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Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00092

EXPL2A-00092
Lewis and Clark shoot a grizzly bear, unknown to whites, during their exploration of Louisiana Territory. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of sketch by Patrick Goss

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00066

EXPL2A-00066
Landing of Columbus expedition on the island of Guanahane in 1492. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century painting by Dioscoro Puebla

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00088

EXPL2A-00088
Death of Magellan on the island of Mactan, Philippines, in 1521, before completing his circumnavigation of the earth. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00093

EXPL2A-00093
Cortes orders an end to the Aztec practice of human sacrifice after the Spanish conquest of Mexico City. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00091

EXPL2A-00091
Henry Hudsons ship " Half-Moon" ascending the Hudson River, 1609. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00089

EXPL2A-00089
Caravel " Santa Maria, " the flagship of Columbus first voyage and which sank off Hispaniola in 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00070

EXPL2A-00070
Columbus greeted by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella upon his return to Spain from the New World. Color lithograph of a 19th-century painting by Ricardo Balaca

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00061

EXPL2A-00061
Ptolemys world map, circa 150 AD, from the edition of 1472. Color halftone reproduction of the first printed edition of 1472

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00056

EXPL2A-00056
Christopher Columbus taking possession of the New World for Spain, 1492 Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00043

EXPL2A-00043
French missionaries preaching to Native Americans. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00054

EXPL2A-00054
Henry Hudsons ship " Half Moon" meets Native Americans in the Hudson River highlands, 1609. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00055

EXPL2A-00055
First view of the New World by Columbus and his crew aboard the " Santa Maria, " 1492. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00069

EXPL2A-00069
Columbus brought in chains before Ferdinand and Isabella by Bobadilla, 1500. Color lithograph of a 19th-century painting by Jover

Background imageExploration Collection: Isthmus of Panama, 1744

Isthmus of Panama, 1744
Map from Oexmelins Histoire of the Isthmus of Panama, 1744. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageExploration Collection: DeSoto with Native American captives, 1539

DeSoto with Native American captives, 1539
De Soto expedition traveling with captive Native Americans, 1539. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century Darley illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00166

EXPL2A-00166
William Clarks sketch of a trout in the Lewis and Clark expedition diary. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph of Clarks handwritten page

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00163

EXPL2A-00163
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca crossing the Great American Desert from Texas to Mexico, early 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Marco Polos Voyages published in 1477

Marco Polos Voyages published in 1477
Title page of Marco Polos " Voyages" published in Nuremberg in 1477. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00153

EXPL2A-00153
Spanish conquistadors using Native American captives to carry burdens. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00148

EXPL2A-00148
New World geography according to a mapmaker of 1540. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00150

EXPL2A-00150
Chart of Vitus Berings voyage from Kamchatka, Russia, to North America, 1700s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00147

EXPL2A-00147
World map after the disoveries of Columbus and Balboa, showing the prevalent idea that South America was attached to Asia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00146

EXPL2A-00146
Marco Polo welcomed at the court of Kublai Khan in China, 1200s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00143

EXPL2A-00143
La Salle landing in Matagorda Bay Texas to colonize Louisiana Terrritory and the Mississippi valley area, 1685. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00132

EXPL2A-00132
Meeting of Hernando Cortes and Aztec emperor Montezuma II in Tenochtitlan, 1519. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: Columbus encountering an iguana

Columbus encountering an iguana when he was ashore in the New World. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00129

EXPL2A-00129
Secret burial of Hernando de Soto at night in the Mississippi River, 1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00130

EXPL2A-00130
Exploring a tropical rain forest, such as in Central or South America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: PEXP2A-00074

PEXP2A-00074
Samuel de Champlain portrait, with his autograph. Hand-colored 19th-century engraving reproduction of the Moncornet portrait

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00109

EXPL2A-00109
Samuel de Champlain and his Huron allies going to fight the Iroquois, Lake Champlain, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00110

EXPL2A-00110
Samuel de Champlains defeat of the Iroquois at Lake Champlain, opening the settlement of New France, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00183

EXPL2A-00183
Samuel de Champlains fortified camp at Quebec on the St Lawrence River, 1600s Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of a 17th-century map

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00186

EXPL2A-00186
Samuel de Champlain and his Huron Indian allies fighting the Iroquois near Lake Champlain, 1609. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00232

EXPL2A-00232
Jacques Cartier aboard ship arriving on the shore of Canada, 1534. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00234

EXPL2A-00234
Huron chief Donnacona warns Cartiers expedition not to sail up the St Lawrence River, 1535. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00087

EXPL2A-00087
Jacques Cartier on the summit of Mont Real, now Montreal, Canada, 1535. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00085

EXPL2A-00085
English Explorer John Cabot landing on the shore of Canada, 1484. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00058

EXPL2A-00058
Samuel de Champlains map of the Gaspee and Gulf of the Saint Lawrence River, 1632. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of the original map

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00025

EXPL2A-00025
Quebec City and the Saint Lawrence River, 1722. Hand-colored 18th-century woodcut from La Potherie

Background imageExploration Collection: La Salle at Niagara Falls, 1669

La Salle at Niagara Falls, 1669
French explorer La Salle at Niagara Falls, 1669. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00306

EXPL2A-00306
Discovery of grapes by Leif Erikssons expedition, 1001 AD, leading to naming the new land Vinland. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00295

EXPL2A-00295
Champlains Quebec fort, 1613, showing the dwellings (C, D), drawbridge (I), Moat (M), cannon (N), garden (O). Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of Champlains drawing

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00144

EXPL2A-00144
John Wesley Powells Grand Canyon expedition running rapids on the Colorado River, 1870s. Hand colored woodcut from Powells published account 1870s

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00145

EXPL2A-00145
Rescue of John Wesley Powells Colorado River expedition by climbing out of the Grand Canyon, 1870s. Hand colored woodcut from Powells published account, 1870s

Background imageExploration Collection: Powells expedition surveying the Grand Canyon, 1870s

Powells expedition surveying the Grand Canyon, 1870s
John Wesley Powells Colorado River expedition climbing out of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, circa 1870. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00300

EXPL2A-00300
Fire destroying the camp of John Wesley Powell during his exploration of the Grand Canyon 1870s. Hand colored woodcut of an illustration from publication of the Powell expedition report

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00348

EXPL2A-00348
Fremont expedition raising the American flag on the Rockies, 1842. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageExploration Collection: EXPL2A-00349

EXPL2A-00349
John C. Freemont planting the US flag on the Colorado Rockies, 1842. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration



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