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1779 Collection

Background image1779 Collection: Captain Cook killed by Hawaiian natives, 1779

Captain Cook killed by Hawaiian natives, 1779
Death of English explorer Captain James Cook in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), 1779. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a painting

Background image1779 Collection: EVRV2A-00216

EVRV2A-00216
Sea fight between the American ship Bonhomme Richard and the British HMS Serapis, 1779. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1779 Collection: EVRV2A-00034

EVRV2A-00034
George Rogers Clark leading American army to take Kaskaskia, Illinois, from the British during the Revolutionary War. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

Background image1779 Collection: EVRV2A-00035

EVRV2A-00035
George Rogers Clarks handwritten demand for the surrender of Vincennes, Indiana, by British Lt. Gov. Hamilton, 1779. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the original document

Background image1779 Collection: Hand-colored engraving

Hand-colored engraving
Siege of Charleston, South Carolina. by the British during the American Revolution. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1779 Collection: EVRV2A-00138

EVRV2A-00138
John Paul Joness ship " Bon Homme Richard" defeating the British " Serapis, " 1779. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1779 Collection: Stony Point taken by the Americans, 1779

Stony Point taken by the Americans, 1779
Americans under General Anthony Wayne storming the Stony Point fort on the Hudson River. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1779 Collection: John Paul Joness crew capuring the British Serapis, 1779

John Paul Joness crew capuring the British Serapis, 1779
American sailors from the " Bonhomme Richard" capturing the British ship " Serapis, " Revolutionary War. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1779 Collection: American advance on Vincennes, Indiana, 1779

American advance on Vincennes, Indiana, 1779
George Rogers Clark leading American forces on the Wabash River during the Revolutionary War. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century F.C. Yohn illustration

Background image1779 Collection: EXPL2A-00316

EXPL2A-00316
Captain James Cook, discoverer of the Sandwich Islands, with his ships in Kealakekua Bay, where he was killed by natives in 1779. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a painting

Background image1779 Collection: EVRV2A-00068

EVRV2A-00068
British attack on Fort Moultrie in Charleston harbor, 1776. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image1779 Collection: EVRV2A-00029

EVRV2A-00029
Capture of Paulus Hook, New Jersey, by Americans under Major Henry Lee, 1779. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration


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