geography

[Saint Brendan, 484-577, figurative map of St. Brendan's legendary voy...

Repr. of engraving. Illus. in: Plautius, Caspar. Nova Typis ...1621, p. 13. Reference copy may be in LOT 4409A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Legends; Brend... More

Carte de la Florida, de la Louisiane, et pays voisins : pour servir à ...

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Seconds voyageurs aëriens, ou expérience de MM. Charles et Robert fait...

Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight; inset map shows locati... More

Geographical conversation cards : [states of the United States] /

Each playing card has a map of 1 state or territory of the U.S. Title from printed label affixed to box. Pack complete in 30 playing cards. Incomplete: 28 playing cards and 24 question-and-answer cards as of Ma... 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

[Map of Straits of Magellan, showing Patagonian Indians greeting Dutch...

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[Engraved frontis. illus. to each of four volumes of Swift, Voyages de...

Illus. in: Swift, Voyages de Gulliver, Paris, 1795. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - SWIFT, JONATHAN. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Books, B.I.

Dial Rock, Red Buttes, Laramie Plains (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows a man sitting on the ground next to Dial Rock, weathered rock formations in the Laramie Basin, Wyoming. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographica... More

Cross-bedded sandstone, Kanab, Utah., 19th century Utah stereoscope ca...

Original negative number: 91. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of: ... More

The bath, Kanab Wash. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Original negative number: 54. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of: ... More

Fish Lake Beach, Utah., 19th century Utah stereoscope card.

Original negative number: 99. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of: ... More

Sevier river at Gunnison. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpap...

Original negative number: 14. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of: ... More

The Hindu Kush and passes between the Kabul and Oxus.

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Published for the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society..." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The Hanlons, Le voyage en Suisse

Caption: The railroad disaster : where no one is hurt it's only done for fun. Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New York." Elmer & Thall, owners & managers. N.Y. no. 9049. F... More

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. ANNIVERSARY OF BELL TELEPHONE. FRONT: T...

A group of men standing on the steps of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 19... More

Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas - 4e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale

Title framed by vines with geographical names; coat of arms on top; weapons and helmet on bottom; scene of battle on top. The 4th National Defense Loan realized 22 million francs. Translation of title: Banque ... More

WPA workers protest relief cuts. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. WPA worker...

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Henry W. Bagley, Bellehaven, residence in Greenwich, Connecticut. Ench...

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Political map of the world, April 2005.

"803106AI (R00349) 4-05." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Travels into the inland parts of Africa: containing a description of t...

ESTC T131766 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. digital files not viewed; td12 2008-11-20

A voyage with Columbus; a story of two boys who sailed with the great ...

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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

A voyage with Columbus; a story of two boys who sailed with the great ...

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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

Zuni Indians, old and young, N.M.

Original negative number: 48. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of: ... More

Back from the land of the nut a monologue

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

Hieroglyphic Pass, opposite Parowan, Utah. Utah series, no. 9 / W. Bel...

Photograph showing hieroglyphics on rocks. Plate no. 9. Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and other features of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained ... More

Warner Ranch, Barn-Trading Post, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), W...

Structure is associated with the Santa Fe Trail, Camp Wright, & the Battle of San Pasqual. Significance: Warner's Ranch is a landmark of the history of the American West. It is strongly associated with importa... More

A voyage to the East Indies; containing authentic accounts of the Mogu...

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A voyage to the East Indies; containing authentic accounts of the Mogu...

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La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...

In verse. Sometimes incorrectly ascribed to Gregorio's nephew, Leonardo Dati, according to Goff, citing GW. No signatures. LC copy has marginal color wash pen-and-ink illustrations, including astronomical, mete... More

Little Falls Tie Line Towers, Near Little Dam Falls on Spokane River, ...

Significance: The Little Falls Tie Lint Towers are significant as components of one of the trans-Mississippian West's earliest steel tower transmission lines. This system distributed electrical power from The ... More

Little Falls Tie Line Towers, Near Little Dam Falls on Spokane River, ...

Significance: The Little Falls Tie Lint Towers are significant as components of one of the trans-Mississippian West's earliest steel tower transmission lines. This system distributed electrical power from The ... More

Mt. Range, near Castle Valley. - stereoscopic view, public domain phot...

Original negative number: 22. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of: ... More

Old mission church, N.M., built 1776 at Zuni.

Original negative number: 42. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of: ... More

Curiosities of the Zuni Pueblos, Albino and Zuni Indians.

Original negative number: 50. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of: ... More

The journal of a tour into the territory northwest of the Alleghany Mo...

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The journal of a tour into the territory northwest of the Alleghany Mo...

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Iceberg Cañon, Colorado River, looking above / T.H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and other features of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geological exploratio... More

Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho. - stereocsopic card

Original negative number: 84. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 50. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1874; Lie... More

Historische Beschreibung, der wunderbarlichen Reyse, welche von einem ...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 10. German] Oppenheim, 1618. 2d issue, copy 2. The illus. consist of 3 unnumb. fold. maps and 9 numb. plates (including map) Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... Ameri... More

Appendix dess eilfften Theils Americae, das ist: Warhafftige Beschreib...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 10. German] Oppenheim, 1618. 2d issue, copy 2. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 198. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 32 Also available in digital form ... More

Appendix dess eilfften Theils Americae, das ist: Warhafftige Beschreib...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 10. German] Oppenheim, 1618. 2d issue, copy 2. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 198. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 32 Also available in digital form ... More

Appendix dess eilfften Theils Americae, das ist: Warhafftige Beschreib...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 10. German] Oppenheim, 1618. 2d issue, copy 2. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 198. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 32 Also available in digital form ... More

Ocean liners: European rest cure /

"On the gangplank of one of the large ocean liners leaving New York is shown an old gentleman kissing his wife and daughter good-bye before leaving on a tour abroad for a much needed rest from business cares an... More

Head of Cañon de Chelle, looking down. Walls about 1200 feet in heigh...

Plate no. 16. Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and other features of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geolog... More

White's Point Reservation, Base End Stations, B"1, Bounded by Voyager ...

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Civitates orbis terrarvm. Historic map, Library of Congress

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Civitates orbis terrarvm. Historic map, Library of Congress

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Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, looking South / W. Bell, phot.

Plate no. 3. Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and other features of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geologi... More

Indian pueblo, Zuni, New Mexico

Plate 17. Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and other features of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geological... More

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

Orange Factory Village, Dawson House, Old Orange Factory Road (State R...

Significance: This was the residence of at least two supervisors and their families (the Blackwoods and the Dawsons) for the Orange Factory textile mill which was in operation at the turn of the century. An eco... More

Orange Factory Village, Dawson House, Old Orange Factory Road (State R...

Significance: This was the residence of at least two supervisors and their families (the Blackwoods and the Dawsons) for the Orange Factory textile mill which was in operation at the turn of the century. An eco... More

Carpenter's geographical reader; North America,

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Grand Cañon of the Colorado., Colorado 19th century sterescope card.

Original negative number: 106. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of:... More

Grand Cañon, Colorado River, near Paria Creek, looking west / W. Bell,...

Photograph showing cliffs and the Colorado River. Plate no. 6. Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and other features of portions of the western territory of the United States, ob... More

Wahreo, a Chief among the Navajoes, New Mexico.

Original negative number: 75. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of: ... More

Ft. Garland, Colo., Colorado 19th century sterescope card.

Original negative number: 2. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1874; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding.

View in the Grand Cañon of the Colorado River.

Original negative number: 61. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 12. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lie... More

Alpine lakes, and mountain scenery, in the Cerro Blanco Mountains, Col...

Original negative number: 64. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 47. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1874; Lie... More

Wild West on voyage from New York to London / Merritt Van Wagner.

Group posed on deck of ship. 10405 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical com... More

The start from Camp Mojave, Arizona, September 15th, 1871.

Original negative number: 111. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 1 Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieu... More

Mesa Verde National Park Main Entrance Road, Cortez, Montezuma County,...

Significance: The main entrance road largely evolved from the earliest surveyed wagon route into the park (1907-1908) into a standard roadway as a result of NPS-BPR aesthetic and engineering collaboration. CCC... More

Mesa Verde National Park Main Entrance Road, Cortez, Montezuma County,...

Significance: The main entrance road largely evolved from the earliest surveyed wagon route into the park (1907-1908) into a standard roadway as a result of NPS-BPR aesthetic and engineering collaboration. CCC... More

Mesa Verde National Park Main Entrance Road, Cortez, Montezuma County,...

Significance: The main entrance road largely evolved from the earliest surveyed wagon route into the park (1907-1908) into a standard roadway as a result of NPS-BPR aesthetic and engineering collaboration. CCC... More

Militärgeographische Einzelangaben über England : militärgeographische...

Also shows Wales on some sheets. Issued as a series in separate portfolios; each portfolio consists of 2 or more sheets; and numbered 1 through 4 and 6 through 12. Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot h... More

Militärgeographische Einzelangaben über England : militärgeographische...

Also shows Wales on some sheets. Issued as a series in separate portfolios; each portfolio consists of 2 or more sheets; and numbered 1 through 4 and 6 through 12. Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot h... More

Militärgeographische Einzelangaben über England : militärgeographische...

Also shows Wales on some sheets. Issued as a series in separate portfolios; each portfolio consists of 2 or more sheets; and numbered 1 through 4 and 6 through 12. Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot h... More

Apache scouts, at Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range.

Original negative number: 2. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of: A... More

Navajo brave and his mother. - stereoscopic view, public domain photor...

Original negative number: 72. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 29. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lie... More

Navajo brave and his mother. - stereoscopic view, public domain photor...

Original negative number: 72. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 29. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lie... More

Navajo brave and his mother. - stereoscopic view, public domain photor...

Original negative number: 72. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 29. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lie... More

A letter from Mr, John Clayton rector of Crofton at Wakefield in Yorks...

On verso of t.p.: Forces Collection of historical papers. Reprinted from the "Miscellanea curiosa" edited by Edmund Halley, 1705-07, v.3. Originally published in the Philosophical transactions of the Royal Soci... More

Whiteman Air Force Base, Minuteman Missile Launch Facility Trainer T-1...

Significance: Cold War missile development in the United States led to the necessity for a more rapid, yet economic system of retaliation than provided in the earlier Atlas and Titan systems. The Air Force fou... More

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the ...

This title was cancelled and in a later issue a new t.p. with various alterations and with date 1599 was substituted for it. On the new t.p. no mention is made of the "victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz,... More

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the ...

This title was cancelled and in a later issue a new t.p. with various alterations and with date 1599 was substituted for it. On the new t.p. no mention is made of the "victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz,... More

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the ...

This title was cancelled and in a later issue a new t.p. with various alterations and with date 1599 was substituted for it. On the new t.p. no mention is made of the "victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz,... More

Historical hand-atlas, illustrated, containing large scale copper plat...

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Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... 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

Johnson's new illustrated (steel plate) family atlas, with description...

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Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati f...

The first part, originally published in 1585, is composed of three fascicles, each with a special t. p.: Galliæ tabulę geographicæ ; Belgii Inferioris geographicæ tabulę ; Germaniae tabulę geographicæ. The ... More

Souvenirs atlantiques. Voyage aux États-Unis et au Canada.

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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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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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A mapp of the travels and voyages of the apostles in their mission and...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes scenes of apostles at bottom of sheet. Attributed to Richard Blome. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Available also throu... More