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Observations on the Opening of Yokohama (Yokohama kaikō kenbunshi)

Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1878/79) Edo period (1615–1868)

Observations on the Opening of Yokohama (Yokohama kaiko kenbunshi)

Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1878/79) Edo period (1615–1868)

L'Afrique, ou Lybie ulterieure : ou font le Saara, or desért, le pays ...

L'Asie, : Selon les nouvelles observations de Mess.rs de l'Academie de...

Relief shown pictorially. Insets maps: Kamchadka to Korea to Indo-China; Beijing, China to Yellow Sea. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Amérique septentrion.lle [i.e. septentrionale] : composée, corigée, et...

Les Isles Britanniques : ou sont le Royaume d'Angleterre tire ́de Sped...

Planisphaerivm Aratevm sive Compages Orbivm Mvndanorvm ex hypothesi Ar...

Appears in Andreas Cellarius' Harmonia macrocosmica. Amstelodami : Apud Gerardum Valk & Petrum Schenk, 1708. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy accompanied by pho... more

L'Amerique meridionale, dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Acad...

Scale ca. 1:18,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Imprint date from R. V. Tooley's French mapping of the Americas, item 66. "Je rends raison dans ma Nouvelle introduction a ... more

This map of South America, according to the newest and most exact obse...

Scale ca. 1:17,500,000. Hand colored. "To the Right Honourable, Charles, Earl of Sunderland, and Baron Spencer of Wormleighton; one of Her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State; &c." Available also through t... more

A map of the West-Indies or the islands of America in the North Sea; w...

Scale ca. 1:4,300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Sold by H. Moll and by I. King at ye Globe in ye Poultrey near Stocks Market." "To Wil. Paterson esq; this map of the West-Indies &c. is most humb... more

This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact obser...

Scale ca. 1:15,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers, Baron of Evesham in ye county of Worcester, President of Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council &... more

L'Amerique septentrionale. Dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'A...

Scale ca. 1:18,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Imprint date from R. V. Tooley's French mapping of the Americas, item 31. Cartouche engraved by N. Guérard. Available also ... more

Carte des Antilles françoises et des isles voisines. Dressée sur les m...

Scale ca. 1:890,000. Hand colored. Has watermarks. Relief shown pictorially. Imprint date from R. V. Tooley's French mapping of the Americas, item 54. Shows islands from Guadeloupe to Grenada, including Barbado... more

A scheme of the Solar system with the orbits of the planets and comets...

Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in ink on verso: Whiston's Solar System.

A scheme of the Solar system with the orbits of the planets and comets...

Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy stamped in blue ink in lower left margin: 82A. LC copy imperfect: Darkened, use-worn, losses along edges, mounte... more

Africa : corrected from the observations of the Royal Society at Londo...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows boundaries, rivers, forests and principal settlements, with tents symbolising areas inhabited by nomads, and notes. London meridian. "Drawn & Engrav'd by I. Senex." Available als... more

portrait from "The Toast. An heroick poem in four books, written origi...

This image has been taken from scan 000002 from "The Toast. An heroick poem in four books, written originally in Latin, by Frederick Scheffer: now done into English, and illustrated with notes and observations ... more

manuscript from "The Toast. An heroick poem in four books, written ori...

This image has been taken from scan 000206 from "The Toast. An heroick poem in four books, written originally in Latin, by Frederick Scheffer: now done into English, and illustrated with notes and observations ... more

A New & Correct Mercator's Map of North Britain : carefully laid appro...

Dedicatoria : "To His Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces This Map of North Britain is most humbly Dedicated by his Royal Highnesses most Faithful & most Obedt. ... more

A new & accurate map of Persia, with the adjacent countries : drawn fr...

Relief shown pictorially. Has ornamental cartouche. From: Bowen's A complete system of geography. London : Printed for W. Innys, R. Ware [etc.], 1747. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as ... more

A new and accurate map of New Jersey, Pensilvania, New York and New En...

Relief shown pictorially. From the author's A complete system of geography. 1747. Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "No. 100." Vault AACR2

An accurate map of the West Indies. Drawn from the best authorities, a...

Scale ca. 1:12,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "No. 57." From the author's A complete atlas or distinct view of the known world. 1752. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1682 Available also t... more

L'Amerique, divisée en tous ses pays et etats : dressée sur de nouveau...

Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the left. Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 133 Includes inset of eastern and western hemispheres, text, and cartouche. Available also through the L... more

Observations sur les antiquités de la ville d'Herculanum avec quelques...

Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris)

Observations sur les Antiquites de la ville d'Herculanum, Avec quelque...

Observations sur les Antiquites de la ville d'Herculanum, Avec quelque...

Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris)

Les Échappemens à repos comparés aux echappemens à recul; et Examen de...

Les Échappemens à repos comparés aux echappemens à recul; et Examen de...

Jean Jodin (Swedish, 1715–1761)

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provin...

Scale ca. 1:440,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. LC copy annotated in ink, east of confluence of Hudson and Albany rivers: "The tide reaches to hereabouts. Douglas.... more

L'Amérique septentrionale. Dressée sur les observations de mrs. de l'A...

Scale ca. 1:19,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows some routes of exploration, land and sea. Includes "Avertissement." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster imag... more

[Title page of Anthony Benezet, Observations on the Inslaving, importi...

Illus. in: Anthony Benezet, Observations on the Inslaving, importing and purchasing of Negroes; ... extracted from ... the Yearly-meeting of ... Quakers. Germantown, 1760, title page. Reference copy may be in L... more

Samuel Foote from "Observations, good or bad, stupid or clever, seriou...

This image has been taken from scan 000004 from "Observations, good or bad, stupid or clever, serious or jocular, on Squire Foote's dramatic entertainment, intitled, The minor. By a genius [i.e. James Boswell]"... more

A new and accurate map of the British dominions in America, according ...

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Hand colored. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing to fold. to 19 x 14 cm. Relief shown pictorially. Label "États unis de l'Amérique" on verso. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 104 ... more

Carte Général de la Georgie et de L'Armenie : Dessinée à Petersbourg e...

Comprendse las repúblicas de Georgia, Armenia y la parte septentrional de la de Azerbajan

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provin...

Scale ca. 1:800,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Publish'd 1st. Jany. 1771." Differs from other copy, shows boundary between New York and "Province of New Hampshire." LC Maps of North America, 1750... more

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provin...

Scale ca. 1:800,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Publish'd 1st. Jany. 1771." Differs from other copy, does not show boundary between New York and "Province of New Hampshire." LC Maps of North Ameri... more

Oeuvres de Moliere : avec des remarques grammaticales, des avertisseme...

Oeuvres de Moliere : avec des remarques grammaticales, des avertisseme...

Observations relative to the manufacture of paper and printed books in...

Positive Photostat. 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 143, Folder 27.

[Diagrams of various electrical phenomena and title page of Experiment...

Frontispiece and title page in: Experiments and observations of electricity / Benjamin Franklin. London : Printed for F. Newbery, 1774. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C... more

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provin...

Scale ca. 1:440,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Includes compilation data and insets of "A plan of the town of Boston" and "A plan of Boston Harbor from an accurat... more

A new map of Nova Scotia, and Cape Breton Island with the adjacent par...

Scale ca. 1:1,900,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. "VII" located above upper right corner of border. Shows Maritime Provinces, New England, and St. Lawrence Valley region ... more

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provin...

Scale ca. 1:440,000. Alternate title: La Nouvelle Angleterre en 4 feuilles. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. From the author's Atlas amériquain septentrional. 1778-[92] ... more

A plan of the town of Boston with the intrenchments &ca. of His Majest...

Scale ca. 1:9,600. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. "N.B. Since the evacuation of Boston ... " LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 933 Available also through the Library of Con... more

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provin...

Scale ca. 1:460,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferron. Relief shown pictorially. Includes note "Camp of the colonists 1776," across the Hudson River from Kings Bridge and insets "Ichnographia por... more

A plan of the town of Boston, with the intrenchments &c. of His Majest...

Scale ca. 1:9,700. Includes "References to the lines &c." and "References to the town." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 934 Vault ... more

A general map of North America; from the latest observations.

Scale ca. 1:10,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. From The North-American and West-Indian gazetteer. 1778. Includes distance chart. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

North Britain or Scotland Divided into its Counties : Corrected from t...

Escala gráfica de 40 millas estatutarias inglesas [= 8,1 cm]. Coordenadas referidas al meridiano de Londres (O 8°5'--O 1°25'/N 59°20'--N 54°45'). Red geográfica de 1° en 1°. Orientado con lis en rosa de ocho vientos

A general map of North America; from the latest observations.

Scale ca. 1:10,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Includes distance chart. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Théatre de la guerre en Amerique, avec les Isles Antilles; projetté et...

Scale ca. 1:10,300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: XXXIV. Theatre de la guerre en Amerique. A 32. LC copy annotated in black ink: 42. Available also through the Library of Congress... more

A chart of Delawar Bay, with soundings and nautical observations.

Scale ca. 1:150,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along left and right margins. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Nle. carte d'Amerique : dressée sur les mémoires les plus récens et as...

Relief shown pictorially. Originally published in 1770. Prime meridian: Ferro. Gift; Raymond Nasher; October, 1998. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of t... more

The West Indies, including part of Virginia, North Carolina, East Flor...

Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1713 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

This map of Kentucke, drawn from actual observations, is inscribed wit...

Scale 1:633,600; 10 miles to an in. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Includes inscriptions. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 792 Available also through the Library of Co... more

This map of Kentucke : drawn from actual observations, is inscribed wi...

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Border hand col. Includes inscriptions. Gift and purchase; Partially funded by J. Thomas Touchton, made in memory of his Kentucky-born grandmother, Ruth E... more

Frontispiece to the 2nd Edition of Lord St[anhop]e's Observations on M...

James Sayers (British, 1748–1823)

Kingdom of Hungary, Principality of Transilvania, Sclavonia, Croatia, ...

Comprende la república de Eslovaquia, Hungría, Yugoslavia septentrional, Rumanía occidental y una pequeña parte del suroccidente de la URSS

La Carte Topographique de Spa : et de toutes de Fontaines, Minerales, ...

Presenta el plano de la ciudad y gran parte de los alrededores, destacándose la señalización de los caminos y fuertes

Bowles's new one-sheet map of Asia, divided into its empires, kingdoms...

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. "Published as the Act directs, 4 June 1971." Includes a methodical division of Asia into continents and islands. Available also through the Library of Congress ... more

Thomas Jefferson, April 19, 1792, Observations on Mountain Rice

Observations on Mountain Rice

Declaration of the Reverend Mr. David Jones. To the Citizens of the St...

Imprint 3.; Evans 35674. 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 149, Folder 16.

To the free electors of Kings County. Having seen a handbill, signed "...

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 113, Folder 1p.

map from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny,...

This image has been taken from scan 000763 from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny, made in the years 1800 and 1801. (Appendix.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been g... more

map from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny,...

This image has been taken from scan 000178 from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny, made in the years 1800 and 1801. (Appendix.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been g... more

map from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the Count...

This image has been taken from scan 000142 from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the County of Dublin. (Appendix.-Extracts from Doctor Rutty's essay towards a natural history of the county, e... more

map from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny,...

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map from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the Count...

This image has been taken from scan 000317 from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the County of Dublin. (Appendix.-Extracts from Doctor Rutty's essay towards a natural history of the county, e... more

fauna from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the Cou...

This image has been taken from scan 000353 from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the County of Dublin. (Appendix.-Extracts from Doctor Rutty's essay towards a natural history of the county, e... more

map from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny,...

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portrait from "[The Works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from volume 01 of "[The Works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings. To which are prefixed, some observations on the character ... more

map from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny,...

This image has been taken from scan 000762 from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny, made in the years 1800 and 1801. (Appendix.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been g... more

portrait from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilk...

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fauna from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the Cou...

This image has been taken from scan 000357 from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the County of Dublin. (Appendix.-Extracts from Doctor Rutty's essay towards a natural history of the county, e... more

map from "[Observations on a Tour through the Highlands.] Reise durch ...

This image has been taken from scan 000039 from volume 01 of "[Observations on a Tour through the Highlands.] Reise durch die schottischen Hochlande und einen Theil der Hebriden. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt u... more

fauna from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the Cou...

This image has been taken from scan 000355 from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the County of Dublin. (Appendix.-Extracts from Doctor Rutty's essay towards a natural history of the county, e... more

map from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny,...

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diagram from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilke...

This image has been taken from scan 000344 from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny, made in the years 1800 and 1801. (Appendix.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been g... more

fauna from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the Cou...

This image has been taken from scan 000349 from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the County of Dublin. (Appendix.-Extracts from Doctor Rutty's essay towards a natural history of the county, e... more

diagram from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilke...

This image has been taken from scan 000452 from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny, made in the years 1800 and 1801. (Appendix.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been g... more

map from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the Count...

This image has been taken from scan 000145 from "Observations on Mr. Archer's statistical survey of the County of Dublin. (Appendix.-Extracts from Doctor Rutty's essay towards a natural history of the county, e... more

architecture from "Statistical observations relative to the county of ...

This image has been taken from scan 000608 from "Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny, made in the years 1800 and 1801. (Appendix.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been g... more

map from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf ...

This image has been taken from scan 000323 from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf of the United States ... for determining the boundary between the United States and the possessions o... more

map from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf ...

This image has been taken from scan 000377 from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf of the United States ... for determining the boundary between the United States and the possessions o... more

map from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf ...

This image has been taken from scan 000041 from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf of the United States ... for determining the boundary between the United States and the possessions o... more

map from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf ...

This image has been taken from scan 000387 from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf of the United States ... for determining the boundary between the United States and the possessions o... more

map from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf ...

This image has been taken from scan 000482 from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf of the United States ... for determining the boundary between the United States and the possessions o... more

map from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf ...

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map from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf ...

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map from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf ...

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map from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on behalf ...

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portrait from "Travels in China: containing descriptions, observations...

This image has been taken from scan 000014 from "Travels in China: containing descriptions, observations and comparisons made and collected in the course of a short residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-min-... more

portrait from "Travels in China: containing descriptions, observations...

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China from "Travels in China: containing descriptions, observations an...

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technology from "Travels in China: containing descriptions, observatio...

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portrait from "Travels in China: containing descriptions, observations...

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portrait from "Travels in China: containing descriptions, observations...

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cover from "Travels in China: containing descriptions, observations an...

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architecture from "Travels in China: containing descriptions, observat...

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A new and accurate map of the country for twenty five miles round the ...

Relief shown by hachures. Also covers county of Oxfordshire and adjacent regions. Statement of dedication at upper right: To the Vice Chancellor ... in the University of Oxford ... this map is most respectfully... more

Jehu E. Harden, January 14, 1806, Weather Observations Chart