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L'Afrique, ou Lybie ulterieure : ou font le Saara, or desért, le pays des Negres, la Guinee, et les pays circonv., tirée en partie de Sanut, et de l'Arabe du Nubie : en partie de diverses cartes veues, jusques a present : la coste de Negres, et Guinee, &c. est apres les observations de Samuel Blomart /

L'Asie, : Selon les nouvelles observations de Mess.rs de l'Academie des Sciences, etc. /

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 augmētée, sur les iournaux, mémoires, et observations les plus justes qui en ón'́etes.tes en l'année 1685 & 1686, par plusieurs particuliés /

Planisphaerivm Aratevm sive Compages Orbivm Mvndanorvm ex hypothesi Aratea in plano expressa.

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

Les Isles Britanniques : ou sont le Royaume d'Angleterre tire ́de Sped celuy d'Ecosse tire ́de Th. Pont et celuy d'Irlande tire de Petti, Le tout rectifie ́par diverses observations /

L'Amerique meridionale, dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences & quelques autres, & sur les memoires les plus recens.

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 observations

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

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

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

A map of the West-Indies or the islands of America in the North Sea; with ye adjacent countries; explaning [sic] what belongs to Spain, England, France, Holland &c. also ye trade winds, and ye several tracts made by ye galeons and flota from place to place. According to ye newest and most exact observations,

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

L'Amerique septentrionale. Dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences & quelques autres, & sur les memoires les plus recens.

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 memoires manuscrits de Mr. Petit ingenieur du Roy, et sur quelques observations.

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 belonging thereto /

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

A scheme of the Solar system with the orbits of the planets and comets belonging thereto /

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.

Africa : corrected from the observations of the Royal Society at London and Paris. /

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

A new and accurate map of New Jersey, Pensilvania, New York and New England, with the adjacent countries. Drawn from surveys, assisted by the most approved modern maps & charts and regulated by astronomical observations.

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

A new & accurate map of Persia, with the adjacent countries : drawn from the most approved modern maps &c, the whole being regulated by astronl. observations /

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

An accurate map of the West Indies. Drawn from the best authorities, assisted by the most approved modern maps and charts, and regulated by astronomical observations.

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 nouveaux mémoires et sur les derniers observations /

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

[Title page of Anthony Benezet, Observations on the Inslaving, importing and purchasing of Negroes; ... extracted from ... the Yearly-meeting of ... Quakers, 1760]

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

L'Amérique septentrionale. Dressée sur les observations de mrs. de l'Academie royale des sciences. & quelques autres, & sur les memoires les plus recens,

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

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships: The whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations.

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

A new and accurate map of the British dominions in America, according to the treaty of 1763; divided into the several provinces and jurisdiction, Projected upon the best authorities and astronomical observations.

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

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships: The whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations.

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

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships: The whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations.

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

Observations relative to the manufacture of paper and printed books in the Province of Pennysylvania. [Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Bell, 1773].

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 Experiments and observations on electricity]

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 provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships: The whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations.

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 parts of New England and Canada, composed from a great number of actual surveys; and other materials regulated by many new astronomical observations of the longitude as well as latitude;

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 provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships; the whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations. Tabula geographica cultis simam delineans Novæ Angliæ partem, provincias nempe Massachusets Bay et New Hampshire colonias porro Connecticut et Rhode Island

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 Majestys forces in 1775: From the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers; and from the plans of other gentlemen.

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 map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island divided into counties and townships, the w[h]ole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations. After the original by M. Le Rouge.

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 Majesty's forces in 1775, from the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers, and from those of other gentlemen.

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 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

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

Théatre de la guerre en Amerique, avec les Isles Antilles; projetté et assujettie aux observations,

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 assujetie aux derniers observations astronomiques /

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 Florida, South Carolina, West Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico, with part of the coast of South America: From the Bay of Honduras, to the mouth of the River Oronoko. From the latest and best authorities and actual observations.

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 with the most perfect respect, to the honorable congress of the United States of America, and to His Excell'cy George Washington, late commander in chief of their army /

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

This map of Kentucke, drawn from actual observations, is inscribed with the most perfect respect, to the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America; and to His Excellcy. George Washington, late Commander in Chief of their Army.

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

Meteorological observations, made at Springmill, 13 miles NNW. of Philadelphia, 40° 9 'N. Month of January, 1787.

Imprint 2.; Not in Evans. 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 147, Folder 2.

Bowles's new one-sheet map of Asia, divided into its empires, kingdoms, states, and other subdivisions : laid down from observations of the most celebrated geographers.

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 Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Declaration of the Reverend Mr. David Jones. To the Citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, the following observations are submitted by the subscriber [Charging that James Ross attorney having repobated the doctrine of original sin court conseque

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 "A Kings County farmer," containing some observations on my conduct, and slanderous accusation against the governor and council of appointment, I deem it necessary to state a f

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.

A new and accurate map of the country for twenty five miles round the University of Oxford : exhibiting all the direct and cross roads, the hills, vales, woods, rivers, canals, towns, villages, hamlets, parks, and seats of the nobility & gentry : from the latest surveys and observations /

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

[Cut] Pat's observations on Harrison's victory ... [Boston: Printed by Nathaniel Coverley, 1813].

Positive Photostat.; War of 1812 ballad.; Verse. 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 5 More

Carte de l'ile de Cuba : redigée sur les observations astronomiques des navigateurs Espagnols et sur celles de Mr. de Humboldt /

To the voters of the City of Washington: Fellow-citizens: Though one of the humblest of your number, I desire to address you a few observations upon the subject of the approaching election for the mayoralty ... One of the people. [Washington Jun

On verso: 44. 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 197, Folder 20.

Hydrographical basin of the upper Mississippi River from astronomical and barometrical observations, surveys, and information.

Map of the sources of Snake River : with its tributaries together with portions of the headwaters of the Madison and Yellowstone from surveys and observations of the Snake River Expedition /

Relief shown by form lines. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of Coahoma County in the state of Mississippi : taken from the original field notes, personal survey & actual observations /

Shows landownership. LC Land ownership maps, 386 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Civil service reform. Mr. Curtis's scheme considered.- Collegiate education as a test for office.- The Republican party opposed to Democrats for office- A reply to an article in Harper's weekly with some observations on the report of the Civil S

Civil service reform. 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 24.

Map of the sources of Snake River : with its tributaries together with portions of the headwaters of the Madison and Yellowstone from surveys and observations of the Snake River Expedition /

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Memorial Day observations at the cemetery in Bayard, Morrill County, Nebraska

summary: At the time of the photographs, the holiday is called Decoration Day and is listed as such by Butcher. original size: 6x8

Memorial Day observations at the cemetery in Bayard, Morrill County, Nebraska

summary: At the time of the photographs, the holiday is called Decoration Day and is listed as such by Butcher. original size: 6x8

Theodore Roosevelt - Observations / Bart., Political Cartoon

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt accompanied by another man, possibly John Muir, looking at mountain sheep through binoculars. A ram looks back at Roosevelt through a telescope. The she More

Receives National Geographic Society award. Washington, D.C., April 27. Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, senior scientist and second in command of the Byrd Antarctic expedition of 1933-35, was awarded a special cold medal of the National Geographic Society at a ceremony today at the society's headquarters in Washington. On the Byrd expedition, Dr. Poulter's scientific work included geophysical investigations, studies of ice conditions and movement, the making of magnetic soundings, and observations of meteors and auroral phenomena. In the photograph, left to right: Dr. John Oliver La Gorce, vice president of the National Geographic Society, Dr. Golbert Grosvenor, president of the society who presented the award, Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd

A group of men standing around each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Benning. Tank forces. A medium tank (M-3) partially screened by foliage near Fort Benning, Georgia. Trainees of the armored forces make observations from the turrets as part of the course from which they will graduate as smart and hardened soldiers

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. The Civil Aeronautics Communication station where observations and weather forecasts from all sections of the country are received and transmitted over land line teletype circuits

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Receiving weather observations from all parts of the country by pneumatic tube from the nearby communications stations

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Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Weather observations being analyzed by a district forecaster preparatory to issuing a weather forecast

Public domain scan of vintage 18th-century map, old atlas, navigation, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Receiving weather observations from all parts of the country by pnematic tube from the nearby communications station

Public domain photograph of organ, keyboard instrument, church, gothic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. The Civil Aeronautics Communication station where observations and weather forecasts from all sections of the country are received and transmitted over land line teletype circuits

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Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Weather observations being analyzed by a district forecaster preparatory to issuing a weather forecast

Public domain scan of vintage 18th-century map, old atlas, navigation, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

A new and accurate map of North America, laid down according to the latest, and most approved observations and discoveries.

Scale ca. 1:21,000,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. From Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure. Inset: Hudsons Bay [ca. 1:38,000,000] Accompanied by p. 113-120 of The U More

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships: The whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations.

Scale ca. 1:450,000. 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 map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships; the whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations. Tabula geographica cultissimam delineans Novæ Angliæ partem, provincias nempe Massachusets Bay et New Hampshire colonias porro Connecticut et Rhode Island

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 new general chart of the West Indies, from the latest marine journals and surveys; regulated and ascertained by astronomical observations. I, the subscriber, do certify that I have carefully examined this chart copied from a London publication agreeable to Act of Parliament and find it a true and accurate copy of the original.

Scale ca. 1:3,150,000. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Depths shown by soundings. Also shows Florida, portions of Mexico, Central America, and South America. Appears in John William's The American pilot ... 1 More

The journal of Andrew Ellicott : late commissioner on behalf of the United States during part of the year 1796, the years 1797, 1798, 1799, and part of the year 1800, for determining the boundary between the United States and the possessions of His Catholic Majesty in America, containing occasional remarks on the situation, soil, rivers, natural productions, and diseases of the different countries on the Ohio, Mississippi, and Golf of Mexico, with six maps comprehending the Ohio, the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, the whole of West Florida, and part of East Florida. To wich is added an appendix, containing all the astronomical observations made use of for determining the boundary ... likewise a great number of thermometrical observations ..

Sabin, 22216 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LAC tnb 2019-06-04 update (2 cards)