[Map of northern coast of S. America, showing mouths of Amazon and Ori...
Illus. in: Reys-Boeck van het rijcke, Brasilien (Dordrecht?,1624). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, and subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Maps; South America; Snakes; Braz... More
Jean Boisseau - Africae nova tabula / Historic map, Library of Congres...
Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes watermark. Acquisitions control no. 6-85
[Map of the Caribbean in French; 1686]
Engraving by Alexander Olivier Exquemelin. Illus. in: Histoire des Avanturiers, 1686, vol. 1, map at beginning of Chapter 1. Reference copy may be in LOT 4410 A. This record contains unverified, old data from c... More
Europe. Historic map, Library of Congress
"Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhil, & Robt. Sayer in Fleetstreet." Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
A map of Asia : with its principal divisions /
Relief shown pictorially. "Longitude East from Ferro I." Includes table: Methodical divisions of Asia. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Capt. Avery and his crew taking one of the Great Mogul's ships
Capt. Avery standing, holding sword; battle between 2 ships in background. Engraving by W. Pritchard after William Telt. Illus. in: Charles Johnson, History of Most Famous Highway Men, 1734. Reference copy may ... More
A plan of the harbour and town of Louisbourg in the Island of Cape Bre...
Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper right. Appears in An authentic account of the reduction of Louisbourg, in June and July 1758. London : W. Owen, 1758. LC Maps and charts of North Ameri... More
A View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen's Land / Webber del. ; Cook ...
Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Liberty triumphant; or the downfall of oppression
Political cartoon shows New England colonists' response to the British Tea Tax, enacted by Lord North's ministry in 1773, superimposed over a map of the Northern and Middle British Colonies. Probably published... More
Die Einwohner von Boston wersen den englisch-ostindischen Thee ins Mee...
Print shows citizens of Boston, disguised as Indians, boarding ships in Boston Harbor and throwing chests of tea overboard, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 74. [Plate]... More
Descripción de la costa de sotavento de Veracruz desde la punta de Moc...
Shows Antón Lizardo region. Depths shown by soundings. Watermarks: J. Kool; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Watermark dated as 1792. Pen-and-ink. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 533 Available als... More
The attack of the Mexicans from the chapperal, on the first division o...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony & Major.
A map of the Hawaiian Islands. - Public domain old map
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Includes view of Lahainaluna. LC copy is only two panels of a larger map.
The little magician's sleight of hand performance. An absquabulating s...
Again the theme of corruption in the Van Buren administration, here centering on the President's "Sub-Treasury" or independent treasury program, passed by Congress in July 1840. A large frigate "United States,... More
The African crocodile hunters - Drawing. Public domain image.
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Dubourg.
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. Columbiad [cannon] pointing to city...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Plan of the attack on Ft. Sumter, April 6th, 1863.
Map shows a regional view of Charleston Harbor including Confederate fortifications and Union naval vessels. This April 1863 atttack by Union ironclads was unsuccessful. Color coding indicates the location of U... More
Views at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, May, 1864
No. 1277. Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Views at Belle Plain Landing, Va., May, 1864. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Scene on a New York dock--Stevedores unloading a ship / drawn by I.P. ...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 21, no. 1072 (1877 July 14), p. 540.
[Lifeboat moving with oars] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.
At Şile. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 39. No. 641. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms pa... More
U.S.S. Castine, ship's company - Public domain portrait photograph
Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S.S. San Francisco, Sunday morning inspection
Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General plan showing location of ship canal from Atlantic to Pacific /...
Includes profile of purposed canal area. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
The Viking ship - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Date and locale based on negative D4-21179. "14" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021182. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
U.S.S. New York, marine guard - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S.S. New York, group of sailors
Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hermione - Public domain image of steamship
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
[Boat races]: Group of five yachts
Photoprint copyrighted by C.E. Bolles. No. 662. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Races; Yachts.
[Sailors dancing with each other aboard USS OLYMPIA]
Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala
Public domain photograph related to Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Marines, U.S.S. New York - Public domain portrait photograph
Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Boats returning to the ship, Hampton Roads
Possibly United States Navy or Marine Corps. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0815. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of shipyard, ship dock, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
River at new Chwang, important strategic port and junction of Chinese ...
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WORLD'S WORK MAGAZINE - Public domain photograph
A black and white drawing of a group of men on a boat, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active ... More
[U.S. fleet off of coast of Panama]
Stamped on front: "Canal Zone Library." No. P196. Title devised by cataloger. Transfer; LC Hispanic Division (Panama Canal Commission (Canal Zone Library - Museum Collection)); August 9, 1983; DLC/PP-1983:212.
A summer conference at Oyster Bay / Keppler.
Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt speaking at a meeting of the "Inter-State Weather Commission" and the "North, East, West, [and] South" winds, "Rain", two ghouls labeled "Low Pressure" and "High Pressure",... More
A fleet of Arab sailing boats on the Nile, Cairo, Egypt
H108007 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1115. Copyrighted 1908 by H. C. White Co.
Half Moon re-entered Hudson River after an absence of 300 years
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
TEXAS - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
British battleship towing destroyer
Photograph shows the British battleship HMS Royal Oak, towing a topedo boat destroyer during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and the Imperial War Museums website: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/... More
Mudros, Lemnos -- French embarking for Dardanelles
Photograph shows activities of French forces at Mudros (Moudros), Lemnos, Greece during the Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey during World War I. (Source: LOT 11176).
Goose Creek, Texas oil field, Panoramic Photograph
J223051 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; F. J. Schlueter; 1917. Copyright claimant's address: Houston, Tex. No. 119.
Atlantic City Carnival of 1922 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...
Public domain image of carnival, parade, celebration, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. Eric Matson public domain photograph co...
Photo shows the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arriving at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936. Title from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1936-1939]. D... More
Soldiers going up the Matanakau River [e.g. Mataniko River] - Guadalca...
Another sketch of this scene: DRWG/US - Brodie, no. 46 (A size). Signed lower right: Sgt. Howard Brodie '43 Guadalcanal. Gift, Sgt. Howard J. Brodie, 1944; (DLC/PP-1944:114).
Mark 4:1-9. Because of the pressure of the multitude, Jesus seateth hi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Union Station train terminal, looking past a statue and fountain dedic...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Le Capne. Aubert, Comt. le Jean Baptte de Caen, sauvant l'equipage de ...
"Captain Aubert, Comt. le Jean Baptte de Caen," saving the crew of the American brig "Lydia." .
The naval engagement between the Merrimac and the Monitor at Hampton R...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse (E.) & Co.
U.S.S. Texas, ship's company, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit P...
Negatives are close variants. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "Hart" and "310" on A negative; "Hart," "310," "881," and "dup" on B negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021005. Gift; State Historical ... More
Americae nona & postrema pars. Qva de ratione elementorvm: de Novi Orb...
Pts. 2, 3, and illus. have also special title pages. The 1st pt., De Novi Orbis natura, is by José de Acosta. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 168. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no... More
Americae nona & postrema pars. Qva de ratione elementorvm: de Novi Orb...
Pts. 2, 3, and illus. have also special title pages. The 1st pt., De Novi Orbis natura, is by José de Acosta. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 168. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no... More
Americae nona & postrema pars. Qva de ratione elementorvm: de Novi Orb...
Pts. 2, 3, and illus. have also special title pages. The 1st pt., De Novi Orbis natura, is by José de Acosta. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 168. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no... More
Columbus reception by the King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain a...
Columbus kneeling before the king and queen, Indians, and other people.
The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart
Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
This perspective view of the harbour, with the land to the west, the M...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Canot.
Pilot Schooner "Alabama", Moored in harbor at Vineyard Haven, Vineyard...
Significance: ALABAMA was designed by Thomas F. McManus, a noted fishing schooner and yacht designer from Boston, Massachusetts. She was built during the final throes of the age of commercial sailing vessels i... More
Admiral Farragut's fleet engaging the rebel batteries at Port Hudson, ...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0057
Yale - Harvard boat race, 1905, Panoramic Photograph
H83536 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; N. W. Penfield; October 6, 1906.
Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...
Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Title appears in revers... More
Retour de Christophe Colomb / lith. de Turgis.
Christopher Columbus being greeted by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella on his return to Spain. Title also in Spanish.
Columbus at the court of Barcelona
Christopher Columbus standing before the King and Queen of Spain, with Indians from the New World, Feb. 1493. [4]0794Y U.S. Copyright Office.
Civitates orbis terrarvm. Historic map, Library of Congress
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Civitates orbis terrarvm. Historic map, Library of Congress
Public domain image of a historic building, 15th-16th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Civitates orbis terrarvm. Historic map, Library of Congress
"Civitates Orbis Terrarum", Latin for "Cities of the World." - 1572 atlas by Abraham Ortelius, the first modern atlas. Cartography, geography.
Civitates orbis terrarvm. Historic map, Library of Congress
"Civitates Orbis Terrarum", Latin for "Cities of the World." - 1572 atlas by Abraham Ortelius, the first modern atlas. Cartography, geography.
Civitates orbis terrarvm. Historic map, Library of Congress
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
U.S.S. Buffalo, ship's company - Public domain portrait photograph
Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Plantas das fortalezas, pagodes & ca. da ilha de Ceilão.
Public domain image of a historic building, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[The return of Columbus in chains to Cadiz]
Engraving by Stephen Alonzo Schoff after the painting (1842) by Emanuel Leutze. Information on title and artist provided by researcher, 10/24/2007.
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
Federal Vessels Driving Back the Iron-Plated Rebel Steamer Yorktown, w...
Published engraving based upon DRWG/US - Balling, no. 1 (A size). Attributed to Balling in New York Illustrated News caption. Title printed below image. Initials T.N. engraved lower right of image indicate that... More
Pittsburg Pirates, champions National League, 1909 / Rudolph '09.
Composite photo and drawing with heads of Pittsburg Pirate baseball team members as pirates arranged on a pirate ship; each player/pirate is identified by last name and position played. 132847 U.S. Copyright Of... More
Yŏji yoram. Historic map, Library of Congress
Romanized. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Form AACR2: ga37 2010-12--22 天下地圖 -- 中國地圖 -- 朝鮮八道圖 -- 京畿道 -- 忠清道 -- 全羅道 -- 慶尚道 -- 江原道 -- 咸鏡道 -- 平安道 -- 黄海道 -- 日本國圖 -- 琉球國圖.
Second days action at Hatteras inlet
Broadside views of ships bombarding Fort Hatteras. Signed lower right: Alf.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed above image: No top gallant masts up; Susquehannah; Cumberland; [Adnatie]; Minnesota; Wa... More
Ripraps. [and] Hampton Roads - Public domain drawing
Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Sewells pt. Formerly Waud no. C-125. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1052) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
A map of eastern equatorial Africa /
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
Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula /
Dated 1606 in statement of dedication. Relief shown pictorially. Described in: The mapping of the world / Rodney W. Shirley. London : Holland Press, 1983. No. 255, state 2. Includes ill. and 2 insets. Available... More
Norwich Line, between New York, Boston and Worcester, via New York and...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Parsons, C. R.
Capture of New Orleans - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congre...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Prang (L.) & Co.
Boston lightship, Boston, Massachusetts.
Photograph of Boston No. 54 lightship. H72366 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 022216. Photograph copyrighted by the Detroit Publishing Co.
Great naval victory in Mobile Bay, Aug. 5th 1864
Print shows battle between Union monitors and sloops against Confederate ships and ram CSS Tennessee in Mobile Bay with Fort Morgan in the distance. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Rese... More
Bankoku nyūsen sugoroku, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Japanese print showing a sailing ship with an American flag in a harbor; illustrated sheet from Sugoroku game, which is similar to backgammon. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of pri... More
Das vierdte Buch von der Neuwen Welt. Oder Neuwe vnd gründtliche Hist...
Imprint from colophon. Translation of the 1st book of Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo. Second ed., 1st issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 184. With slip bearing German title on t.p. f... More
Das vierdte Buch von der Neuwen Welt. Oder Neuwe vnd gründtliche Hist...
Imprint from colophon. Translation of the 1st book of Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo. Second ed., 1st issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 184. With slip bearing German title on t.p. f... More
[Quanzhou Fu yu di tu shuo]. - Public domain dedication image
Covers land and territory in Quanzhou Prefecture. Shows cities, towns, and military posts in Quanzhou fu. Title supplied. Previous supplied title: Quanzhou fu tu shuo. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also... More
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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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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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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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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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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[Dutch soldiers battling natives at Strait of Magellan. Chile. ca. 160...
Illus. in: Theodore De Bry, America, Pt. 9, Frankfurt, 1601, plate VII. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Water; Publ. Ind.; Warfare, Naval; Port. Hist.; Neth. ... More
Johann Baptist Homann - Imperium Romano-Germanicum. Historic map, Libr...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
[Map showing Trinidad Island and adjacent coast of Venezuela].
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Watermark: PVL [Pieter van Ley] in 1 character. Black, red, and yellow inks. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 808 Available also through the... More