaises au sud de la Louisiane. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More

Plan of the attack on the provincial army on Long Island, August 27th ...

A new map of the United States of North America with the British Domin...

Print shows a cartouche on a map with several parcels in a natural setting. Title from item. Illus. in: A new atlas of the mundane system; ... / Samuel Dunn. London : Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1778 [... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000304 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000671 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000214 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000246 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000506 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000022 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000264 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000530 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000622 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000006 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000625 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000318 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000331 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000475 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000012 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000055 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

map from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000604 from "A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or a Geographical Dictionary: containing ... a description of all the countries, kingdoms, states ... &c. in Europe, As... More

A map of part of the continent of North America : between the 35th and...

Relief shown by shading. Covers western North America, from Lake Michigan and Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean, including southern Canada and northern Mexico. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also throug... More

A Hard Passage, or Boney Playing Base on the Continent

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)

Map of South America According to the Latest and Best Authorities.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Diagram from "Travels on the Continent, Sicily, and the Lipari Islands...

This image has been taken from scan 000366 from "Travels on the Continent, Sicily, and the Lipari Islands. Second edition. L.P". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created ... More

fauna from "The Polar Regions of the Western Continent explored: embra...

This image has been taken from scan 000517 from "The Polar Regions of the Western Continent explored: embracing a geographical account of Iceland, Greenland, the islands of the frozen sea, and the northern part... More

Washington State from "Adventures on the Columbia River, including the...

This image has been taken from scan 000489 from "Adventures on the Columbia River, including the narrative of a residence of six years on the western side of the Rocky Mountains, among various tribes of Indians... More

map from "The Polar Regions of the Western Continent explored: embraci...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "The Polar Regions of the Western Continent explored: embracing a geographical account of Iceland, Greenland, the islands of the frozen sea, and the northern part... More

The Return from the Continent, or the Family Puzzled

John Phillips (British, active 1825–31)

map from "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the A...

This image has been taken from scan 000020 from "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the American Continent to the present time. [Brought down to 1782 only.]]". The title and subject terms of... More

Western Continent Extra Dec. 9th, 1848. To the Southern public. We are...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 30, Folder 32.

portrait from "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of ...

This image has been taken from scan 000556 from "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the American Continent to the present time. [Brought down to 1782 only.]]". The title and subject terms of... More

map from "[What I saw in California: being the journal of a tour by th...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "[What I saw in California: being the journal of a tour by the emigrant route and south pass of the Rocky Mountains, across the continent of North America, the Gr... More

A new map of the United States. Upon which are delineated its vast wor...

Detailed general map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, state and county capitals, cities and towns, common roads, the "Oregon Route," canals, and railroads. One of... More

Railroad map, showing the fact that about 65 miles of railroad to be c...

Outline map covering New England states and showing the major rail connections with Montreal and Quebec, Canada. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:1,450,000. Relief shown by hachures. LC Railroad maps, ... More

Portrait from "The History of the United States of America, from the d...

This image has been taken from scan 000718 from "The History of the United States of America, from the discovery of the Continent to the close of the first session of the thirty-fifth Congress". The title and s... More

map from "Cook's Scottish Tourist Official Directory. A guide to the s...

This image has been taken from scan 000005 from "Cook's Scottish Tourist Official Directory. A guide to the system of tours in Scotland, under the direction of the principal railway, steamboat, & coach companie... More

map from "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the A...

This image has been taken from scan 000018 from volume 02 of "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the American Continent to the present time. [Brought down to 1782 only.]]". The title and sub... More

map from "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the A...

This image has been taken from scan 000365 from volume 04 of "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the American Continent to the present time. [Brought down to 1782 only.]]". The title and sub... More

map from "Cook's Scottish Tourist Official Directory. A guide to the s...

This image has been taken from scan 000050 from "Cook's Scottish Tourist Official Directory. A guide to the system of tours in Scotland, under the direction of the principal railway, steamboat, & coach companie... More

map from "Cook's Scottish Tourist Official Directory. A guide to the s...

This image has been taken from scan 000030 from "Cook's Scottish Tourist Official Directory. A guide to the system of tours in Scotland, under the direction of the principal railway, steamboat, & coach companie... More

map from "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the A...

This image has been taken from scan 000297 from volume 04 of "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the American Continent to the present time. [Brought down to 1782 only.]]". The title and sub... More

map from "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the A...

This image has been taken from scan 000197 from volume 04 of "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the American Continent to the present time. [Brought down to 1782 only.]]". The title and sub... More

map from "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the A...

This image has been taken from scan 000477 from volume 03 of "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the American Continent to the present time. [Brought down to 1782 only.]]". The title and sub... More

map from "Cook's Scottish Tourist Official Directory. A guide to the s...

This image has been taken from scan 000078 from "Cook's Scottish Tourist Official Directory. A guide to the system of tours in Scotland, under the direction of the principal railway, steamboat, & coach companie... More

map from "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the A...

This image has been taken from scan 000383 from volume 04 of "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the American Continent to the present time. [Brought down to 1782 only.]]". The title and sub... More

map from "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the A...

This image has been taken from scan 000403 from volume 03 of "[A History of the United States, from the discovery of the American Continent to the present time. [Brought down to 1782 only.]]". The title and sub... More

map from "Cook's Scottish Tourist Official Directory. A guide to the s...

This image has been taken from scan 000112 from "Cook's Scottish Tourist Official Directory. A guide to the system of tours in Scotland, under the direction of the principal railway, steamboat, & coach companie... More

map from "Cook's Scottish Tourist Official Directory. A guide to the s...

This image has been taken from scan 000088 from "Cook's Scottish Tourist Official Directory. A guide to the system of tours in Scotland, under the direction of the principal railway, steamboat, & coach companie... More

map from "A History of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia; or,...

This image has been taken from scan 000026 from volume 01 of "A History of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia; or, an account of the progress of geographical discovery in that continent, from the earlie... More

map from "Across the Continent: a summer's journey to the Rocky Mounta...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "Across the Continent: a summer's journey to the Rocky Mountains, the Mormons, and the Pacific States, with Speaker Colfax. [With a map.]". The title and subject ... More

map from "Travels in the Interior of South Africa, comprising fifteen ...

This image has been taken from scan 000023 from volume 01 of "Travels in the Interior of South Africa, comprising fifteen years' hunting and trading; with journeys across the continent from Natal to Walvisch Ba... More

Across the continent - hotel life on the plains - on the line of the P...

Across the continent - hotel life on the plains - on the line of the P...

Across the continent, on the Pacific Railroad - drawing-room of the ho...

Across the continent - hotel life on the plains - on the line of the P...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 29 (1870 Jan. 22), p. 325 (top right). Stamped "Printed for file, Library of Congress."

Across the continent, on the Pacific Railroad - Kitchen of the hotel e...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving after Albert Berghaus. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 29, no. 746 (1870 Jan. 15), p. 304. Stamped "Printed for fi... More

Across the continent - hotel life on the plains - on the line of the P...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 29 (1870 Jan. 22), p. 325 (top left). Stamped "Printed for file, Library of Congress."

Across the continent - hotel life on the plains - on the line of the P...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 29 (1870 Jan. 22), p. 325 (bottom left). Stamped "Printed for file, Library of Congress."

The following notice has been sent to all bankers and brokers on this ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 206, Folder 6.

Across the continent on the Pacific Railroad - dining saloon of the ho...

map from "Patton's Concise History of the American People, from the di...

This image has been taken from scan 000057 from "Patton's Concise History of the American People, from the disoveries of the Continent to 1876 ... Illustrated, etc". The title and subject terms of this image ha... More

map from "Patton's Concise History of the American People, from the di...

This image has been taken from scan 001031 from "Patton's Concise History of the American People, from the disoveries of the Continent to 1876 ... Illustrated, etc". The title and subject terms of this image ha... More

Across the continent - The Frank Leslie excursion to the Pacific - Sce...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 45, no. 1149 (1877 Oct. 6), pp. 72-73. Caption card tracings: West Towns...; Stage coaches; Mines... More

Across the continent. The Frank Leslie excursion to the Pacific--incid...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1877 Nov. 3, p. 137 (bottom).

map from "The Great Eastern Railway Company's Tourist-Guide to the Con...

This image has been taken from scan 000009 from "The Great Eastern Railway Company's Tourist-Guide to the Continent. ... With illustrations ... and a map". The title and subject terms of this image have been ge... More

Pisa from "The Great Eastern Railway Company's Tourist-Guide to the Co...

This image has been taken from scan 000119 from "The Great Eastern Railway Company's Tourist-Guide to the Continent. ... With illustrations ... and a map". The title and subject terms of this image have been ge... More

Switzerland from "The Great Eastern Railway Company's Tourist-Guide to...

This image has been taken from scan 000093 from "The Great Eastern Railway Company's Tourist-Guide to the Continent. ... With illustrations ... and a map". The title and subject terms of this image have been ge... More

cover from "The Great Eastern Railway Company's Tourist-Guide to the C...

This image has been taken from scan 000005 from "The Great Eastern Railway Company's Tourist-Guide to the Continent. ... With illustrations ... and a map". The title and subject terms of this image have been ge... More

map from "The Expiring Continent: a narrative of travel in Senegambia ...

This image has been taken from scan 000517 from "The Expiring Continent: a narrative of travel in Senegambia ... With map and ... illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated fr... More

lion from "Round Africa; being some account of the peoples and places ...

This image has been taken from scan 000235 from "Round Africa; being some account of the peoples and places of the Dark Continent". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, creat... More

portrait from "Round Africa; being some account of the peoples and pla...

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portrait from "Round Africa; being some account of the peoples and pla...

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Twin Lakes from "The Crest of the Continent: a record of a summer's ra...

This image has been taken from scan 000211 from "The Crest of the Continent: a record of a summer's ramble in the Rocky Mountains and beyond". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ... More

Chaffee County from "The Crest of the Continent: a record of a summer'...

This image has been taken from scan 000206 from "The Crest of the Continent: a record of a summer's ramble in the Rocky Mountains and beyond". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ... More

Buttes from "The Crest of the Continent: a record of a summer's ramble...

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