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Members of the German military carry lit torches in honor of General (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOMAD THRUST Base: Ramstein Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status: ... more

Man with West Asian Features

Tang dynasty (618–907)

Quatrain on Snow-covered West Lake

Paying Homage to the Queen Mother of the West

Dish with Figures in a Landscape, probably a Scene from the Romance of...

West Indies from BL Royal 20 E IX, ff. 23v-24

Map of the West Indies, with the eastern coast of North America, Central America, and the north coast of South America. Image taken from ff. 23v-24 of Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas'). Written in English.

View of Nuremberg, to the west, right plate

Hanns Lautensack (German, Bamberg (?) ca. 1520–1564/66 Vienna)

View of Nuremberg, to the west, center plate

Hanns Lautensack (German, Bamberg (?) ca. 1520–1564/66 Vienna)

View of Nuremberg, to the west; left, center and right plates

View of Nuremberg, to the West, left plate

Hanns Lautensack (German, Bamberg (?) ca. 1520–1564/66 Vienna)

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: View of Rome from the West

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas with the west coas...

Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Title devised by cataloguer. Fragmentary signature on upper right portion leading into neck reads "Io Placid...". Oriented with north to the right (in... more

Study for the West Façade of the Palace of Charles V, The Alhambra, Gr...

attributed to Juan de Orea (Spanish, born Granada (?), died Granada (?) 1580)

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Ancient Rome, and its Hills, from the...

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: View of Modern Rome from the West

Vase with scenes from Romance of the West Chamber

View of West Lake

[Dutch and Portuguese fighting over fresh water supply. Principe Islan...

Plate 21: view from the west of ruins of the Aventine Hill, Rome, with...

Queen Mother of the West

Naues Mercatoriæ Hollan [] dicæ per Indias Occidentales (Dutch West In...

Jinshan Island and West Lake

Naues Mercatoriæ Hollandicæ per Indias Occidentales (Dutch West Indiam...

Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)

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

[Birds and turtles of the French West Indies; men spear-fishing from r...

Illus. in: Du Tertre, Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les François, Paris, 1667-1671, plate between pp. 246-247. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: ... more

[West Indies: manufacture of sugar]

Illus. in: Du Tertre, Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les François, Paris, 1667-1671, between pp. 122-123. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - INDUSTRY FOOD MISC. 1667. This record contains unverifi... more

[West Indies: manufacture of manioc or cassava]

Illus. in: Du Tertre, Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les François, Paris, 1667-1671, between pp. 420-421. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - INDUSTRY SUGAR MISC. 1667. This record contains unverif... more

[West Indies: manufacture of indigo]

Illus. in: Du Tertre, Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les François, Paris, 1667-1671, between pp. 106-107. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - INDUSTRY DYES AND DYEING MISC. 1667. This record contai... more

Prospect of ye lower part of Tangier, from the hill West of White-hall

Prospect of ye North side of Tangier regarding the mayne Sea from the ...

Prospect of ye North side of Tangier regarding the mayne Sea from the ...

Wrist Rest with Scene from "The West Chamber"

Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangmu)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

A Portion of New York from the Hudson River west to the Unadilla Branc...

Scale ca. 1:65,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor on parchment. Area is divided into the various tracts of land with the owners identified. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1079 Available also thr... more

An exact draught of the island of New Providence one of the Bahama Isl...

Scale ca. 1:50,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1... more

Elevation of West Façade of a Church

Anonymous, French, 18th century

New map of the West Indies for the history of the British colonies /

Carte de la riviere Longue : et de quelques autres, qui se dechargent ...

Map 1 covers area of Minnesota River, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Mississippi River south to Saint Louis. Map 2 covers the area west of the Minnesota River. Both maps drawn within same neat lines, divided... more

A new mapp of East and West New Jarsey [sic] : being an exact survey /

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. See Report of the Library of Congress for 1917, p. 56. Vault

The Molo, Venice, Looking West

Luca Carlevaris (Italian, Udine 1663/65–1730 Venice)

A compleat description of the province of Carolina in 3 parts : 1st, t...

Shows coastal area from North Carolina to Florida. Relief shown pictorially. Depth shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Charles Town. Mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... more

A new and accurate chart of the West Indies with the adjacent coasts o...

Relief shown pictorially. Gift of the estate of Jessica Lee. In lower right margin: Vol. II. Page 39. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes notes. Acquisitions cont... more

Treasury House, 10 Downing Street, London: Plan of Sir Robert Walpole'...

Isaac Ware (British, before 1704–1766 Hampstead)

The West Front of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Elevation

Isaac Ware (British, before 1704–1766 Hampstead)

Section of the West Front, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

Isaac Ware (British, before 1704–1766 Hampstead)

West Front of Houghton Hall in Norfolk, Perspective

Thomas Ripley (British, ca. 1683–1758)

Carte historique et geographique des Royaumes D'Espagne et de Portugal...

24 Milliaria Germanica Communia y 32 Milliaria Gallica Communia.

Carte historique et geographique des Royaumes D'Espagne et de Portugal...

Márgenes graduados.

Thomas Jefferson, no date, Notes on West Indies

Notes on West Indies

[Arms] By the Honourable James Hamilton, Esq; Lieutenant-Governor, and...

[Arms] By the Honourable James Hamilton, Esq; Lieutenant-Governor, and...

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

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. 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

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

S[i]r: This is minuts of the fort at Crown Point and of the redouts bu...

Scale ca. 1:6,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

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

Mr. Armstrong's rough draft of the country to the west of Susquehanna.

Scale ca. 1:800,000. Title from annotation on verso. Mounted on cloth backing, with reinforced edges. Watermarked. Relief shown pictorially. Shows central Pennsylvania and the location of "F. du Quesne" in west... more

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 plan of the coast of Gabarus Bay from the west end of Kennington Cov...

A map of Guadeloupe, one of the Caribby Islands in the West Indies sub...

Relief shown pictorially. From London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. March 1759, v. 28. In upper margin: For the London Mag. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 2013 Available also through th... more

The West Indies exhibiting the English, French, Spanish, Dutch & Danis...

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Shows southern United States, Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and West Indies. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1689... more

The West Indies exhibiting the English, French, Spanish, Dutch & Danis...

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Shows southern United States, Central America, northern South America, and West Indies. From the author's The natural and c... more

A Plan of West Florida, the Isle of Orleans, and some parts of the Spa...

Scale 1:760,320; 12 miles to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows the present state of Mississippi, southeastern Louisiana, and Mobile Bay. Includes note on navigation and "This line being propo... 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.

Map of a route through south west Pennsylvania from Fort Loudon, Frank...

Scale 1:380,160; 6 miles to an in. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 673. Variant title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection ... no. 12: A map of the c... more

A map of the new governments of East & West Florida /

Shows Indian villages, Fort Mobile, "la Balise Ft., Pensacola," "Old Town," and "New Town," rivers and inlets, anchorages, and soundings. Relief shown by contours. Prime meridian: London. From the Gentleman's M... 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

Louisiana, as formerly claimed by France, now containing part of Briti...

Scale ca. 1:10,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Shows longitude west from London and Ferro. From the London magazine. v. 34, June 1765, p. 276-277. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 724 Available also thro... more

The statue, or the adoration of the wise-men of the west

Print shows Dr. W. Scott on a pedestal, he is wearing clerical robes, a crown fashioned from tobacco leaves, and holding a branch from an apple tree in his right hand and a picture of the tax stamp; around the ... more

Jonathan Mayhew, D. D. Pastor of the West Church in Boston, New Englan...

Map showing the west shore of the North or Hudson River,

Scale not given. Title from penciled annotation in upper left corner. Manuscript, pen-and-ink tracing. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines. Shows the coastal area of Jersey City from "Hobocken"... more

A plan of the west line or parallel of latitude, which is the boundary...

Shows the Mason and Dixon line. Relief shown pictorially. First part of title appears at left margin, second part at right margin. Originally issued on 2 sheets. Available also through the Library of Congress W... more

Plan de Bahía Xagua on the south side of Cuba; Plan of the Colorado Ro...

Scale ca. 1:200,000 and ca. 1:950,000. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1793, 1846 Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... more

A South West View of the City of New York, in North America

A map with part of the Florida coast from Cape Blaise to Apalachie; wi...

Scale ca. 1:205,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1626 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vaul... more

Carte de la Californie : suivant I. la Carte manuscrite de l'Amérique ...

Plan of Fort George and adjacent works at Pensacola in West Florida.

Scale 1:1,800; 150 ft. to an in. Manuscript; pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading and hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1659 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site a... more

[Map showing Caribbean area including West Indies and Gulf of Mexico.

Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1696 LC Nautical charts on vellum ; 33 Manuscript, pen-and-ink, green watercolor, and pencil, on vellum. A narrow elongation, 19 x 3 cm., extending fr... more

A plan of part of the rivers Tombecbe, Alabama, Tensa, Perdido, & Scam...

Scale ca. 1:126,720. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Cadastral map. Drawn from the original map in British archives "Col. Off. 5. Vol. 73, pp. 103-104. (Old A.W.I. 276)." Inclu... more

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

A map of part of West Florida : from Penfacola to the mouth of the Ibe...

Relief shown by contours. Top right margin: Gent. Mag. Feb. 1772. From The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle. (February, 1772), vol. 42. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1650 Available also thro... more

To His Royal Highness. George Augustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c. ...

Boston, May 24, 1774. The merchants and traders of this town are reque...

Positive Photostat.; Stamped on verso: Mss Division.; On verso: Ac. 373. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copi... more

West, Benjamin

Schabkünstler: Haid, Johann Elias faktischer Entstehungsort: Augsburg

North America, and the West Indies; a new map, wherein the British Emp...

Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes historical notes, "Extract of the treaties of peace, proclamations &c. relative to America & the West Indies," "A particular map of Baffin... more

To His Royal Highness. George Ausgustus Frederick. Prince of Wales &c....

Scale ca. 1:5,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows southern United States, Mexico, Central America, Bermudas, West Indies, and northern South America. European posse... more

A view of the Plaister Cliffs, on the west shore of Georges Bay

In Congress, May 17, 1775. Resolved that all exportations to Quebec, N...

Photographic copy.; Not in Ford or Evans.; Stamped on verso: 452. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Prin... more

[A scene in the West Indies showing Natives on the beach with a Britis...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: The West-India atlas; or, A compendious description of the West-Indies: illustrated with 40 correct charts and maps, taken from actual surveys.... / Thomas Jefferys, G... more

The Coast of West Florida and Louisiana : the Peninsula and Gulf of Fl...

Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. "The soundings along the Florida coast, shoals, islands, and reefs are in feet." Pictorial map. Appears in: The North American Atlas / William Faden. London... more

Boston, S. West part. No. 25.

Scale ca. 1:5,600. Title in pencil; matches title in Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications... 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

A Plan of the coast from Cape Anne in north latitude 42⁰42ʹ & 70⁰33ʹ w...

A Map of forty miles north, thirty miles west, and twentyfive miles so...

A map of the north west parts of America, with the utmost respect, ins...

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Annotated with names and descriptive notes and letterpress. Watermark: J. Whatman. Shows Indian tribes of western Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchew... more

The coast of West F[lorid]a and Louisiana. The Peninsula and Gulf of F...

Scale ca. 1:1,390,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms. "The soundings along the Florida coast, shoals, islands, and reefs are in feet." "DG.4." LC copy mounte... more

The coast of West Florida and Louisiana. The Peninsula and Gulf of Flo...

Scale ca. 1:1,390,000; marine leagues 20 in a degree. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. "The soundings along the Florida coast, shoals, islands, and reefs are in feet." Pictori... more

The West Indies, exhibiting the English, French, Spanish, Dutch & Dani...

Scale ca. 1:15,000,000. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1737 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "Engraved for Middle... more

The Province of New Jersey, divided into East and West, commonly calle...

Scale ca. 1:430,000. Hand colored. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Relief shown by hachures. Cartographic source note in English and French. Shows county boundaries an... more