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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

The American Civil War--maps. - Public domain map

Title from cover. Issued to accompany Formby, John. The American Civil War, a concise history of its causes, progress, and results (London, John Murray, 1910). Listed in C.E. Le Gear's A List of Geographical At... More

Navajoe dance, old Fort Defiance, New Mexico.

Original negative number: 80. 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

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

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

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

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

Relatio itineris in Marylandiam : declaratio coloniae domini baronis d...

Text and translation on opposite pages, numbered in duplicate. Supplemented by: "Excerpta ex diversis litteris missionariorum. Ab anno 1638, ad annum 1677. Extracts from different letters of missionaries. From ... More

The history of Genghizcan the Great, first emperor of the antient Mogu...

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The history of Genghizcan the Great, first emperor of the antient Mogu...

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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...

Phillips, 11040 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6413 Includes indexes, brief histories of Wood and Pleasants County, and brief biographies of early Wood and Pleasants County residents. Available also thro... 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

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

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

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New voyage to Carolina: containing the exact description and natural h...

Reissued with new title: The history of Carolina ... London, W. Taylor, [etc] 1714. Signatures: A-Z⁴ . Aa-Ll⁴. ESTC T133233 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC rwp 2019-06-05... 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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Theatrum orbis terrarum. Historic map, Library of Congress

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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

Terra sancta sive promissionis, olim Palestina recens delineata, et in...

Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Nicolaes Visscher's Atlas contractus orbis terrarum. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Includes inset showing the twelve... More

An accurate map of the West Indies. Exhibiting not only all the island...

Scale ca. 1:14,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Also shows southern United States, Central America, and northern South America. "Where may be had just publish'd for the use of the curious as well as students,... More

Colton's geographical cards - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Colton, J.H.

Na mokupuni o Hawaii nei / - Public domain old map

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Coalville - Weber Valley, Utah (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows aerial view of Coalville, Utah. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographical and geological features, and some account of the resources of the grea... More

Castle Rock - Green River Valley (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows a prominent rock formation rising above the surrounding landscape in the Green River Valley, a man stands on riverbank in the foreground. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, wit... More

Grand Cañon, above Grotto Spring. - stereocsopic card

Original negative number: 145. 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

Kanab Wash, Colorado basin., Colorado 19th century sterescope card.

Original negative number: 46. 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

Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a lake surrounded by trees and some cliffs. Plate no. 1. "Descriptive legend of view no. 7" on verso. Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and other features of ... More

The voyagers, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

L18132 U.S. Copyright Office "Lith. by the J.M.W. Jones S. & P. Co., Chicago." Caption: On the White Star Line in a two act musical comedy. Portrait of Mrs. Augustus J. Bruno in upper left corner. Forms part of... More

Life's ups-and-downs -- Puck's improvement on Cole's "Voyage of Life" ...

Illustration shows two men on bicycles, one just starting out on life's journey, being towed by Father Time, the second one is nearing the end of life's journey and about to get caught by a scythe and thrown fr... More

Round the world with Nellie Bly--The Worlds globe circler

Board game about journalist Nellie Bly's trip around the world in 1889-1890. Game shows squares for each of the 73 days of her journey arranged in a circular pattern, flanked with images of Bly, Jules Verne, a ... More

A geographical curiosity: Mt. Edwards, in Glacier National [...] This ...

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Map of the Spokane Indian Reservation, Stevens County, Washington.

CIF 16117 U.S. Copyright Office LC Many nations, 83 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Rio Janeiro - Roosevelt at Institute of History & Geography

Photo shows President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil before the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition to the Amazon River which began in 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Samples of their footwear - showing the need for American shoes in the...

Filed in: Greece Children. No. RC-8719. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

The mapping and drafting section of the Division of Economics and Stat...

Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Colle... More

Voyager Motel, Biscayne Blvd. & 104th St., North Miami, Florida. VI

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[Cambodia, South Vietnam] 4-70. - Public domain map

"78233." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Letter of recommendation for David Grinspoon, to Dr. Alex Woronow

Carl Sagan recommends David Grinspoon for the graduate program in planetary sciences at the University of Arizona. Sagan reflects on Grinspoon's work as an assistant to the Voyager Imaging Team.

Physical map of the world, June 2003.

"803005AI (R00349) 7-03." Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by shading. 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

The story of geographical discovery; how the world became known,

Also available in digital form.

Les anciennes villes du Nouveau Monde : voyages d'explorations au Mexi...

Map on double leaf; errata on last leaf. Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) 67184 Includes bibliographical references. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Kislak accession no.: 1995.042.00.0012.

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

Also available in digital form.

A canoe voyage up the Minnay Sotor; with an account of the lead and co...

This detailed travelogue, the concluding part of a two-volume work written primarily for a British readership, discusses the United States' geological resources and offers critical observations about the manner... More

Americae nona & postrema pars. Qva de ratione elementorvm: de Novi Orb...

Pts. 2, 3, and illus. have also special title pages. The 1st pt., De Novi Orbis natura, is by José de Acosta. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 168. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no... More

Americae nona & postrema pars. Qva de ratione elementorvm: de Novi Orb...

Pts. 2, 3, and illus. have also special title pages. The 1st pt., De Novi Orbis natura, is by José de Acosta. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 168. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no... More

Americae nona & postrema pars. Qva de ratione elementorvm: de Novi Orb...

Pts. 2, 3, and illus. have also special title pages. The 1st pt., De Novi Orbis natura, is by José de Acosta. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 168. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no... More

White's Point Reservation, Base End Stations, B"6, Bounded by Voyager ...

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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

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

Aboriginal life among the Navajos. - stereocsopic card

Original negative number: 70. 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.

Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho View across top of the falls / / T....

"Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1874, under command of Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engrs." Wheeler Survey Collection. Published in: Framing the West: The Su... 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...

ESTC T146751 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. digital files not viewed; td12 2008-11-20

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

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Apache Indians, as they appear ready for the war-path.

Original negative number: 64. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 33. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lie... More

Cañon of the Colorado, 5 miles above the mouth of the Paria.

Original negative number: 27. 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

Cooley's Park, Sierra Blanca Range. - stereocsopic card

Original negative number: 9. 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

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

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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

Inscription Rock, N.M. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Original negative number: 122. 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.

Apache Squaw and papoose, near Camp Apache, Arizona.

Original negative number: 63. 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

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

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

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

Continental Grain Company, 307 South Washington Street, Brownwood, Bro...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Brownwood's prime location as a major stop on the Santa Fe Railroad in the first part of the twentieth century, and its geographical situ... More

Continental Grain Company, 307 South Washington Street, Brownwood, Bro...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Brownwood's prime location as a major stop on the Santa Fe Railroad in the first part of the twentieth century, and its geographical situ... More

Continental Grain Company, 307 South Washington Street, Brownwood, Bro...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Brownwood's prime location as a major stop on the Santa Fe Railroad in the first part of the twentieth century, and its geographical situ... More

European rest cure / motion picture

"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

War chief of the Zuni Indians. - stereoscopic view, public domain phot...

Original negative number: 44. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 20. On verso in ink: Pedro Pino governor of the Zunis. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surv... More

Explorers column, Cañon de Chelle, Arizona.

Original negative number: 14. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 23. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lie... More

Group of Pah-ute Indians, Nevada / T.H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a group of Paiute Indians including women and children. Most members of the tribe wear western clothing while some wear traditional garments. No. 2. Originally published: Photographs showin... More

[Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 15...

The first engraving is a map of Drake's voyage [showing Europe, western Africa, northern South America, and eastern North America]; the four other engravings consist of bird's-eye battle plan views of the citie... More

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

Original negative number: 55. 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

Civitates orbis terrarvm. Historic map, Library of Congress

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Lagunas Caballo, or Horse Lakes, 14 miles, N.W. from Tierra Amarilla, ...

Original negative number: 32. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 44. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1874; Lie... More

Kratkoe politicheskoe zemleopisanie za obuchenie na bolgarskoto mladen...

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A svmmarie and trve discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage...

"Begun by Captaine Bigges, who ended his life in the said voyage ... afterwards finished (as I thinke) by his Lieutenant Maister Croftes or some other."--Dedication by T. Cates. (i.e. Thomas Gates). "The first ... More

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

Original negative number: 60. 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 principall nauigations, voiages, and discoueries of the English na...

Some contents are translations accompanied by original texts. Mandeville's travels (p. 24-79) in Latin only. "The famous voyage of Sir Francis Drake into the South Sea ...": [12] p. inserted between p. 643 and... More

Camp Beauty, Cañon de Chelle; walls 1,200 feet high, width of Cañon at...

Original negative number: 13. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 25. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lie... More

White's Point Reservation, Base End Stations, B"2, Bounded by Voyager ...

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