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Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00127

EXPL2A-00127
Father Marquette and Louis Joliet, the first white men on the upper Mississippi River, 1673. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure 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 imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00018

EXPL2A-00018
Columbus showing a map to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00009

EXPL2A-00009
Three ships of Columbus approaching the New World, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: Columbus first sighting the New World

Columbus first sighting the New World
Columbus getting his first sight of the New World from the deck of the Santa Maria, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00006

EXPL2A-00006
Columbuss hospitable reception by Guacanagari, Caribbean chief, after shipwreck of Santa Maria, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00004

EXPL2A-00004
Expedition of Christopher Columbus landing at Hispaniola, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure 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 imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00036

EXPL2A-00036
Wreck of Columbuss flagship Santa Maria on the coast of Hispaniola, 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: Arctic voyage of Willem Barents, 1500s

Arctic voyage of Willem Barents, 1500s
Willem Barents ship in the Artic ice, 1590s. Printed color woodcut by Gerard de Veer, 1598

Background imageAdventure 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 imageAdventure 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 imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00091

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

Background imageAdventure 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 imageAdventure 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 imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00153

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

Background imageAdventure 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 imageAdventure 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 imageAdventure 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 imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00231

EXPL2A-00231
Shipwrecks in the Strait of Belle Isle, Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure 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 imageAdventure Collection: Western stagecoach wary of outlaw attack

Western stagecoach wary of outlaw attack
Stagecoach driver and armed guard in the west. Printed color halftone reproduction of an N.C. Wyeth illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00206

EXPL2A-00206
John Smith meeting Native Americans in Virginia Colony, early 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00237

EXPL2A-00237
Title page of John Smiths book, " A True Relation... in Virginia... " 1608. Hand-colored 19th-century reproduction of the original document

Background imageAdventure Collection: John C. Fremont meeting Plains chiefs at Fort Laramie, 1840s

John C. Fremont meeting Plains chiefs at Fort Laramie, 1840s
John C. Fremont meeting with Native Americans at Fort Laramie, 1840s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: Pack horses in the Rocky Mountains, 1800s

Pack horses in the Rocky Mountains, 1800s
Pack train carrying supplies or furs over the Rockies, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a Frederic Remington illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: BUSN2A-00238

BUSN2A-00238
Ad for Republic automobile tires, Republic Rubber Co. Youngstown, Ohio, 1908. Printed color lithograph

Background imageAdventure Collection: BUSN2A-00045

BUSN2A-00045
Nantucket sleigh-ride in which a longboat is pulled by a harpoon line lodged in a whale. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: Sea of Darkness

Sea of Darkness
Terrors in the Sea of Darkness. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: BUSN2A-00066

BUSN2A-00066
Pack train of traders in the Rocky Mountains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: PMYT2A-00061

PMYT2A-00061
Phantom ship luring a sailing vessel to its doom on the rocks. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: Ghost ship with its crew of death

Ghost ship with its crew of death
Skeletons sailing a phantom-ship. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: PMYT2A-00051

PMYT2A-00051
Jasons ship Argo leaving ancient Corinth in the quest for the Golden Fleece. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: PLIT2A-00058

PLIT2A-00058
Ship in stormy seas from Coleridges " Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Gustave Dore illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: Hand-colored woodcut

Hand-colored woodcut
Gulliver in Lilliput, from Jonathan Swifts " Gullivers Travels." Hand-colored woodcut of a Thomas Stothard illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: PMYT2A-00037

PMYT2A-00037
Sinbads companion eaten by a giant in one of the tales in 1001 Arabian Nights. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Gustave Dore illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: PMYT2A-00036

PMYT2A-00036
Sinbad in peril among the elephants, from the 1001 Arabian Nights. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: PEXP2A-00023

PEXP2A-00023
Walter Raleigh and his expedition at Trinidad, off South America, 1595. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: Vision of Chinas fabulous civilization in Marco Polos time

Vision of Chinas fabulous civilization in Marco Polos time
The " Far Cathay" --how China was imagined to be in Marco Polos time. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EVNT2A-00213

EVNT2A-00213
Prospectors traveling to the California gold regions crossing through jungle on the isthmus of Panama, 1849 or 1850. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00346

EXPL2A-00346
Early map showing Nova Zembla off the Arctic coast of Russia, probably 1600s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

Background imageAdventure 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 imageAdventure 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 imageAdventure 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 imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00271

EXPL2A-00271
Vitus Berings Russian expedition ships wrecked upon the Aleutian Isles. 1741. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00285

EXPL2A-00285
Walrus in Arctic waters near a tall sailing ship. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00286

EXPL2A-00286
Willem Barents expedition in Arctic ice at Nova Zembla searching for a northeast passage, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageAdventure Collection: EXPL2A-00293

EXPL2A-00293
Francisco Pizarro draws a line in the sand in Panama daring his men to follow him to Peru, 1530. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration



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