Greenland Collection

Viking ship at sea
Norsemen at sea following their raven pilot. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Schwatkas discovery of Franklin expedition grave, 1880
Grave of Franklin Expedition member Lt. John Irving found by Schwatkas American search party in Greenland, 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Fur seal hunt in the Arctic, 1800s
Clubbing seals to death for their fur, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

McClure discovers the Northwest Passage, 1850
British ship " Investigator" in Arctic ice during McClures discovery of the Northwest Passage while searching for the lost Franklin expedition, 1850

Norse settlement ruins in Greenland
Ruins of a Viking church at Katortok, Greenland, view in 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Arctic explorer Robert Peary meeting the Relief Expedition on the Greenland Ice-cap, August 5, 1892. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

North American territories in 1783
North America at the close of the Revolution - Treaty of Paris, 1783. Printed color lithograph

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Henry Grinnells ship aground during the search led by Elisha Kent Kane for the lost Sir John Franklin expedition, under the midnight sun, 1853

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Hudsons map of his voyages in the Arctic, published in 1612. Hand-colored 19th-century reproduction of a woodcut from Hudsons " Voyages" published in 1612

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North American colonies at the close of the French and Indian War, 1760s. Printed color lithograph 19th century

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Map of North America as known in the mid-1600s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an illustration in Campanius, 1702

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Sailing-ship in a Greenland fjord below the end of a glacier. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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North Pole explorer Robert Edwin Peary in his fur suit and boots. Hand-colored woodcut of a photograph

Vikings in the New World
Norsemen celebrating their discovery of the New World. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Fleet of Viking ships at sea. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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