exploration

U.S.S. Polaris, equipped for arctic exploration

Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Bd. on artic exploration, 12/4/23

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

Chile Exploration Co., Chuquicamata, Chile, S.A.

Forms part of John J. Pershing collection. On front: "Photographic Division, P-128. April 12, 1925, D.R.R." Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (John J. Pershing papers); 1953.

Birthday letter to Chuck Berry - Public domain document scan

Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan wish Chuck Berry a happy 60th birthday. They note that his music "will live forever" because his performance of "Johnny B. Goode" are included on the Voyager interstellar records attac... More

Daniel Boone - Print, Library of Congress collection

7761 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Juehne.

Venus surface temperatures : draft : notebook

Handwritten draft of a paper on the surface temperatures of Venus written in a notebook. Three primary sections focus on heat conduction in a semi infinite solid, the thermal properties of matter, and plane ele... More

Titan Master : book I - Public domain document scan

Public domain image related to Carl Sagan, science, astronomy, physics, astrophysics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ville de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. 63me conférence de la bibliothèque pop...

Text-only broadside announcing Gaston Tissandier's lecture on his exploration of the atmosphere by balloon, held April 13, 1881, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, as part of a library program. Tissandier collection.

Store dummy displaying Daniel Boone hat, fur trimming detachable, suit...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

BP Exploration Building, Seward Highway & Benson Boulevard, Anchorage,...

Survey number: HABS AK-178 Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In praise of Arthur C. Clarke : revised draft of essay

Carl Sagan reflects on Arthur C. Clarke's impact on the world, discussing his contributions to the development of communications satellites and the film, 2001; a space odyssey, based on the screenplay by Clarke... More

Ruffner Cabin, Daniel Boone Park, U.S. Route 60, Charleston, Kanawha C...

Significance: The structure is reputed to have been built in 1803 as a dwelling for Joseph Ruffner and to have been altered and elaborated into a clapboarded house in 1827 for Joel Ruffner. The property was ca... More

Some points on the origin of life: draft : notebook

Handwritten draft of a paper on the origin of life in the universe. Written in a notebook it also includes a set of lose notes and graph paper. It includes consideration of the formation of the galaxy, the orig... More

Astronomy 170, Harvard University : lecture notes

A set of lecture notes for Astronomy 170, a planetary science course Carl Sagan taught at Harvard University. His lecture notes touch on a range of issues in the study of the planets including, possibilities of... More

Daniel Boone & his friends rescuing his daughter Jemina

Science and research. Mineral prospecting. Speed in metallurgical anal...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

In praise of Arthur C. Clarke : initial draft of essay

Carl Sagan reflects on Arthur C. Clarke's impact on the world, discussing his contributions to the development of communications satellites and the film, 2001; a space odyssey, based on the screenplay by Clarke... More

Letter to Alan Lomax Regarding the Voyager Golden Record

Carl Sagan thanks Alan Lomax for agreeing to contribute his expertise in ethnomusicology to the help make final musical selections for the Voyager Golden Record. Voyager Golden Records are phonograph records wh... More

Daniel Boone protects his family

Print showing Daniel Boone fighting with a Native, as his wife cowers over their son on the left. E9763 U.S. Copyright Office. Entd. accordg. to act of Congs. in the year 1874 by H. Schile in the Office of the... 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

Map of the all American Route showing proposed railroad and U.S. Gover...

Map of central Alaska showing relief by hachures and spot heights, drainage, glaciers, cities and towns, international boundary, trails and the proposed railroad. Copyrighted Feb. 1899. Scale 1:1,200,000. Bluep... More

Sir Ernest Shackleton and wife - Public domain photograph, glass negat...

A man and a woman standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

So. Polar Expedition - Capt. Scott and his exploration ship: TERRA NOV...

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

The First voyage - Print, Library of Congress collection

Christopher Columbus bidding farewell to the Queen of Spain on his departure for the New World, August 3, 1492. 40795Y U.S. Copyright Office.

Martian water : student paper draft

A student paper by David Morrison focused on determining the quantity of free water on Mars.

Columbus and the discovery of America

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

Gunpowder for sale here / Oliver J. Stuart, N.Y.

Broadsheet advertisement for the Laflin Powder Company, Saugerties, New York, manufacturers of gunpowder, with "Offices [at] 29 Water St. cor. of Olive St. St. Louis Mo. and 79 South Water St. Chicago, Ill." sh... More

Lieut. E.H. Shackleton Cigarette Card

Cigarette card for American Tobacco Company's Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes shows portrait of Ernest Shackleton in parka in front of frozen landscape. Issued by: American Tobacco Company.

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

Daniel Boone : from the original painting by Chappel in the possession...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Artic Exploration Bd., 12/4/23 - Public domain photograph

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

Fairbanks Exploration Company, Goldstream Dredge No. 8, Fox, Fairbanks...

Survey number: HABS AK-137 Public domain photograph of quarry, mining industry, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - 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

The prospects for life on Mars: A post Mariner 9 assessment : draft

In this paper, Sagan reflects on the prospect of finding life on Mars in the wake of the Mariner 9 NASA mission. It reviews historical ideas of evidence for life on Mars and offers suggestions for what future m... More

Titan Master : book I - Public domain document scan

Public domain image related to Carl Sagan, science, astronomy, physics, astrophysics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hero's funeral. Funeral rites for Maj. General Adolphus Washington Gre...

A group of horses pulling a carriage down a street. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Titan Master : book I - Public domain document scan

Public domain image related to Carl Sagan, science, astronomy, physics, astrophysics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. The War Emergency Board of the fur industry formed...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Public domain reproduction of art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - 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

For future time and beings : draft essay

A draft of the essay Carl Sagan contributed to the book Murmurs of Earth : the Voyager interstellar record published in 1978. In the essay, Sagan describes the goals of the Voyager Golden Records. Voyager Gold... More

Titan Master : book I - Public domain document scan

Public domain image related to Carl Sagan, science, astronomy, physics, astrophysics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Dutch ships anchored in harbor of Helena Island in Arctic during Will...

Engraving by Raygnald Elftrake. Illus. in: Linschoten, 1598, p. 172-73. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Neth. Hist. 159-; Arctic Expl.; Geogr.; Publ. Ind.

Daniel Boone - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait, bust 3/4 facing left. Engraving by J.B. Longacre after painting by C. Harding. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Copyright by J.B. Longacre.

Daniel Boone - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows Daniel Boone in a stock heroic pose preventing an Indian holding a hatchet from harming a woman and baby, while a dog bares his teeth. 9763 US Copyright office

DANIEL BOONE GROUP - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

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

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic ocean camp.

Photograph shows Sir Ernest Shackleton, standing in foreground with friend, and crew members at campsite on Elephant Island. No. 212292.

E. Johnson, Sir. J. & Lady Eaton, Sir E. Shackleton

Photograph shows Edward Johnson, Lady Eaton (Flora McCrea Eaton), Sir John Eaton, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, aboard the Aquitania, March 1921. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by ... More

Daniel Boone come to life. Washington, D.C., July 31. George S. Stirl ...

An old black and white photo of a native woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Daniel Boon [sic] from a picture by J.W. Berry painted for James Hall ...

Print shows Daniel Boone, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing coat with fur collar, with handle of knife showing on the right. May have been painted by James W. Berry, 1805-1877. (DLC/PP-1998:151... More

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic on Elephant Island where Sir ...

Photograph shows Sir Ernest Shackleton with crew members at campsite on iceberg. No. 212288.

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic ocean camp.

Photograph shows Sir Ernest Shackleton, seated on right, and Mr. Frank Wild, skinning a fish, sitting in front of tent next to camp stove. No. 215207.

Fairbanks Exploration Company, Goldstream Dredge No. 8, Bunkhouse, Fox...

Survey number: HABS AK-137-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Venus surface temperatures : draft : notebook

Handwritten draft of a paper on the surface temperatures of Venus written in a notebook. Three primary sections focus on heat conduction in a semi infinite solid, the thermal properties of matter, and plane ele... More

Viking Lander images of the surface of Mars

Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Astronomy 170, Harvard University : lecture notes

A set of lecture notes for Astronomy 170, a planetary science course Carl Sagan taught at Harvard University. His lecture notes touch on a range of issues in the study of the planets including, possibilities of... More

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic Sir Ernest Shackleton to the ...

Photograph shows crew members pushing smaller boat into the ocean; three crew members on board steer with long handle oars. No. 212302.

Advocating science and hope : draft essay

A draft of an essay written for the Washington Post Book World. The final version was titled "With science on our side." In the essay, Sagan traces his desire to become a scientist back to elementary school, n... More

Outline for a project studying Mars

A short outline of a project exploring surface temperatures, the polar ice caps, and the atmosphere of Mars that David Morrison created while a graduate student at Harvard University.

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

Astronomy 170, Harvard University : lecture notes

A set of lecture notes for Astronomy 170, a planetary science course Carl Sagan taught at Harvard University. His lecture notes touch on a range of issues in the study of the planets including, possibilities of... More

DANIEL BOONE GROUP - Public domain portrait photograph

A group of people standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active dates of... More

A.R.C. in North Russia. Winter quarters in North Russia. A bunk house ...

Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Personnel, Russia. Data: Syracuse Post Standard. 1919. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the America... More

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjac...

Reprint of original edition, including t.-p. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjac...

Reprint of original edition, including t.-p. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjac...

Reprint of original edition, including t.-p. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjac...

Reprint of original edition, including t.-p. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjac...

Reprint of original edition, including t.-p. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjac...

Reprint of original edition, including t.-p. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjac...

Reprint of original edition, including t.-p. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjac...

Reprint of original edition, including t.-p. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjac...

Reprint of original edition, including t.-p. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjac...

Reprint of original edition, including t.-p. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Divers voyages touching the discovery of America and the islands adjac...

Reprint of original edition, including t.-p. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More

Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space : second draft

The second of twenty full drafts of Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space, published in 1994. Sagan discusses the history of astronomy and considers the future of humanity in space, arguing that... More