Johannes Staden arrives at unknown island and finds Portugese already ...
Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, page 10. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
S[i]r: This is minuts of the fort at Crown Point and of the redouts bu...
Scale ca. 1:6,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
A sketch of the field of battle with the disposition of the troops in ...
Scale 1:10,800; 300 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. The name R. Ohio applies also to the Allegheny. "No. 27." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a rast... more
Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, villages ...
Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Third impression of 2d French ed. Relief shown pictorially. Title in French and German. Formerly in the collection of the French geographer Henri Vignaud. LC Maps of North A... more
Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, limites e...
Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. First French ed. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 45 Includes text and inset "Nouvelle carte de la baye d'Hudson et de Labrador selon les derni... more
A view of Cape Rouge or Carouge, nine miles above the City of Quebec o...
Print shows a ship on the Saint Lawrence River with a rowboat of troops disembarking at a point above the city of Québec. Title from item. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 i... more
[Plat of a survey of 2,314 acres of land, being the first large bottom...
Scale ca. 1:20,000. Title from Lawrence Martin's The George Washington atlas. 1932. Cover title: George Washington; survey of land in Ohio, a grant from the Colony of Virginia to Washington for military service... more
A map of 100 miles round Boston.
Relief shown pictorially. Hand col. From the Gentleman's magazine, v. 45, June 1775. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, villages,...
Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Second impression of 3d French ed. Relief shown pictorially. Title in French and German. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 49 Includes text and inset "Nouvelle carte de l... more
The Country twenty five miles round New York,
Scale ca. 1:220,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Published according to act of Parliament, 1st November, 1776, by W. Hawkes ... " Shows radial distances. Includes "Chronological table of the most i... more
The country twenty five miles round New York,
Scale ca. 1:220,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Published according to Act of Parliament, 21st November, 1776, by W. Hawkes ... " Shows radial distances. Includes "Chronological table of the most ... more
Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, villages,...
Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Sixth impression of 3d French ed. Relief shown pictorially. Title in French and German. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 52 Includes text and inset "Nouvelle carte de la... more
Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, villages ...
Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Dual impression of 3d French ed. Relief shown pictorially. Title in French and German. Formerly in collection of the French geographer Henri Vignaud. LC Maps of North Americ... more
Avis au publico. To the Public. Oefentliche bekanntmachung. [Offering ...
Printed in three columns French, English and German.; Evans 15861. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Colle... more
View of the west bank of the Hudson's River 3 miles above Still Water,...
Print shows a panoramic view of three hills along the west bank of the Hudson River in New York.
The country twenty-five miles round London : planned from a scale of o...
Relief shown by hachures. "The scale around the map is divided into statute miles east and west from the meridian of London, and north & south from the parallel of the same place, which is in Lat 51°30'." Londo... more
Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, villages ...
Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Third impression of 3d French ed. Relief shown pictorially. Title in French and German. From the publisher's Atlas Amériquain septentrionale. 1778-[i.e.1792] no. 5-8. LC Map... more
A view of the falls of Schuylkill, 5 miles from Philadelphia / J. Hoff...
Print shows the Schuylkill River with houses and farms along the banks. Title from item. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1793 (May). Reference copy in LOT 4384-C.
To the citizens of America, and especially those of Philadelphia ... [...
Removed from the Papers of E. C. Genet.; On verso: 315842, 4F65 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collect... more
For sale, an agreeable, convenient, and valuable country seat, situate...
Signed: E. C. Genet. Jamaica, Dec. 20, 1802. (Removed from the Genet Papers).; On verso: 315842 4 F 65. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as ful... more
A new and accurate map of the country for twenty five miles round the ...
Relief shown by hachures. Also covers county of Oxfordshire and adjacent regions. Statement of dedication at upper right: To the Vice Chancellor ... in the University of Oxford ... this map is most respectfully... more
Capture of Washington [Cut] On Wednesday, August 24, there was a sever...
Positive Photostat.; Verse.; War of 1812- Ballads. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Co... more
About 2 miles W. of S[panish] T[own], Jam[ai]ca, Blue and Liguanea M[o...
Drawing shows a person riding a horse along a road with mountains in the distance. Title from item verso and finding aid. Notation on recto: Road light, sky grey, the mo[untai]ns darker. Unpublished finding aid... more
Map of 24 miles round the city of Bath /
Relief shown by hachures. Also covers Bristol city region. Hand col. to show county boundaries and estate parks. Sectioned to 24 panels to enable folding. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site... more
View of the Rocky Mountains on the Platte 50 miles from their base / S...
Title from item. Illus. in: Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains : performed in the years 1819 and '20,.../ compiled by Edwin James, botanist and geologist for the expedition... Phila... more
Compendious chart exhibiting, at one view, the names of about thirteen...
Includes text, compass rose, and ill. of Capitol. LC copy halved and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Phillips. Washington 149 Vault DCP
Compendious chart exhibiting, at one view, the names of about thirteen...
"Entered according to Act of Congress the 3rd day of April 1827, by P. Hawkes of the State of Pennsylvania." Includes text, compass rose, and ill. of Capitol. Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... more
Mitchell's map of the United States : showing the principal travelling...
Shows longitude west from Greenwich and Washington. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1835, by S. Augustus Mitchell ..." The paper edition of this map appears in Bishop Davenport's A New Gazett... more
The village of Flushing, Queens County, L.I. : nine miles east of the ...
Cadastral map of the incorporated village of Flushing showing lot lines, dimensions, buildings (residential/non-residential), landholders' names, marshlands, and village boundary. Oriented with north to the lef... more
Chester Wharf 20 miles below Philadelphia on the Delaware, July 27, 18...
Drawing showing sailboats and rowboat on river. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Title from item. Alternate title from accompanying caption. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086
Map of railroad line commencing at a point on the West-Philadelphia R....
The distance and cost of grading is tabulated at the lower right of the map. The area covered is along Mill Creek and from the Lancaster Pike to Schuylkill River. Scale 1:9,600. Across bottom of map: "Profiles ... more
Railroad map, showing the fact that about 65 miles of railroad to be c...
Outline map covering New England states and showing the major rail connections with Montreal and Quebec, Canada. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:1,450,000. Relief shown by hachures. LC Railroad maps, ... more
Maps of Nicaragua, North and Central America : population and square m...
Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
170 miles saved to Northern Iowa and St. Paul! Chicago, St. Paul and F...
Transportation.; Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac r. R.; Milwaukee & Mississippi railroad. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGM... more
Lexington races! Spring meeting. Association course. fourth day. Thurs...
Horse racing. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 22, Folder 32a.
No. 2, log huts, winter quarters of the Br. N. Am. Boundary Commission...
Photograph shows bird's-eye view of 15 or more log cabins near Fort Colville, Washington, with the Columbia River in the middle distance. Title from item. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.
Great Falls of the Spokane River, W.T. 30 miles below the Cour D'Alene...
In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 58. Title from item. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.
[Miles Taylor, Representative from Louisiana, Thirty-fifth Congress, h...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 188. Each item includes subject's orig... more
[W. Porcher Miles, Representative from South Carolina, Thirty-fifth Co...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 153. Each item includes subject's orig... more
Franklin Trotting Park North Chelsea, near Boston. A purse of $100 two...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 64, Folder 43.
One hundred & fifty miles around Richmond. 12 ed.
[Scale ca. 1:880,000]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632.5 "Twelfth edition 3000 of Magnus' all around map." "Dedicated to the gallant soldiers fighting to suppress the Rebellion." Description derived from publi... more
One hundred & fifty miles around Richmond. 9th ed.
Scale ca. 1:880,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632.3 General map centered on Richmond, Virginia. Map is printed in blue with title and border in red. "Ninth edition 3000 of Magnus' all around map." "Dedicate... more
Volunteer militia and eastern army guide. One hundred and fifty miles ...
Scale ca. 1:920,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632.6 General map centered on Richmond, Virginia. The map is printed in blue ink. Insets: Ninety miles around Nashville, Tenn.-Ninety miles around Harrisburg, P... more
The seceding South Carolina delegation. Keitt, Boyce, Chestnut, M'Quee...
Wood engraving composite. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1860 Dec. 22). Reference copy may be in LOT 4412A.. LC-USZ62-36924 is similar (it shows entire page with masthead, this neg. shows only portraits). This r... more
View of the famous levee of New Orleans, the capital of Louisiana, whi...
Levee with bales of cotton, African-American workers and steamboats. Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 Apr. 14), p. 306 and 315.
[Nelson Appleton Miles, 1839-1925, half length, seated, facing front, ...
Photo from Brady Collection, #1879. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: P.I.; Shelf.
Col. Dixon S. Miles at Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
No. 5439. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Plan of the redoubt and rifle pits ensilading [sic] the Leesburg and F...
Includes main roads, buildings used for the hospital, chapel, stables, theater, and headquarters encampment of Brigadier General John Sedgwick.
G. Woolworth Colton's map of the country 500 miles around the city of ...
Scale 1:3,168,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 5.5 General map centered on Washington, D.C., with five concentric circles at intervals of 100 miles. Insets: [Map of Maryland, Delaware, and parts of Virginia, P... more
Topographical sketch of ground 1 1/2 miles south west from Alexandria,...
Shows an unidentified section of Fort Hunt Road in Fairfax County. Relief shown by form lines. Surname partially illegible, but transcribed as Frost in Stephenson's Civil War Maps. "Transferred from Office of C... more
Fort Snelling, Minnesota, at the confluence of the rivers Mississippi ...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1862 Sept. 20, pp. 408-409. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
The Battle of Crampton's Gap 5 miles south of Turner's Gap, South Moun...
A regional view of South Mountain in Frederick County, Md., showing the location of Crampton's Gap in relation to Sharpsburg, Middletown, Burkittsville, and Brownsville, Md. Illustrates the position of Confeder... more
A complete map of Richmond and its fortifications within a circle of 1...
Scale ca. 1:54,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 628 "As a guide to note the approach of the Federal army, this map is invaluable, as the plan of its fortifications is taken from a correct drawing of a Southern... more
Ponton [i.e. pontoon] bridges at "Franklins crossing" 2-1/2 miles belo...
Photograph shows two pontoon bridges at Franklin's Crossing with soldiers and horses and an encampment on the opposite side of the Rappannock River. Title from item. Accession box no. DLC/PP-1974:175
The Rebel privateer Florida chasing the schooner Laura Ann, about 400 ...
Illus. from: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 May 9.
Military map of the States of Kentucky and Tennessee, within eleven mi...
Scale 1:350,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 216.8 Another issue. In this issue Camp Burnside on the Cumberland River is named, the lithographer's name has been revised, and a dotted line representing the "out... more
Songs of the War, by Private Miles O'Reilly / Lith. of Henry C. Eno, N...
Music cover showing five Civil War scenes, including three battle scenes, one hospital scene, and one of soldiers toasting in a dining room. No. 4.
Magnus' historical war map. One hundred & fifty miles around Richmond.
Scale ca. 1:920,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632.2 General map centered on Richmond, Virginia. "Mirror of events [i.e., list of battles] 1861-62-63-64" has been attached to the left of the map. Insets: Maj... more
Grant's great campaign--the approach to Richmond, map of the country w...
"Supplement to the New York times, New York, Wednesday, June 1, 1864." Relief shown by hachures. Shows radial distances from Richmond. Newspaper text on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web... more
Appearance of the Union and Rebel lines at the "Front," from the Parap...
Landscape, with small figures indicating pickets, and cheveaux de frieze. A signal tower in tree in foreground. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed below title on verso: Mem = It will be well to delinate the Pi... more
Map and profile of first 40 miles of Union Pacific Rail Road Eastern D...
Detailed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, vegetation, roads, and railroads in Kansas, from Kansas City to Lawrence. Scale 1:63,360. Across bottom of map: Profile of line. LC Railroad maps, 589 Descript... more
New and short route to the gold mines of the Black Hills, Montana and ...
Transportation.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 1.
Military map of the States of Kentucky and Tennessee, within eleven mi...
Scale 1:350,000 (5.524 miles to one inch). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 216.7 Signed in facsimile: J. H. Simpson, Lieut. Col. Engrs. U.S. Army, Chief Engr., Dpt. of the Ohio. Detailed map of Kentucky and most o... more
Grading the Central Pacific Railroad, Sailors Spur and Fill- 12 miles ...
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1098. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on Donner Pass Route.... more
Sportsman's Hall, 12 miles from Placerville, El Dorado County
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 611. LOT subdivision subject: El Dorado County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
Green Valley, American River, from the Central Pacific Railroad, 4 mil...
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1094. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from ca... more
Truckee River, looking towards Eastern Summit - 135 miles from Sacram...
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1265. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on the Donner Pass Ro... more
Ione Quartz Mill, two miles from Grass Valley, Nevada County
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1134. LOT subdivision subject: Quartz Mill. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
Map of location 11th hundred miles U.P.R.R. : [Utah] /
Relief shown by hachures. Shows the path of the Union Pacific Railroad in the Great Salt Lake region from the Weber River in the east to the Great Salt Lake in the west. Pen-and-ink, colored ink, and watercolor... more
Copy of a letter said to have been written by our Lord and Saviour, Je...
Jesus Christ.; On verso: c8362; Copy. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 127, Folder 23.