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Background imageExploration Collection: Death of Columbus

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

Background imageExploration Collection: PEXP2A-00083

PEXP2A-00083
Juan Ponce de Leon portrait. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Vasco da Gama

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

Background imageExploration Collection: Diego Velazquez de Cuellar

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

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00123

EXPL2A-00123
Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto discovering the Mississippi River, 1540. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00115

EXPL2A-00115
Henry Hudson meeting with Native Americans along the Hudson River, 1609. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Viking explorers on the North American coast

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

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00024

EXPL2A-00024
Map of the Atlantic with the New World coast, drawn in 1500 by Juan de la Cosa, Columbus pilot. Hand colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the original chart

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00020

EXPL2A-00020
Ships of Ferdinand Magellan rounding Tierra del Fuego to circumnavigate the earth 1519 to 1521. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Dutch map of eastern North America, 1670

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

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00014

EXPL2A-00014
Ptolemys map of the world, illustrating a concept of the flat earth. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00057

EXPL2A-00057
Columbus bringing gifts from the New World to Queen Isabella of Spain 1492. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00030

EXPL2A-00030
Missionary Father Valverde addresses the Inca king Atahualpa during the Spanish conquest of Peru, 1532. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Portuguese map of the tip of South America, 1571

Portuguese map of the tip of South America, 1571
Map of South America printed in Lisbon, 1571. Printed color halftone reproduction

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00084

EXPL2A-00084
Bartholomew Columbuss cruel destruction of native villages on Hispaniola. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Magellans route across the Pacific

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

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00133

EXPL2A-00133
Lewis and Clark expedition trying to make friends with Native Americans during their exploration of Louisiana Territory. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Vikings battling natives on the coast of Vinland

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

Background imageExploration Collection: Vikings discovering Vinland

Vikings discovering Vinland
Norse settlers Thorfin and Gudrida landing on Vinland. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00230

EXPL2A-00230
Jacques Cartier erects a cross along the Saint Lawrence River, claiming Quebec for France, 1534. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Dr. David Livingstone

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

Background imageExploration Collection: Sir Richard Burton exploring central Africa, 1850s

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

Background imageExploration Collection: Uganda natives, as described by John H. Speke, 1860s

Uganda natives, as described by John H. Speke, 1860s
Natives near the residence of Ugandas King Mtesas uncle. Hand-colored woodcut from Spekes Journal, 1864

Background imageExploration Collection: Dr. Livingstone, I presume? 1871

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

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00168

EXPL2A-00168
William Clarks sketch of an evergreen shrub leaf in the Lewis and Clark expedition diary, 1806. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph of Clarks handwritten page

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00167

EXPL2A-00167
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

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00170

EXPL2A-00170
La Salle and his companions exploring the lower Mississippi River for France, 1682. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00171

EXPL2A-00171
Map showing the route of La Salles explorations in North America, late 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Barents Sea ice around the Eira on its first voyage, 1880

Barents Sea ice around the Eira on its first voyage, 1880
Leigh Smiths " Eira" locked in ice during the ships first Arctic voyage off Spitsbergen, 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Arctic rescue ship disaster off Siberia, 1882

Arctic rescue ship disaster off Siberia, 1882
Burning of the US Navy ship " Rodgers" in Arctic waters, hunting for the DeLong expedition after disappearance of the " Jeannette, " 1882

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00180

EXPL2A-00180
Henry Grinnells ship aground during the search led by Elisha Kent Kane for the lost Sir John Franklin expedition, under the midnight sun, 1853

Background imageExploration Collection: Magellan sails around South America to circumnavigate the earth

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

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00189

EXPL2A-00189
Hudsons ship " Half-Moon" leaving Amsterdam for the New World, 1609. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00197

EXPL2A-00197
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

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00198

EXPL2A-00198
Mutineers send Henry Hudson and his son overboard to die adrift in a small boat in the Arctic 1611. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: McClure discovers the Northwest Passage, 1850

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

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00203

EXPL2A-00203
Isabella, the settlement founded by Columbus on Hispaniola, 1493. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00209

EXPL2A-00209
Henry Hudsons ship " Half Moon" arriving at Manhattan Island, 1609. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00211

EXPL2A-00211
Father Juan de Padilla finds the cross set by Coronado, 1540s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00213

EXPL2A-00213
Henry Hudsons attack on a Native American village on the Atlantic coast, 1609. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00218

EXPL2A-00218
French missionary Louis Hennepins map of the Mississippi River valley, Gulf Coast, and Great Lakes after LaSalle expeditions 1697

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00220

EXPL2A-00220
John Whites map of the Virginia and Carolina coast where Roanoke Colony was located, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century reproduction engraving

Background imageExploration Collection: Virginia and North Carolina coast, 1500s

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

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00222

EXPL2A-00222
Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovering the Pacific Ocean, 1513. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: South America mapped after Magellans voyage, 1519

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

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00226

EXPL2A-00226
Spanish ships of Hernando Cortes sailing to Mexico, 1519. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00233

EXPL2A-00233
Cartiers ships leaving St. Malo, France, to sail for North America, 1530s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00235

EXPL2A-00235
Balboa raising his sword to claim the Pacific Ocean for Spain, 1513. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration



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