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Jan van der Straet - Map of the Western Hemisphere

Jan van der Straet - Map of the Western Hemisphere

Title plate to Nova Reperta, a series of engravings after drawings by Stradanus published by Galle in Antwerp. Shows Christopher Columbus pointing to a map of the Western Hemisphere. New France and Florida are ... More

West-Indische paskaert waer in de graden der breedde over weder zijden vande middellijn wassende so vergrooten dat die geproportioneert sijn tegen hunne nevenstaende graden der lengde. vertonende behalve Europaes zuydelijcste alle de seekusten van Africa en America, begrepen in 't Octroy bij de H.M.H. Staten Generael der vereenigde Nederl. verleent aende Generale West Indische Compagnie.

West-Indische paskaert waer in de graden der breedde over weder zijden...

Shows the west coast of North America from Belle Isle, Newfoundland, both coasts of South America, mediterranean Europe, and the east coast of Africa. Includes illustrations. Available also through the Library ... More

Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi]: dressée sur un grand nombre de mémoires entrautres sur ceux de Mr. le Maire /

Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi]: dr...

Covers United States from Rio Grande River to Hudson River. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Item 46 in LC Kohl exhibition, Mar. to June 1993. Phillips. Maps of America. Includes notes. Inset: C... More

Chart of South America, comprehending the West Indies, with the adjacent islands, in the Southern Ocean, and South Sea

Chart of South America, comprehending the West Indies, with the adjace...

A chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The first ship / painted by Joshua Shaw ; engraved by J. Sartain.

The first ship / painted by Joshua Shaw ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Ship of Christopher Columbus in background, and three Indians in foreground.

A map of Lewis and Clark's track across the western portion of North America, from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean : by order of the executive of the United States in 1804, 5 & 6 /

A map of Lewis and Clark's track across the western portion of North A...

Scale ca. 1:4,400,000. Relief shown by hachures. Meridian: London and Washington. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Indians set fire to their village at the approach of de Soto / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Indians set fire to their village at the approach of de Soto / J.W. Or...

Indians burning their village in Arkansas, at the approach of de Soto. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Ll... More

Crossing on an Indian bridge / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Crossing on an Indian bridge / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Hernando de Soto and his soldiers crossing a river on an Indian bridge. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer, Philadelphia : J.T. L... More

Porcallo in the mire - Public domain book illustration

Porcallo in the mire - Public domain book illustration

Vasco Porcallo pinned under horse in mud, as two Indians watch. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, 18... More

Columbus explaining his discovery to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella / drawn by John Gilbert.

Columbus explaining his discovery to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella...

Illustration shows Christopher Columbus pointing to a spot on a map while Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain look on. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. XII, no. 596 (1868 May 30), cover.

Balboa claiming dominion over the South Seas on behalf of the King of Spain

Balboa claiming dominion over the South Seas on behalf of the King of ...

Print shows Balboa standing in the Pacific Ocean holding a sword and the banner of Spain. Copyright 1893 by Gebbie & Co. Illus. in: The American continent and its inhabitants before its discovery by Columbus ... More

"The caravels had arrived" - Public domain book illustration

"The caravels had arrived" - Public domain book illustration

Juan d'Añasco with soldiers in a rowboat after arriving in the bay of Apalache, caravels in background. Illus. in: De Soto and his men in the land of Florida / Grace Elizabeth King. New York : The Macmillan Com... More

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic Endurance for two months before she sank in the Weddell Sea on Oct. 27, 1915.

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic Endurance for two months befo...

Photograph shows the sailing ship the Endurance, tilted and stuck within an ice floe being propped up by wooden planks; two crew members are onboard.

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic Sir Ernest Shackleton to the rescue.

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic Sir Ernest Shackleton to the ...

Photograph shows crew members pushing smaller boat into the ocean; three crew members on board steer with long handle oars. No. 212302.

Map of the Red River in Louisiana from the Spanish camp where the exploring party of the U.S. was met by the Spanish troops to where it enters the Mississippi, reduced from the protracted courses and corrected to the latitude /

Map of the Red River in Louisiana from the Spanish camp where the expl...

Also shows cities and towns, Indian settlements, and features in the region along the Red River. King's final work based on the Freeman-Curtis expedition of 1806. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Avai... More

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic winter flashlight scene in the Weddell Sea, showing Endurance stuck fast.

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic winter flashlight scene in th...

Photograph shows a night view of the Endurance, lighted, stuck among large chucks of ice. No. 212293. Annenberg batch 14

Codex diplomaticus., 16th century

Codex diplomaticus., 16th century

Cataloged from surrogates: information from de Ricci and J.W. Hessler. Christopher Columbus Book of privileges ..., 2014. Documents in Spanish and Latin. Ms. codex cartulary. The work of several scribes in scri... More

A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship, the Endeavour

A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship, the En...

Account of the first expedition under command of Capt. Cook, 1768-1771. LAC knj 2019-06-19 update (1 card)

POSITION OF H.M.S. INVESTIGATOR ON THE 20TH of SEPTEMBER 1851

POSITION OF H.M.S. INVESTIGATOR ON THE 20TH of SEPTEMBER 1851

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Theodor de Bry - They reach Port Royal

Theodor de Bry - They reach Port Royal

French expedition exploring Port Royal showing habitat, wildlife, and Native encampment. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce... More

Zwölffter Theil der Newen Welt, das ist: Gründliche volkommene Entdeckung aller der west indianischen Landschafften, Insuln vnd Königreichen ...

Zwölffter Theil der Newen Welt, das ist: Gründliche volkommene Entde...

Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 199. This collection of voyages by Herrera and others, was previously published in Amsterdam, in 1622, under title: Novvs Orbis, sive Descriptio Indiae Occiden... More

Zwölffter Theil der Newen Welt, das ist: Gründliche volkommene Entdeckung aller der west indianischen Landschafften, Insuln vnd Königreichen ...

Zwölffter Theil der Newen Welt, das ist: Gründliche volkommene Entde...

Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 199. This collection of voyages by Herrera and others, was previously published in Amsterdam, in 1622, under title: Novvs Orbis, sive Descriptio Indiae Occiden... More

Zwölffter Theil der Newen Welt, das ist: Gründliche volkommene Entdeckung aller der west indianischen Landschafften, Insuln vnd Königreichen ...

Zwölffter Theil der Newen Welt, das ist: Gründliche volkommene Entde...

Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 199. This collection of voyages by Herrera and others, was previously published in Amsterdam, in 1622, under title: Novvs Orbis, sive Descriptio Indiae Occiden... More

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : with a sketch of his life /
History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : with a sketch of his life /
History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : with a sketch of his life /
Africa as known to the Ancients; Before the Muhammadan Invasion.

Africa as known to the Ancients; Before the Muhammadan Invasion.

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Political Africa - 1898. - Public domain vintage map

Political Africa - 1898. - Public domain vintage map

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Map of a reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri River and the Great Salt Lake in the Territory of Utah

Map of a reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri River...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Americvs Vespvccivs florentinvs portentosa navigatione ad occasum atque ad austrum duas orbis terrarum partes, nostris oris quas incolimus maiores,...

Americvs Vespvccivs florentinvs portentosa navigatione ad occasum atqu...

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Hommes à Lukodja. - A black and white photo of a group of people

Hommes à Lukodja. - A black and white photo of a group of people

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Nisou, jeune fille du Noupé.

Nisou, jeune fille du Noupé.

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Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic facsimile of the manuscript in the archives of the Foreign Office in Paris ...

Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic ...

"The original Codex on vellum is written on both sides of the leaf, and is here reproduced in same same form, but is interleaved with corresponding pages of transliteration and translation"--P. [9]. Also availa... More

Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic facsimile of the manuscript in the archives of the Foreign Office in Paris ...

Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic ...

"The original Codex on vellum is written on both sides of the leaf, and is here reproduced in same same form, but is interleaved with corresponding pages of transliteration and translation"--P. [9]. Also availa... More

Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic facsimile of the manuscript in the archives of the Foreign Office in Paris ...

Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic ...

"The original Codex on vellum is written on both sides of the leaf, and is here reproduced in same same form, but is interleaved with corresponding pages of transliteration and translation"--P. [9]. Also availa... More

Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic facsimile of the manuscript in the archives of the Foreign Office in Paris ...

Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic ...

"The original Codex on vellum is written on both sides of the leaf, and is here reproduced in same same form, but is interleaved with corresponding pages of transliteration and translation"--P. [9]. Also availa... More

Grand birds-eye view of the grounds and buildings of the great Columbian exposition at Chicago, Illinois, 1892-3 In commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus.

Grand birds-eye view of the grounds and buildings of the great Columbi...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2684

Architectural Remains, Unit A, Sub-unit 39, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia

Architectural Remains, Unit A, Sub-unit 39, Jamestown, James City Coun...

Significance: The site was first excavated in 1934, and the foundations were drawn by HABS around that time. The archaeological work uncovered a pair of rowhouses made of brick and likely one-story in height. ... More

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State Pier, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State...

Significance: ERNESTINA is an example of Essex fishing schooner design and has been used for a variety of purposes. She worked in Grand Banks fishing during the peak of sail and is the oldest surviving Grand B... More

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State Pier, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State...

Significance: ERNESTINA is an example of Essex fishing schooner design and has been used for a variety of purposes. She worked in Grand Banks fishing during the peak of sail and is the oldest surviving Grand B... More

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm qvarvndam Indiae regionum & insularum, quae ... ab Vlrico Fabro ... inuentae & ab eodem summa diligentia consignatae fuerunt, ex Germanico in Latinum sermonem conuersa autore Gotardo Artvs.

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm q...

Translation of Ulrich Schmidel's Warhafftige und liebliche Beschreibung. The 3 numb. plates intended to illustrate this pt. were published with pt. 8, 1st ed., 1599. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating... More

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm qvarvndam Indiae regionum & insularum, quae ... ab Vlrico Fabro ... inuentae & ab eodem summa diligentia consignatae fuerunt, ex Germanico in Latinum sermonem conuersa autore Gotardo Artvs.

Americae pars VII. Verissima et ivcvndissima descriptio praecipvarvm q...

Translation of Ulrich Schmidel's Warhafftige und liebliche Beschreibung. The 3 numb. plates intended to illustrate this pt. were published with pt. 8, 1st ed., 1599. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating... More

Découvertes et établissements des français dans l'ouest et dans le sud de l'Amérique Septentrionale (1614-1754) Mémoires et documents originaux recueillis et pub.

Découvertes et établissements des français dans l'ouest et dans le ...

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Découvertes et établissements des français dans l'ouest et dans le sud de l'Amérique Septentrionale (1614-1754) Mémoires et documents originaux recueillis et pub.

Découvertes et établissements des français dans l'ouest et dans le ...

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Découvertes et établissements des français dans l'ouest et dans le sud de l'Amérique Septentrionale (1614-1754) Mémoires et documents originaux recueillis et pub.

Découvertes et établissements des français dans l'ouest et dans le ...

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Découvertes et établissements des français dans l'ouest et dans le sud de l'Amérique Septentrionale (1614-1754) Mémoires et documents originaux recueillis et pub.

Découvertes et établissements des français dans l'ouest et dans le ...

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Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten Herrn Americi Vesputii vnter König Ferninando in Castilien vollbracht. Zum andern: Ein gründlicher Bericht von dem jetzigen Zustand der Landschafft Virginien ... Beneben einer Heyrath dess Königs Powhatans in Virginien Tochter, mit einem vornemmen Englischen,

Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten...

The 1st pt. is based on Vespucci's letters giving an account of his 1st and 2d voyages, in 1497 and 1499. First issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 196. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. ... More

Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten Herrn Americi Vesputii vnter König Ferninando in Castilien vollbracht. Zum andern: Ein gründlicher Bericht von dem jetzigen Zustand der Landschafft Virginien ... Beneben einer Heyrath dess Königs Powhatans in Virginien Tochter, mit einem vornemmen Englischen,

Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten...

The 1st pt. is based on Vespucci's letters giving an account of his 1st and 2d voyages, in 1497 and 1499. First issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 196. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. ... More

Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten Herrn Americi Vesputii vnter König Ferninando in Castilien vollbracht. Zum andern: Ein gründlicher Bericht von dem jetzigen Zustand der Landschafft Virginien ... Beneben einer Heyrath dess Königs Powhatans in Virginien Tochter, mit einem vornemmen Englischen,

Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten...

The 1st pt. is based on Vespucci's letters giving an account of his 1st and 2d voyages, in 1497 and 1499. First issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 196. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. ... More

Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Francisci Draken, qvi peragrato primvm vniverso terrarvm orbe, postea cum ... Iohanne Havckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit ... Secvndo, iter ... Thomae Candisch ... Tertio, duo itinera ... Gvaltheri Ralegh ... nec non ... capitanei Lavrentii Keyms. Qvibvs ... describitvr ... regnum Gviana ... Primo Anglicana lingva sparsim consignata: iam verò in vnum corpus redacta, & in Latinum sermonem conuersa, auctore Gotardo Artvs.

Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Fran...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 5. Latin. Francoforti] 1595. 1st ed., 1st issue, copy 3. Plates have special t.p.: Tabulae & imagines ad septimam et octavam Americae partem ... The history of Drake's firs... More

The Mississippi River and its source : a narrative and critical history of the discovery of the river and its headwaters, accompanied by the results of detailed hydrographic and topographic surveys /

The Mississippi River and its source : a narrative and critical histor...

This volume of the Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society is devoted to a historical discussion by Jacob Vredenberg Brower (1844-1905) about the source and headwaters of the Mississippi River, combined... More

Additamentvm; das ist, Zuthuung zweyer fürnemmer Reysen ... Herrn Francisci Draken ... in die West Indien vnd Americam gethan, neben noch etlichen Figuren ... so beydes in das siebende vnd achte Theil Americae gehören. Item, die Reyse der holländischen Armada in die Insel Gross Canarien , welche ... 1599 ... von Holland ... ausgefahren ...

Additamentvm; das ist, Zuthuung zweyer fürnemmer Reysen ... Herrn Fra...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 8. German] Franckfurt, 1599. Copy 1. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 194. The history of Drake's first voyage is translated from the account by... More

Additamentvm; das ist, Zuthuung zweyer fürnemmer Reysen ... Herrn Francisci Draken ... in die West Indien vnd Americam gethan, neben noch etlichen Figuren ... so beydes in das siebende vnd achte Theil Americae gehören. Item, die Reyse der holländischen Armada in die Insel Gross Canarien , welche ... 1599 ... von Holland ... ausgefahren ...

Additamentvm; das ist, Zuthuung zweyer fürnemmer Reysen ... Herrn Fra...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 8. German] Franckfurt, 1599. Copy 1. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 194. The history of Drake's first voyage is translated from the account by... More

Additamentvm; das ist, Zuthuung zweyer fürnemmer Reysen ... Herrn Francisci Draken ... in die West Indien vnd Americam gethan, neben noch etlichen Figuren ... so beydes in das siebende vnd achte Theil Americae gehören. Item, die Reyse der holländischen Armada in die Insel Gross Canarien , welche ... 1599 ... von Holland ... ausgefahren ...

Additamentvm; das ist, Zuthuung zweyer fürnemmer Reysen ... Herrn Fra...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 8. German] Franckfurt, 1599. Copy 1. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 194. The history of Drake's first voyage is translated from the account by... More

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Vespucci, Amerigo - Public domain portrait engraving

Vespucci, Amerigo - Public domain portrait engraving

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Vespucci, Amerigo - Public domain portrait engraving

Vespucci, Amerigo - Public domain portrait engraving

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A mapp of Virginia discovered to ye hills, and in it's latt. from 35 deg. & 1/2 neer Florida to 41 deg. bounds of New England /

A mapp of Virginia discovered to ye hills, and in it's latt. from 35 d...

Relief shown pictorially. Based on a manuscript map drawn by John Farrer. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, portrait of ... More

Virginia and Maryland as it is planted and inhabited this present year 1670 /

Virginia and Maryland as it is planted and inhabited this present year...

Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes cartouche, portait of Augustine Herrman, text, and ill. Vault

Plan général du Fort Septentrional du Detour des Anglois, tel qu'il est présentement : [Louisiana] /

Plan général du Fort Septentrional du Detour des Anglois, tel qu'il es...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows buildings, internal facilities, and surrounding area. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. Copy annotated in pencil in lower left margin: 84482. A progress repor... More

A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of North America /

A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of Nort...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows "Rivers added east of the Rocky Mountains, 90⁰ L. 45⁰ Lat.," from Tooley's Printed maps of America. In lower margin: London: Published Jan. 1, 1795 by A. Arrowsmith, No. 24 Rathb... More

A map of the discoveries of Capt. Lewis & Clark from the Rockey Mountain and the River Lewis to the Cap of Disappointement or the Coloumbia River at the north Pacific Ocean /

A map of the discoveries of Capt. Lewis & Clark from the Rockey Mounta...

Relief shown pictorially. Meridians: London and Philadelphia. Ink and watercolor, sectioned in 2 and mounted on cloth. Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis & Clark and the revealing of America, Library of C... More

Christopher Columbus from "De Aardbol. Magazijn van hedendaagsche land- en volkenkunde ... Met platen en kaarten. [Deel 4-9 by P. H. W.]"

Christopher Columbus from "De Aardbol. Magazijn van hedendaagsche land...

This image has been taken from scan 000020 from volume 10 of "De Aardbol. Magazijn van hedendaagsche land- en volkenkunde ... Met platen en kaarten. [Deel 4-9 by P. H. W.]". The title and subject terms of this ... More

Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon & north California in the years 1843-44 /

Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842...

Relief shown by hachures. State 3: Includes notes, Great Basin statement, and place name South Park below Bayou Salade; some place names differ from other states. "Published in Report of the exploring expeditio... More

Christopher Columbus, ink drawing, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christopher Columbus, ink drawing, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on his first voyage

The Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on ...

Chief Athore with René Laudonnière, commander of the second French expedition to Florida, standing by column erected by Jean Ribaut during first expedition, showing Natives worshiping the column and many offeri... More

Landing of De Soto in Florida / Warren.

Landing of De Soto in Florida / Warren.

Illustration shows Hernando De Soto, soldiers, sailors and priests landing in Florida. Reference copy available in LOT 4409-D. Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 8, (1855 April 7), p. 217.

Spaniards hunting Indians. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Spaniards hunting Indians. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Soldiers under command of officers of Don Pedro de Avila chasing and killing Indians, 1519.

The discovery of Greenland wood engraving, Library of Congress

The discovery of Greenland wood engraving, Library of Congress

Illustration shows a Viking ship surrounded by whales and icebergs. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 19, (1875 Sept. 25), p. 780.

Iztacchihuatl [i.e., Iztaccíhuatl] from Amecameca

Iztacchihuatl [i.e., Iztaccíhuatl] from Amecameca

Photograph showing Iztaccíhuatl towering over the town of Amecameca, with its cathedral in the foreground. No. 08623.

Columbus Cleveland and his mutinous crew - "This ship shall not turn back!" / Gillam.

Columbus Cleveland and his mutinous crew - "This ship shall not turn b...

Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as Christopher Columbus holding a map labeled "Route to Reform", aboard ship surrounded by mutinous sailors labeled "Bayard, Whitney, Eustis, Sterling, Hedden, Pulitzer, Blac... More

Honorable John W. Clark, after whom Lake Clark is named

Honorable John W. Clark, after whom Lake Clark is named

John W. Clark, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1891 Oct. 31, p. 208.

Christopher Columbus. Discoverer of America, engraving, Library of Congress

Christopher Columbus. Discoverer of America, engraving, Library of Con...

Christopher Columbus, head-and-shoulders portrait, and crossed flags, composed of 41,819 letters representing the biography of Columbus. 46092 U.S. Copyright Office.

Christopher Columbus from "[Famous Voyagers and Explorers.]"

Christopher Columbus from "[Famous Voyagers and Explorers.]"

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "[Famous Voyagers and Explorers.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flickr photostream.

Nouvelle decouverte de plusieurs nations dans la Nouvelle France en l'année 1673 et 1674.

Nouvelle decouverte de plusieurs nations dans la Nouvelle France en l'...

From the Jesuit Relations, vol. 59, p. facing 86. 8 x 10 film negative available in G&M Reading Room. Part of the Missisippi River exhibit. Original version: [S.l. : s.n., 1674] Facsimile. Available also throug... More

Ferdinand Cortes and Hernando de Soto in the camp of the Inca at Caxamalca. The order of his court and the reverence with which his subjects approached his person, astonished the Spaniards / drawing by C. Colin.

Ferdinand Cortes and Hernando de Soto in the camp of the Inca at Caxam...

Illus. in: The Discovery and conquest of the new world. Conquest of Peru / Mexico and by W.W. Robertson. Cincinnati, O[hio]: W.H. Ferguson Company, c1902, p. 645. Reference copy in Lot 4409-D.

Interior of cathedral where Columbus was buried

Interior of cathedral where Columbus was buried

H53574 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frederic Remington - [The unknown explorers]

Frederic Remington - [The unknown explorers]

I10214 U.S. Copyright Office Reproduction of painting by Frederic Remington.

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic last moments of the Endurance.

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic last moments of the Endurance...

Photograph shows the sailing ship the Endurance stuck in an ice floe. No. 212300.

Captain James Cook - Print, Library of Congress collection

Captain James Cook - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Dance, N., artist. Sherwin, J.K., engraver. Printe... More

Authorized map of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition.

Authorized map of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition.

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

A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship, the Endeavour

A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship, the En...

Account of the first expedition under command of Capt. Cook, 1768-1771. LAC knj 2019-06-19 update (1 card)

The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--Imre Kiralfy's Columbus and the discovery of America--Grand romantic and picturesque ballet of 300 beautiful male & female dancers[...] / The Strobridge Lith. Co.

The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--Imre Kiralfy's Columbus ...

Poster showing dancers before the Moorish king in the Alhambra. Copyright by Imre Kiralfy.

Christopher Columbus march song, American march music
Woodchopper Roadhouse, Yukon River, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Woodchopper Roadhouse, Yukon River, Circle, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area,...

Significance: Woodchopper Roadhouse, built ca. 1910, is the largest and oldest log structure on the Yukon between Eagle and Circle. Located halfway between the two towns, the roadhouse housed winter travelers ... More

[Christopher Columbus] - Public domain portrait painting

[Christopher Columbus] - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zwölffter Theil der Newen Welt, das ist: Gründliche volkommene Entdeckung aller der west indianischen Landschafften, Insuln vnd Königreichen ...

Zwölffter Theil der Newen Welt, das ist: Gründliche volkommene Entde...

Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 199. This collection of voyages by Herrera and others, was previously published in Amsterdam, in 1622, under title: Novvs Orbis, sive Descriptio Indiae Occiden... More

Christopher Columbus at the royal court of Spain / VBrožik 1884.

Christopher Columbus at the royal court of Spain / VBrožik 1884.

Print showing Christopher Columbus presenting his request to Queen Isabella I and Ferdinand V and a gathering of courtiers. 13506 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, Springfield, Ohio.

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : with a sketch of his life /

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : with a sketch of his life /
History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : with a sketch of his life /

History of the discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 : wi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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