discovery and exploration

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

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

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

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

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-units 89 & 97, Jamestown, James Cit...

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Depart de Christophe Colomb / lith. de Turgis ; Casse freres a St. Gau...

Christopher Columbus and his crew leaving the port of Palos, Spain, for the New World; crowd of well wishers looks on. Title also in Spanish. No. 2.

Historical monument of our country / painted by I.M. Enzing-Miller ; e...

Print showing Columbus arriving in the new world, the Pilgrims, battle scenes, and a line of presidents beginning with George Washington. E2557 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in th... More

The English hero, or, Sir Francis Drake reviv'd. Being a full account ...

Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 45 Wing C7322. First published in 1687. "The work is based upon the Sir Francis Drake revived of 1653, with additional material."--H.P. Kraus. Sir Francis Drake; a pictorial b... More

Frank Slaven Roadhouse, Yukon River at Coal Creek, Circle, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: The Frank Slaven Roadhouse was built in about 1930 to take advantage of traffic along the Yukon River, as well as up Coal Creek, where there was an active mining district in the 1930s. Like many ... More

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

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Structure 110, Jamestown, James City Co...

Significance: Evidence suggests that this structure served as a brewhouse and apothecary between ca. 1623 when it was constructed until ca. 1650 when it was destroyed. The work building was constructed by eithe... More

Jacques Cartier, his first interview with the Indians at Hochelaga now...

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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

Columbus taking possession of the new country

Christopher Columbus kneeling, holding flag and sword with two other men holding flags. There are other men on land and in boats behind Columbus and three ships in background. On the island named San Salvador b... More

St. Christopher's Normal & Industrial Parish School, 900 Fifth Avenue,...

Significance: Architecture: This annex is an example of school architecture in the black community at the beginning of the 20th century. Extremely simple in design, it suggests that functionalism was used as a ... More

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 ...

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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 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

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 ...

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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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Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and ...

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Washington. Third state. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of the West Indies. LC copy sectioned and... More

Map of the territory west of the Rocky Mountains /

Relief shown by hachures. From: The Rocky Mountains; or, scenes, incidents, and adventures in the far west; digested from the journal of Captain B. L. E. Bonneville, of the Army of the United States, and illust... More

De Soto crossing the Sewassee fork / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

De Soto on horse falling from bridge, possibly in South Carolina. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, ... More

Popocatapetl [i.e., Popocatépetl] from the plaza, Amecameca

Photograph showing the plaza and cathedral at Amecameca, with Popocatépetl towering above.

In sight of the new world / engd. by John C. McRae.

Print showing Columbus standing among crew aboard ship with distant view of land on the horizon. A47235 U.S. Copyright Office.

Capt. Benard and crew on " Jacques Cartier"

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Discovery of the Mississippi River by De Soto, May 1541

Listed in Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a painting in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09874. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Maryland, 1634 - A black and white photo of a group of people

Composite of portraits of Henrietta Maria, Charles I, Cecil Calvert, George Calvert, view of landing of Father Andrew White and Leonard Calvert, and William Clayborne with Indians. H46570 U.S. Copyright Office.... More

Sketch map of part of Tibet showing the explorations and journeys of D...

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

The Gaumont Co. L'T'D. London presents the motion picture records of t...

Motion picture poster for "Capt. Scott and Animal Life in the Antarctic" showing view from an ice cave of a ship moored in the distance. From photo copyright 1912 by H.G. Pontiny, F.R.G.S.

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic terrors of the Weddell Sea.

Photograph shows crew member with dog team hitched together sitting among ice floe; in the far background the Endurace is stuck. No. 212296.

Chart to illustrate the paper on the drift of the "Endurance".

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

Mapa geográfico de la mayor parte de la América Meridional que contien...

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing to fold to 32 x 25 cm. LC copy accompanied by 8 manuscript texts: namely 2 reports by Requena with other members of the expeditio... More

Philip Henry Sheridan Papers: Military Papers, 1853-1887; Reports; 187...

Robertson's geographic-historical series illustrating the history of A...

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 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 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 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.

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 : wi...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-units 89 & 97, Jamestown, James Cit...

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Christopher Columbus: Discoverer of America 1492

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1177.

Cosmographiae introductio : cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae pr...

Designed to accompany Waldseemüller's globe and wall map of the world, on which the New World is called America. "America" is suggested as name for the New World on sig. C1 recto and C3 verso. Originally publi... More

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 ...

"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

Columbus taking possession of the new country

Christopher Columbus kneeling, holding flag and sword with two other men holding flags. There are other men on land and in boats behind Columbus and three ships in background. On the island named San Salvador b... More

82 ̊N. Lat., gelatin silver print

May form part of E. Alexander Powell collection. Photographed off the coast of Franz Josef Archipelago, Soviet Union during failed Ziegler expedition to the North Pole.

Wickersham House, Alaskaland, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough,...

Survey number: HABS AK-132 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79003757

Wickersham House, Alaskaland, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough,...

Survey number: HABS AK-132 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79003757

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...

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...

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

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 ...

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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...

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...

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...

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

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 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 ...

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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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Amerigo Vespucci, 1451-1512, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing right. Reproduction of anonymous painting. "Ed. Alinari. Firenze - R. Galleria Uffizi. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions.

[Mapa del Golfo y costa de la Nueva España : desde el Río de Panuco ha...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the coast from the vicinity of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina of the United States, location of Indian settlements, and lakes and rivers in the region to the Pánuco River ... More

Wie die Franzosen ein gelegen Ort eine Festung zu bauwen erwehlet

French begin to construct fort at the mouth of the River of May (St. John's) in Florida.

[Map of California shown as an island].

Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

La Floride / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the coastline from Secotan in Virginia to Planuco in Mexico; the interior is shown to 40 degrees of latitude north and includes lakes and rivers in the region. Prime meridian: [F... More

Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississippi ...

2nd State. [Blueprint is 3rd State] Colonial America. See English translation in Senex's New General Atlas, 1721, dedicated to Wm. Law. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.... More

[Entrée de Espagnols dans la Province de Chicaça]

Entry of the Spanish into the Province of Chicaça. Illus. in: Histoire de la conquete de la Floride ... / par Ferdinand de Soto; Composée en Espagnol par L'Inca Garcillasso de la Vega. Tome second. Aleide : Pie... More

Carte du Missouri : levee ou rectifiée dans toute son etendue /

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Columbus / painted by J.M.W. Turner R.A. ; engraved for the Eclectic M...

Print shows an anxious Christopher Columbus standing on the deck of his ship at night, under a crescent moon, searching the horizon for any sign of land. There appear to be two figures in the dark clouds direct... More

Theodor de Bry - [Trophies and ceremonies after a victory]

Natives gathered at designated place to celebrate victory over their enemies, with Chief Holata Outina standing in foreground with French soldiers. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇... More