Exploration Collection

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

Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark with their Native American guide Sacagawea. Digital photograph of a bronze statue in Charlottesville Virginia

United States in 1860
United States and territories at the beginning of the Civil War. Printed lithograph map

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

Louis Joliet, with his autograph. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of an illustration

Shackletons Manchurian ponies, Antarctica, 1908
Manchurian ponies used by Shackleton in the Antarctic, 1908-09. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Fleet of Viking raiders in the Middle Ages
Viking ships at sea with warriors on board. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Daniel Boone
Portrait of Daniel Boone wearing a coonskin cap. Digitally colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Ships off the Antarctic ice-shelf, 1800s
Two sailing-ships near the ice-shelf of Antarctica, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Globe of 1492, lacking the New World
Diagram of Martin Behaims globe, made just before Columbus discovered America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Sir Richard Burton in India, 1800s
British explorer Richard Burton in native Indian dress, 1848. Hand-colored half tone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Sir Richard Burton as a young man
Richard Burton at the time of his wedding. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Landing of Jean Nicolet on the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan, 1634, the first European to reach that region. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Native Americans meet Lewis and Clark at Council Bluffs
Lewis and Clark meeting with Native Americans at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Hand-colored woodcut by Patrick Goss, a member of the expedition

Samuel de Champlains fortified camp at Quebec on the St Lawrence River, 1600s Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of a 17th-century map

Leif Erikssen off the coast of Vineland in a Viking landing boat. Hand-colored photogravure of a 19th-century illustration

Mountain men greeting each other: " I took ye for an Injin." Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of a Frederic Remington Illustration

John C. Fremonts second western expedition at Pyramid Lake, Nevada, 1842-1843. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Captain James Cook regarding a map. Hand-colored woodcut of a painting

Davy Crockett. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Florida explored by De Soto, 1539
Bivouac of De Sotos expedition in the Florida wilderness, 1539. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Map of DeSotos route, 1540s
De Soto expeditions route across southeast North America, 1539-1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dutch merchants trading with Native Americans on Manhattan Island, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Spanish conquistador on a horse with foal - the origin of the horse in colonial America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Dutch map of New Netherland and New England
New Netherland and New England, circa 1630. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of DeLaets map

DeSoto expedition retreating down the Mississippi, 1542
Spaniards descending Mississippi River after De Sotos death, 1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

French map of the Great Lakes, 1703
La Hontans map of the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence valley, 1703. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an 18th century illustration

Balboa discovering the Pacific, 1513
Spanish expedition under Balboa discovering the Pacific Ocean, 1513. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

French settlement of the Great Lakes, 1600s
French Jesuit map of Lake Superior, Upper Michigan, and Wisconsin, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 17th-century illustration

Spanish conquistador in armor on horseback, New Spain, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Captain Cook landing on a South Pacific island, 1770s
James Cook landing in the Friendly Islands, greeted by Tonga natives bearing fruit, 1770s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Columbus landing in the New World, 1492
First landing of Columbus in the New World, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Great voyages of the age of exploration
Map of great voyages from 1492 to 1580. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mariana Islands in the Pacific discovered by Magellan, 1521
The Ladrones, later called the Marianas, and a native outrigger drawn by Pigafetta on the Magellan expedition, 1521. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

Fort Mandan constructed by Lewis and Clark, 1803
Lewis and Clark expedition overwintering along the Missouri River near a Mandan village, 1803-1804. Hand-colored woodcut of a Patrick Goss drawing, a member of the expedition

Defeat of the Saracens at the Battle of Tours, 732 A. D
Franks under Charles Martel attack the Saracens camp during the Battle of Tours, halting the Muslim invasion, 732 A.D. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Venetian explorer Marco Polo. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a mosaic portrait

Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada
Conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada portrait. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

St. Augustine, Florida, founded by Menendez de Aviles
Pedro Menendez de Aviles laying out Saint Augustine, Florida, 1565. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Death of Columbus
Death of Christopher Columbus in Spain, 1506. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French explorer of North America. Hand-colored woodcut

Vasco da Gama portrait, with his autograph. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Diego Velazquez de Cuellar, Spanish conqueror of Cuba. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto discovering the Mississippi River, 1540. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Henry Hudson meeting with Native Americans along the Hudson River, 1609. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Viking explorers on the North American coast
Viking settlers exploring the North American coast. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dutch map of eastern North America, 1670
Nova Belgh Tabula, map of New Netherland and New England, 1670. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Ptolemys map of the world, illustrating a concept of the flat earth. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

Conquistadors battling New World natives
Battle of Santa Cruz, the first bloodshed in the New World. Color lithograph of a painting by O. Graeff

Behaims 1492 globe showing a round Earth but no New World
Diagram of globe by Martin Behaim, without the New World, created in 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Map of the Lewis and Clark route across Louisiana Territory, 1804-1806. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Magellans route across the Pacific
Route of Magellans ships across the Pacific while circumnavigating the earth, 1519-1522. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Vikings battling natives on the coast of Vinland
Freydis defends her fellow Norse settlers from Native Americans, or Skraelings, 1009. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dr. David Livingstone
Portrait of missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century portrait

Sir Richard Burton exploring central Africa, 1850s
English explorer Richard Burtons march towards central Africa, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dr. Livingstone, I presume? 1871
Stanley finding Dr. Livingstone at Ujiji, Tanganyika, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

William Clarks sketch of Flathead Indians in his diary of the Lewis and Clark expedition, 1804-1806 Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph of Clarks handwritten page

La Salle and his companions exploring the lower Mississippi River for France, 1682. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Magellan sails around South America to circumnavigate the earth
Magellan passing through his Strait to sail around South America on his circumnavigation of the earth, 1519-1522. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto landing his expedition in Florida, 1539. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Father Jacques Marquette holding a peace pipe to greet Native Americans during his journey to the upper Mississippi River, 1673. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet on the upper Mississippi River in canoes 1673. 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

Henry Hudsons ship " Half Moon" arriving at Manhattan Island, 1609. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

French missionary Louis Hennepins map of the Mississippi River valley, Gulf Coast, and Great Lakes after LaSalle expeditions 1697

John Whites map of the Virginia and Carolina coast where Roanoke Colony was located, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century reproduction engraving

Virginia and North Carolina coast, 1500s
John Whites map of the Atlantic coast of North Carolina and Virginia, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

South America mapped after Magellans voyage, 1519
New World map after Magellans passage around Cape Horn in 1519. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Spanish ships of Hernando Cortes sailing to Mexico, 1519. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cartiers ships leaving St. Malo, France, to sail for North America, 1530s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

First map of the Strait of Magellan from Magellans circumnavigation of the earth in 1519 showing north at the bottom. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of Pigafettas 16th century map

Balboa expeditions canoes on the Pacific, 1513
Balboas first embarkation on the Pacific Ocean (South Sea), 1513. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Portuguese traders in India and Ceylon, 1500
Calcutta and the southern coast of India, from Juan de la Cosas map, 1500. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

French missionary and fur traders carrying a canoe at a portage in North America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Kerguelen Islands visited by a British ship, 1870s
HMS Challenger off the southern tip of the Kerguelen Islands, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

De Sotos expedition met by Chief Aquixos Native Americans in canoes on the Mississippi River, 1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Early explorers coming ashore along a tropical coast in the New World. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in a canoe on the upper Mississippi River, 1673. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

De Soto greeted by native Cofitachequi queen in Carolina, circa 1540. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Juan Ponce de Leons expedition searching for the Fountain of Youth in Florida, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Borchgrevink marking the Antarctic mainland for Norway, 1894
Borchgrevinks expedition planting the Norwegian flag amidst penguins on the Antarctic mainland, 1894. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark expedition losing notes and specimens in a canoe accident on the upper Missouri River

Magellans ships at Mactan, an island in the Philippines, where Magellan was killed in a battle with natives, 1521. Hand-colored 19th-century halftone reproduction of a 16th-century engraving

Hernando Cortes returning to Toledo, Spain, celebrated for his conquest of Aztec Mexico, 1520s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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