early america

Theodor de Bry - [How they catch fish]

Native men and women in a dugout canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden ... More

[Killing alligators]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Natives attack and kill alligators by ramming a pole down it's throat, turning it over, beating it with clubs, and shooting it with arrows. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gall... More

Johannes Staden being kept prisoner on San Maro by Indians

Who are fighting other Indians. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[4 illus. of Indians: warrior in armor; woman grinding maize; woman we...

Illus. in: Samuel Champlain, Voyages et Descouvertes..., 1619, fol. 87 verso. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians Misc.... More

Ancient Church. Jamestown 1864 - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-45. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.810) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Christopher Columbus, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

41955 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by G. Barrie & Sons. Watercolor facsimile after the painting by an unknown artist, in the Museo Naval at Madrid. No digital image for LC-USZ62-20219 (4/02)

Christopher Columbus, 1492-1892, engraving, Library of Congress

X25643 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Girsch & Roehsler.

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

Christopher Columbus / - movie film screenshot

Reenacts scenes from the life of Christopher Columbus, including the discovery of America. French title and director from BFI film & TV database, Nov. 7, 2006. Incomplete: missing part of picture at end. Digita... More

Shafter Bridge, Spanning Lagunitas Creek on Sir Francis Drake Boulevar...

Significance: Associated with work of John C. Oglesby, an important and long-time County Surveyor, City Engineer, and private surveyor responsible for many of the bridges extant in Marin County. Only open span... 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

Jamestown Island Loop Road, Jamestown Island, Jamestown, James City Co...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-72 (Jamestown Island) Significance: Completed in 1957, the Jamestown island loop road was the last road-building contract associated with the completion of the Col... More

The world encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, being his next voyage to t...

Compiled by Francis Drake, nephew of the Admiral. STC, 7161 Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 42 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Theodor de Bry - [The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia]

Map showing the coast of Virginia with many islands just off the mainland, two Native territories, Secotan and Weapemeoc, and the Native community of Roanoak on an island at the mouth of a river. Illus. in: Wun... More

[An old man in his winter clothes] / T.B.

An aged Native man from Pomeiock, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing winter garment; landscape scene with village in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Geleg... More

[Indian seated in hut] - Public domain book illustration

Illus. in: America. Edited by Theodor de Bry. Franckfort am Mayn : Gedruckt bey J. Wechel, in Verlegung d. Bry, 1590, plate 21.

[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Ind...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 56. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Johannes Staden goes to war with the Indians

Indians cooking, eating, relaxing, etc. Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, part 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 52. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Captio... More

[Florida Indians, disguised under deerskins, hunting deer]

Native men wearing deerskins while hunting deer. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Map of Virginia] / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captain John Smi...

1606 map of Virginia as described by John Smith showing the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, other geographic features, and a vignette of the Native leader, Powhatan, in council. Illus. in: The generall historie ... More

The Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on ...

Chief Athore with René Laudonnière, commander of the second French expedition to Florida, standing by column erected by Jean Ribaut during first expedition, showing Natives worshiping the column and many offeri... More

[Design drawing for stained glass memorial window "Jamestown" showing ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christopher Columbus. Discoverer of America, engraving, Library of Con...

Christopher Columbus, head-and-shoulders portrait, and crossed flags, composed of 41,819 letters representing the biography of Columbus. 46092 U.S. Copyright Office.

The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--Imre Kiralfy's Columbus ...

Poster showing dancers before the Moorish king in the Alhambra. Copyright by Imre Kiralfy.

Christopher Columbus march song, American march music

[Florida Indians planting seeds of beans or maize]

Timucua men cultivating a field and Timucua women planting corn or beans. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Renato de Laudōn... More

[Christopher Columbus] - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

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

Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, war, 17th, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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

Shafter Bridge, Spanning Lagunitas Creek on Sir Francis Drake Boulevar...

Significance: Associated with work of John C. Oglesby, an important and long-time County Surveyor, City Engineer, and private surveyor responsible for many of the bridges extant in Marin County. Only open span... More

[Sir Antonio Moro's portrait of Christopher Columbus]

X12923 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Dawson. Title written in pencil.

Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...

Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More

Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]

An Algonquian burial house showing bodies on a raised platform and a priest squatting by a fire beneath the platform. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wi... More

[A noblewoman of Pomeiock] / T.B., engraving, Library of Congress

Native woman of Pomeiock carrying a clay vessel, and her daughter holding a doll and a rattle.

[The queen-elect is brought to the king]

Native men carrying the queen seated on a throne supported by a litter; trumpeters lead the procession which is followed by young women carrying baskets of fruit and by a contingent of bodyguards. Illus. in: Br... More

Battle between Portuguese and Indians and Garasu near the harbor of Ma...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, p. 5. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Ind...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 70. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The women and children [nude Indians] eat the intestines of the killed...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 87. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Jacques Cartier Square, Montreal

Public domain photograph - historical image of Quebec, Canada, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Henry Hudson The celebrated and unfortunate navigator, abandoned by hi...

Print shows Henry Hudson, his son John, and seven crew members adrift in a small boat after the mutiny of the crew of the Discovery, which is sailing away in the Hudson Bay. Library of Congress copy is trimmed... More

The world encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, being his next voyage to t...

Compiled by Francis Drake, nephew of the Admiral. STC, 7161 Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 42 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Friends' Burial Ground, Eldred & Beacon Avenues, Jamestown, Newport Co...

Significance: Route 138 (Eldred Avenue) is the northern boundary of the Windmill Hill National Register Historic District, with the exception of the Friends' Burial Ground, which lies to the north of Eldred Ave... More

Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...

Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More

Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...

Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More

Theodor de Bry - [How they cook their fish] / T.B.

Native men cooking fish on a wooden frame over a fire. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... / Erstlich in engelländischer Sprach besch... More

[Sir Henry Hudson entering New York Bay, September 11, 1609, with Indi...

Reproduction of painting by Edward Moran. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Church at Jamestown, Virginia view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1902 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Old Church at Jamestown. Caption on similar image (LC-D4-14191) lists title as: Old Church, Jamestown, Va. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53851"... More

"This landing at Jamestown possesses a peculiar significance" - Pres. ...

H94887 Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. No. 18004. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pocahantas statue, Jamestown Island, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a monument or sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Landing of Christopher Columbus in America, at San Salvador, October 1...

A2984 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Leonhardt.

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

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

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

The world encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, being his next voyage to t...

Compiled by Francis Drake, nephew of the Admiral. STC, 7161 Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 42 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

[Christopher Columbus, bust portrait, facing right, in medallion]

11060 U.S. Copyright Office. Library has four (4) impressions. No. 1 is a remarque proof before letters, with two remarques printed below image. In the image on the left, Columbus appears to be demonstrating t... More

Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...

Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More

Johannes Lerii's account of Indians persecuted by demons whom they cal...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 215. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Indians greeting Francis Drake]

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Capt. Benard and crew on " Jacques Cartier"

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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.

Christopher Columbus: Discoverer of America 1492

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

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

Jamestown Island Loop Road, Jamestown Island, Jamestown, James City Co...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-72 (Jamestown Island) Significance: Completed in 1957, the Jamestown island loop road was the last road-building contract associated with the completion of the Col... More

Jamestown Island Loop Road, Jamestown Island, Jamestown, James City Co...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-72 (Jamestown Island) Significance: Completed in 1957, the Jamestown island loop road was the last road-building contract associated with the completion of the Col... More

Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...

Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More

Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...

Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More

Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...

Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More

Christopher Columbus - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait, bust, 3/4 facing right. Engraving by John Sartain from the original portrait presented to William A. Bryan, Esq., of Virginia by H.M. the late Queen Sophia of Holland. This record contains unverified,... More

[Exercises of youth]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Renato de Laudōniere ... anno MDLXIIII. Qvae est secvnda pars Americae ... / Auctore Iac... More

Ceremonies used when killing enemies and eating these. Methods of kill...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 83. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[How the Natives collect gold in the streams]

Native men using hollow rods which they drive into the sandy bottom of streams to collect gold and other metals. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in... More

Henry Hudson descending the Hudson River

Illustration shows Henry Hudson and his companions trading with Indians on the shore; in background, Hudson's ship and a canoe. Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 10 (1856 April 12), p. 233. Reference copy avai... More

[Bank note vignettes showing explorers including Christopher Columbus(...

In album: Engravings of the American Banknote Company ... p. 86. Public domain photograph of electric industrial equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christopher Columbus statue and fountain outside the entrance to the U...

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

Statue of Christopher Columbus in Marconi Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylv...

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

Christopher Columbus fountain at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

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

One of three tall-masted ships-replicas of the three English ships tha...

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

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

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

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

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

Jamestown Island Loop Road, Jamestown Island, Jamestown, James City Co...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-72 (Jamestown Island) Significance: Completed in 1957, the Jamestown island loop road was the last road-building contract associated with the completion of the Col... More

Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...

Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More

Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...

Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More

Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...

Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More

Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...

Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More

Theodor de Bry - [A weroans, or chieftain, of Virginia]

Full-length, front and back portraits of a Native chief in Virginia, with bow and arrow; hunting scene in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten de... More

[Columbus landing on Hispaniola, Dec. 6, 1492; greeted by Arawak India...

Engraving by DeBry. Illus. in: DeBry, America, pt. 4, plate IX. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RBD?; Columbus; Indians; Haiti.

[A method of hunting deer in the Northeast]

Natives using devices for making noise to drive deer and other game towards a fenced area. Illus. in: Les voyages dv sievr de Champlain Xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy, en la marine [...] / Samuel... More